Re: pain management /

November 7, 2002

In a message dated 11/01/2002 23:36:28 US Eastern Standard Time,

gumbo_yaya_69@... writes:

> >>>My pain management Dr has suggested burning the nerves to the pain area

> but I can't afford it right now. He's going to try and get the hospital

> charge waived and he'll discount by 50%. Can't do any better as it will be

> him and his partner doing the procedure. <<<

Hi ,

I should say! That's a pretty good deal. You must be a pretty special person.

Through out all of your posts, you always mention people who are reaching out

to help you, people who go out of their way to contact you to see how you are

doing, and people who obviously care about you and want to see you achieve an

optimum level of wellness and experience some semblance of quality of life.

What a good feeling to have people like that in your life.

I believe the procedure you are talking about is called a Bilateral

Splanectomy. (sp?) I think one of our members, Jackie B, of Indianapolis, had

that done several years ago. It was a big success for her. I remember calling

Dr. to see if I was a candidate. He said, that the procedure in itself

was immensely painful. Being familiar with my internal anatomy from the

Distal Pancreatectomy he had done earlier that year, and knowing my ability

to tolerate painful procedures, he recommended against me having it done.

It may not be that procedure, however, because, it wouldn't make sense that

you would still have those nerves following a Total Pancreatectomy. If you

find out any more about the procedure he is recommending, please let me know.

I continue to be in constant pain and my goal is to eventually discontinue

the pain medication I require 24/7 at this time, the Oxycontin, Morphine,

Duragesic, ACTIQ, and Dilaudid.

Karyn , RN

Founder / Executive Director

1- / KarynWms@...

PAI Home Office: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

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