Re: Pain Doctor Visit---UGH!!

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I feel like I am in a similar boat with my bad flare!

My Fibro doctor told me that injections & epidurals will not help with Fibro

patients. I was

looking into getting the same things & even possibly surgery....but not anymore.

The pain is pretty overwhelming!

I hope we all feel better soon!

>

> Hello to all! Just wanted to update you on a few things. First of all I have

been in a fibro

flare for a couple of days now. I have been under alot of stress with my

brother-in-law

being in jail for violation of his probation from a DWI. He tested positive for

Meth and

Cocaine. My father-in-law is in Dallas, he had both knees replaced on Wednesday

and is

doing well and they should be back on Friday. My husband and I are staying at

there home

in Longview since by brother-in-law has had " crack " parties at their home while

they have

been gone in the past. So many things have happened they just don't feel safe

leaving

their home unattended. Last Wednesday we went to court for his " punishment " and

he

thought he was getting out but we knew he would not be. He lives with his

parents and he

has no regards for them or their home. He is just the scum of the Earth!!! He

WILL NOT be

returning to their home when he is released like he thinks he is. My husband and

I

> have been going through his room and have found several drugs and have had to

call

the cops to come pick it up and dispose of it. SO I AM STRESSED!! We don't live

that way.

We are Christian people and it just ticks me off that he has treated Mom and Dad

the way

he has! My appointment today with my pain management doctor didn't go the way I

had

hoped. He had ordered an MRI a couple of weeks ago and he says that the one I

had in my

L3-4 is gone??? But the way they found it the last time was with contrast and

the last one

done was without contrast. I still have severe pain in my lumbar area, however

they found

2 more in my thorasic....that's just all I need. I had promised myself and had

told the

doctor no more steriod injections! PERIOD!! Well, he said, lets try an epidural

in the

thorasic and if that doesn't work we will do another procedure to see if you

need to have

surgery. I AM SO TIRED OF THIS!!! I told him I would have this procedure done

and if it

> doesn't work, that's it!!!! I have been in pain since last year and yet they

still continue to

want to try this or that. I called a couple of weeks ago about severe pain in my

right hip. It

was so bad that I wouldn't walk at all. They called me in some meds and this

medication

has been dreaming all night long and they are crazy off the wall stuff. However,

some are

really bad. People being killed, plane crashes, bus wrecks...just bad stuff. I

wake up

screaming sometimes. I asked him about getting me off this and he asked me if it

was

helping with the pain...I said yes, but I can't sleep like this anymore! I wake

up just

exhausted! So, his nurse is suppose to call me back and see how he wants me to

get off

this stuff....I am not going to wake that long...I am going to taper off myself.

I am so tired

of waiting on doctors and nurses to call me back and it's like they don't care

at times. I

feel like I am rustled through like cattle at the sale barn. I

> guess I will see how this injection does on Thursday and will go from there.

Between

the back pain and the fibro flare I am just so tired and my entrie body just

screams out in

pain. I am not even walking right anymore but he didn't want to talk about that!

I do have

nerve damage but NO ONE CARES!!! Okay! I am through venting! I love each of you

and

pray for pain free days for all of us.

>

> Debra Bunt

> Gladewater, Texas

>

>

>

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Hi Debra,

I'm sorry you've been having such a terrible time with your back and now a

fibro flare on top of it all. It must really be frustrating for the doctor to

keep trying things that don't work and some that even make you worse. That med

that makes you dream those dreadful dreams is - well - dreadful.

I'm glad you will be away form the bad family situation soon. That must be so

hard to deal with, particularly knowing how badly your mom and dad are treated.

I wish you much luck with your pain doctor and you back situation. I think

you are smart to start weaning yourself off of the med that is causing the

dreams.

Take care,

Marti

debra bunt dirkfan2@...> wrote:

Hello to all! Just wanted to update you on a few things. First of all

I have been in a fibro flare for a couple of days now. I have been under alot of

stress with my brother-in-law being in jail for violation of his probation from

a DWI. He tested positive for Meth and Cocaine. My father-in-law is in Dallas,

he had both knees replaced on Wednesday and is doing well and they should be

back on Friday. My husband and I are staying at there home in Longview since by

brother-in-law has had " crack " parties at their home while they have been gone

in the past. So many things have happened they just don't feel safe leaving

their home unattended. Last Wednesday we went to court for his " punishment " and

he thought he was getting out but we knew he would not be. He lives with his

parents and he has no regards for them or their home. He is just the scum of the

Earth!!! He WILL NOT be returning to their home when he is released like he

thinks he is. My husband and I

have been going through his room and have found several drugs and have had to

call the cops to come pick it up and dispose of it. SO I AM STRESSED!! We don't

live that way. We are Christian people and it just ticks me off that he has

treated Mom and Dad the way he has! My appointment today with my pain management

doctor didn't go the way I had hoped. He had ordered an MRI a couple of weeks

ago and he says that the one I had in my L3-4 is gone??? But the way they found

it the last time was with contrast and the last one done was without contrast. I

still have severe pain in my lumbar area, however they found 2 more in my

thorasic....that's just all I need. I had promised myself and had told the

doctor no more steriod injections! PERIOD!! Well, he said, lets try an epidural

in the thorasic and if that doesn't work we will do another procedure to see if

you need to have surgery. I AM SO TIRED OF THIS!!! I told him I would have this

procedure done and if it

doesn't work, that's it!!!! I have been in pain since last year and yet they

still continue to want to try this or that. I called a couple of weeks ago about

severe pain in my right hip. It was so bad that I wouldn't walk at all. They

called me in some meds and this medication has been dreaming all night long and

they are crazy off the wall stuff. However, some are really bad. People being

killed, plane crashes, bus wrecks...just bad stuff. I wake up screaming

sometimes. I asked him about getting me off this and he asked me if it was

helping with the pain...I said yes, but I can't sleep like this anymore! I wake

up just exhausted! So, his nurse is suppose to call me back and see how he wants

me to get off this stuff....I am not going to wake that long...I am going to

taper off myself. I am so tired of waiting on doctors and nurses to call me back

and it's like they don't care at times. I feel like I am rustled through like

cattle at the sale barn. I

guess I will see how this injection does on Thursday and will go from there.

Between the back pain and the fibro flare I am just so tired and my entrie body

just screams out in pain. I am not even walking right anymore but he didn't want

to talk about that! I do have nerve damage but NO ONE CARES!!! Okay! I am

through venting! I love each of you and pray for pain free days for all of us.

Debra Bunt

Gladewater, Texas

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I'm so sorry things are so hard for you. I will keep you in my prayers.