how do i get pain relief?

[Guest guest]

Hello, I rang my rheumatologist's office and told the girl that my pain was bad

and I needed something - prednisone maybe - to help me get through until the MTX

kicks in. I'm on Oxycontin at the moment, but it doesn't even do much for me -

the pain is getting so intense now and all my joints are affected (not spine). I

asked her if my rheum could get back to me today since I couldn't last much

longer like this, but she couldn't give me a definite answer because " it was up

to the doc to decide when to get back to patients " . She said he generally tried

to respond to patients within a reasonable time frame, but no garauntees. She

told me to go the emergency dept at a local hospital where there's a

rheumatologist on duty - that was all she could suggest. Sheesh! What's the

point of having a doctor at all. And my GP won't give me anything - hes says

it's up to my rheum to prescribe anything like prednisone. What do they want us

to do - die in agony ?? I might as well jump in front of a bus, and that will

put an end to my misery real fast.

Life feels like hell - I wish I had a friend I could call. Thanks for

listening....

Leonie