Re: Re: HELP. Pain Medication Bangor Maine USA

[Guest guest]

Hi Cassandra (Teri too),

I get my pain meds from my PCP. It is true that there is thought out there

that Fibromyalgia doesn't respond to pain medication, but it is not the case in

a lot of instances.

I am lucky to have an understanding and knowledgeable PCP who actually listens

to me and believes me when I tell him most anything. He is secure in who he is

and is always interested in any new research I have found on the Internet,

regarding any of my illnesses. It is a good relationship. My pulmonologist and

eye specialist are great at what they do for me, but they are among the idiots

who don't believe in Fibromyalgia. I'm am going to a Rheumatologist in a couple

of months and my PCP also wants me to see a Neurologist. I hadn't realized that

Neurologists treated Fibro until recently.

I haven't been to a Pain Management specialist but I have learned from this

group that they can be of wonderful help.

I live in CT so don't know any doctors in Bangor, ME but my thoughts are with

you as you search for one.

Good Luck,

Marti

teri trybski01@...> wrote:

You need to see a pain management doctor. I saw other doctors and was

told the same thing. You must find a pain management doctor who list

FM as one of their fields on medicine or you will get a run around

about this from some of them also.

I wish I could refer you but I am in Michigan.

Teri

>

> DOES ANYONE KNOW A DR NEAR HERE WHO WILL PRESCRIBE PAIN MEDS?

> How are you all getting pain meds prescribed? I am told by primary

care doc here that

> there is no point in me being referred to a fibro specialist if i

am going to ask for pain

> meds. That the current standard of treatment is to not give pain

medication but to

> recommend daily exercise, not limited to walking or swimming but

something as

> demanding as yoga (I studied yoga for many years, it is not

as 'easy' as it looks.) I said

> that if I could have something to take the edge off the painmaybe

then I could get out of

> bed and try Yoga. They are willing to prescribe psych meds

(Trazadone for sleep, some

> others also but I already take some psych meds for the stuff that

realy is in my head .

> They also want me to see a " Pain Psychologist " Am I being

unreasonable in not wanting

> ANOTHER head doctor in my life? I woke up today feeling likeI've

been beaten all over with

> a stick.

> Cassandra

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Wenzdai,

I try to exercise too. Walking is all I can manage right now. I walk as far

as I can until my ankles and up the outside of my shins hurt like crazy. (One

of the first Fibro symptoms I developed).

I checked at the places that had pools to exercise in and they are really

expensive. There are classes at our high school pool. but the water is

freezing. Definitely not for me. Chlorine makes my asthma and sinuses go crazy

too. I don't know too many people who have that trouble. Nice to know I'm not

just a freak. The indoor pools are just reeking of it. I know lots of them use

something other than chlorine now so I might be OK now.

I've wanted to try some yoga for people with RA or some Tai Chi, but haven't

gotten to it. People say that exercise is a good thing, but I don't have any

warning signs that I'm overdoing it and then when I do, I feel like I'm going to

die for days. So I'm afraid to try a lot of things.

I went to Six Flags last summer and just sat in the big innertube that goes

around and around in the water - the Lazy River. (Not around and around in the

same place. I'm not that bad off yet - but the " river " goes around the park.).

It was easy exercise and we walked rather slowly there and back but I sufferred

for days and days afterward.

You are really adventuresome to walk on the ice. You are dedicated too. I'm

not any where near as daring as that - and a bit too lazy too.

You're a stitch. Lie away.

Take care,

Marti

wenzdai wenzdai@...> wrote:

Thanks everyone,

I know they are all idiots and they all cost money.

I keep getting told to exercise. So I push myself to walk 1/2 mile up hill in

February on

sheer ice with cleats strapped to my boots, wich takes me about 45 min. Then

they want

me in the pool. So I go to the pool.It is supposed to be therapeutic at 87

degrees but feels

cold to me. and the chlorine gives mean asthma attack and i get a bad hair day.

But I went.

The actual individal theraputic pool coaching is $30 an hour. The yoga class fee

is

included in the cost of the Y membership BUT it is something called " Fitness

yoga " .I have

not gone yet but did study yoga for many years and know that even the gentlest

yoga

class would be too much for me now. I tend to avoid things with the words

'fitness' or

'endurance' in them.

I will continue to look for a fibro Dr.

Meanwhile I have to keep the primary care because they are in the same practice

as my

shrink (who is a gem) and if I ditch the primary care or if they ditch me, then

i loose the

shrink. so what now. I am going to LIE to the primary care and tell them uh-huh

yep i'm

doingit, even if they want me to go whitewater rafting or something ridiculous.

I am going to maybe try accupuncture for the pain. Although narcotics would be

cheaper.

PEACE

WENZDAI

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