Re: Pain Doc - was Bound Away....

[Guest guest]

At 09:38 PM 8/25/2008, you wrote:

BTW- How did that appointment go

with the pain doctor? How are you doing with all of that

now?

Well, when I finally got into see the doctor herself, she was very nice.

She's ordered a sleep study, because she says that improper sleep

patterns can be related to chronic pain, obesity, diabetes, heart issues

and a raft of other things.

I looked at her and said, somewhat dryly, " Uh, y'know, chronic pain

can cause improper sleep patterns.... " which she acknowledged was

true. (Amazing... other docs haven't been willing to concede that much!)

So on September 11 (I do hope that's not significant), I go in at 7:30 PM

to be wired for sound and light. Then, trailing wires and with all these

sensors stuck all over me, they expect me to climb into a strange bed, in

a strange room, and sleep. While they film me sleeping, mind

you....

Then we'll sort out what's what. In the meantime, she's renewed the pain

meds which I fortunately only need at night. I am able to control things

the rest of the time with supplements. My hope is that the study will

turn up whatever and I can get off the pain meds, because they

significantly affect my gut. (NSAIDs, don'tcha know... and not even

compounded, because every other doc I talked to about this said I had to

see the pain doctor for special meds.)

<sigh> I avoided doctors for most of 32 years. I think they're

getting their revenge now, or something.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Marilyn,

> >BTW- How did that appointment go with the pain

> >doctor? How are you doing with all of that now?

>

> Well, when I finally got into see the doctor

> herself, she was very nice. She's ordered a sleep

> study, because she says that improper sleep

> patterns can be related to chronic pain, obesity,

> diabetes, heart issues and a raft of other things.

>

Sleep study isn't such a bad thing? Did you ever have sleep/pain

issues before the whole cancer surgery?

> I looked at her and said, somewhat dryly, " Uh,

> y'know, chronic pain can cause improper sleep

> patterns.... " which she acknowledged was true.

> (Amazing... other docs haven't been willing to concede that much!)

IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> So on September 11 (I do hope that's not

> significant), I go in at 7:30 PM to be wired for

> sound and light. Then, trailing wires and with

> all these sensors stuck all over me, they expect

> me to climb into a strange bed, in a strange

> room, and sleep. While they film me sleeping, mind you....

Can I have a copy of the tape and blackmail you? LOL?

Any bad snoring habits?

> Then we'll sort out what's what. In the meantime,

> she's renewed the pain meds which I fortunately

> only need at night. I am able to control things

> the rest of the time with supplements. My hope is

> that the study will turn up whatever and I can

> get off the pain meds, because they significantly

> affect my gut. (NSAIDs, don'tcha know... and not

> even compounded, because every other doc I talked

> to about this said I had to see the pain doctor for special meds.)

So you take NSAIDs for this?? Not narcotics?

Why can't you get a compounded prescription?

Is this normal to experience this type of pain?

What kind of supplements do you take for this kind of pain? This is

very interesting to me!

> <sigh> I avoided doctors for most of 32 years. I

> think they're getting their revenge now, or something.

Nah- comparing to the rest of the population and the type of surgery

you had I think you're doing pretty well. Hard to get back into

patient mode after feeling good on SCD and understanding just how

backwards conventional medicine can be.. Drives me up the wall how

they just seem so incapable of connecting the dots.

Jodi

SCD 11 months

Crohn's/Colitis