Re: Appt at the pain clinic

[Guest guest]

Hi, I like my pain clinic, I go in see a nurse and get my pain

meds and muscle relaxer and make another appointment for 2 months,

some time they take my blood pressure and ask how much I weight and

they bill my insurance for 116.00 dollars, you know my primary care

Dr. could do the same thing for less money but this is the way it

works, and when I get ready they will give me the steriod shots, but

they are more willing to believe that I'm in pain where most Drs.

don't. I guess pain clinic are like every thing good ones and bad

ones. Audie

> Ok, whoever said pain clinics are a waste of time is totally

right.

> This doctor I saw yesterday was so abrupt, I was almost laughing,

it

> was so shocking. When he asked me anything, he cut me off if I

> strayed from anything beyond a yes/no answer. He only wanted to

know

> about things I'd been diagnosed with previously, had no interest

in

> my present symptoms, how much pain I was in, anything like that.

> After he met his own agenda, I was dragged out for bloodwork and x-

> rays(he never even botherd to look at the x-rays I had brought

from

> my chiropractor), and I never saw the doctor again. He never did a

> physical exam at all. Found myself up at the front desk being told

my

> follow up appt. would be scheduled for May 23. May 23? They

actually

> wanted me to wait another month to get the results of the

bloodwork

> and x-rays!! I had a hard enough time hanging on until this

> appointment!! I can't wait another month for some sort of

treatment,

> especially an anti-depressant. Do you believe that?! And these

people

> say they treat pain!

>

> Well, since my PCP is trying so hard to get back into my good

graces,

> I called him. I get to stop by his office for samples of an anit-

> depressant(so nice since my insurance doesn't cover prescriptions)

to

> try. With my boss being such an *&$!# I need to schedule any

further

> appts. on Saturdays, and my PCP is not in this Saturday, so I have

to

> wait almost 2 weeks for pain meds. But at least I'm getting an

anti-

> depressant, and almost 2 weeks is still a lot sooner than a month.

>

> Anyway, that was my wasted trip to the pain clinic yesterday

> afternoon. Oh well, live and learn.

>

> Take care everyone,

>

>

[Guest guest]

You need a different pain clinic. Not all of them are a waste of time

and sometimes you have to keep " shopping " for the right one. Don't ever

stick with a doctor that talks right over you. If they don't let you

tell them exactly what is wrong, they aren't worth *your* time.

Rhonda

Appt at the pain clinic

Ok, whoever said pain clinics are a waste of time is totally right.

[Guest guest]

You need a different pain clinic. Not all of them are a waste of time

and sometimes you have to keep " shopping " for the right one. Don't ever

stick with a doctor that talks right over you. If they don't let you

tell them exactly what is wrong, they aren't worth *your* time.

Rhonda

Appt at the pain clinic

Ok, whoever said pain clinics are a waste of time is totally right.

[Guest guest]

You need a different pain clinic. Not all of them are a waste of time

and sometimes you have to keep " shopping " for the right one. Don't ever

stick with a doctor that talks right over you. If they don't let you

tell them exactly what is wrong, they aren't worth *your* time.

Rhonda

Appt at the pain clinic

Ok, whoever said pain clinics are a waste of time is totally right.