Guest guest Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Hi Friends: Yesterday I posted a message that I was going to a new pain specialist today, and was really having alot of anxiety about it. I could barely sleep, I kept waking up with a start...mainly because I only had pain medication to last me today, and no guarantee that the new doctor would even write me any prescriptions at all. Well, of course things never turn out as bad as I think they will be ... he was a very nice doctor, and in fact thought it was very unprofessional for my pcp to only give me enough medication to get to the new doctor. Since I am on oxycontin, it's not something you should just stop taking. He mentioned that it was lucky that he wasn't in a bad mood, or the type of doctor who wouldn't write narcotic prescriptions right off the bat. I'm pretty grateful about that too. Another thing he said was when he asked me what I thought started all the pain, and I went back 4 years with my first attack, that the fact that in March they did exploratory surgery (laproscopic) and only found a ruptured ovarian cyst and fluid. Then in May when I had my next attack, they discovered my gall bladder was full of sludge and stone. So, in one month's time I developed chronic cholengetis? First doctor to actually admit this out loud. And then he went on to say, another 1 1/2 years before they considered it might be something to do with my pancreas??? He felt that there was enough education out there that it should be fairly standard after removing the gall bladder, if pain returns to take a look at the gall bladder. Anyhoooo...I digress... What he did was increase my duragesic patch from 25 to 75, but didn't give me any more oxycontin, of which I was taking 200 mg a day. Any thoughts on whether anyone has followed a similar pain management pattern? He said I shouldn't go through any type of withdrawal, because he replaced the oxy with enough of the patch. I just took my last oxy... Thanks everyone for your support and kind words...Hugs to all of you! Robin -------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the system manager: postmaster@... This e-mail and its attachments have been scanned for the presence of computer viruses, however it is always advisable to run a virus check on e-mails and attachments before opening them. -------------------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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