Re: Can you believe this CHIROPRACTOR? Jerk! - Dreading Sleep

March 14, 2008

Thanks, Sharon.

I was wondering if I was the only one who dreaded falling asleep. I use

almost any

excuse not to go to bed, and sometimes I even sleep sitting up because I

know when my eyes open I will be in terrible pain. What's worse is that a

large part of our therapy is supposed to revolve around making sure we get

enough sleep and rest.

Sometimes I wish I had one of those water chambers to float in while

sleeping, if we all had one of those, do you think we'd still wake up stiff

and in pain??

Probably.

in Louisiana

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:01 PM, sharon studley

wrote:

> Hi this is all I have to say, He needs to be taken out back and

> whipped! U wish all you guys that have crap Dr.'s were here and could see my

> Dr.'s, I really have the best pcp, just drove 3hrs down and back or should I

> say my husband did the driving, and she is so understanding, feels so bad

> for me, as I also have developed this unbearable Rt hip, butt, pelvic bone

> area pain that has me in fair of falling asleep, and if that is not already

> a problem trying to sleep, I wake and can not move I scream in pain, my

> husband has to help me change position sit up and each inch of movement

> kills!, I have to pop my med's and hope they will kick in fast, and when

> they do the pain does no completley subside. I have tried chiro way back

> because of my lower back when first diagnoised and he very much belived in

> Fibro but the TX just didn't help and could not afford to keep trying. My

> exrays came back okay so am going to get the courage up to see spine Dr and

> see about

> injection in that area OUCH, have had these in other areas, just hate

> anything near my back! But I swear these unbeliving Dr's need to quit there

> practice, as they only cause more frustration to those of us who suffer.

> hope you find someone caring and beliving in you.. Sharon

>

> <lweatherford@... <lweatherford%40gmail.com>> wrote: WARNING:

> The following post could contain some offensive adult language.

> If you are easily upset by that type of post please stop reading now.

>

> I've been having severe problems with my right lower back and hip, on top

> of

> my upper back between my shoulders and the muscles over my ribs being in

> almost constant spasm. Since the thing started with my lower back and

> right

> hip and leg I've barely been able to walk - so I decided to see a

> chiropractor.

>

> He was a young guy, in his early 30's. We talked for a few minutes about

> my

> pain and my history of back pain and surgery and told him I believe I have

> FMS. Without hesitation he looked at me and said that I did not, because I

> did not display the appropriate emotional charactics of someone with FMS,

> although I was indeed the right race, age, sex, and color to be a prime

> candidate. I asked what he meant and he said, " Well, you appear too

> level-headed. " So I asked how FMS people were and he used the term (and I

> kid you not)

> D-R-A-M-A -- Q-U-E-E-N.

>

> When he got through with his descriptive spiel he added, " see, if you were

> the fibromyalgia type, you'd have never let me get through that long

> explanation without a million interruptions about yourself and your pain.

> I worked hard to hide my annoyance. I wanted to be able to walk better by

> that evening - I had a class to go to, and didn't want to creep/limp my

> old

> fat ass into the room with all those 19 year olds.

>

> Later, as he rambled on about his (and obviously those that taught him)

> opinion about FMS he used the word PSYCHOSOMATIC, and went into a long

> discussion trying to correlate middle-aged women with incomes below 40,000

> and FMS. <yawn><bullshit><yawn>

>

> I really don't have much more to say about that except that I'm becoming

> very discouraged with the medical community in my neck of the woods.

>

> I saw my primary care physician back in early January for a cold and tried

> to discuss FMS with him, but he always just blows off my pain complaints.

> About the FMS when I brought it up - he said that it was just a cluster of

> symptoms that were labeled FMS when diagnostic tests didn't prove it was

> an

> identifiable disease. That was it, end of discussion.

>

> They both can consider their asses fired.

>

> in Louisiana

>

March 14, 2008

Dr's like that really, really irk me. I've been having ringing in my ears and

the dr I saw for that told me to not take any motrin. That is the only OTC pain

med I take. Wait, that is the ONLY pain med I take. He has the nerve to tell me

that is probably what is causing the ringing. Mind you I work in a pharmacy, and

am a Pre-Pharmacy student who knows too much for her own good. I wanted to slap

that dr because he didnt take into account that I have the ringing when I DONT

take the motrin also. And I don't take 2 grams at a time so there is no way

800mg twice a day will cause any side effects...

And to think that I was going to ask for some Lortab 5's this time. I am making

an appt with my regular dr on monday to discuss this with him. I always refuse

to take narc's but the recent weather changes have gotten the better of me.

Damn you inconsiderate drs...