Re: pain, Dawn

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Hi Dawn, that just makes me so mad! You have RP and

fibro and your stupid doctor asks why you are having

pain??? I know that I am blessed with a wonderful

doctor and I really, really appreciate him. He knows

that I would never abuse pain meds and it is great to

know that he trusts me. When I first started going to

him and he told me that he believed me and that he

trusted me, I cried. After years of having a doc who

did neither of those things it was like a breath of

fresh air! He's a keeper! Take a lesson from

Heidi....you learned the nagging so quickly....and

make that doctor work for you. There is NO reason

that he should not give you adequate medication for

pain control. GRRR!

Take care! Love, squeek

--- Dawn wrote:

>

> Squeek

> At least you have a dr. that will give you pain

> meds. Mine won't even consider it. Even goes so

> far as to ask, well how come your having so much

> pain? well duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> dawn

> Sharon King wrote: Sally,

> are you saying that your doctor only gives you

> 30 pain pills per year? If thats so, I'd be

> searching

> for a new doctor yesterday! That's ridiculous! My

> doctor gets on my case because I let myself suffer

> too

> much and he encourages me to take more pain pills

> than

> I do. I know that is because he knows how careful I

> am with them.....but 30 pain pills per year is

> nonsense.

>

> As to the pill form of marijuana affecting the

> lungs,

> I don't think so, but I am not an expert. I just

> know

> that I have never had pneumonia, asthma, or smoked

> anything in my entire life, yet I come up with scars

> on my lungs. Too late for me to consider smoking

> anything!!! I know that pain can just be

> overwhelming

> at times, and can really get you down both

> physically

> and emotionally. Besides RP, I hit the jackpot with

> RA, OA, degenerative disc disease in my lumbar

> spine,

> mixed connective tissue disease........so I do know

> about pain and it sucks!

>

> Sally, please talk to your doctor and find out why

> he

> is not adequately addressing the pain issues that

> you

> have. Sounds as if you really need something badly.

>

> You take care of yourself! Love, squeek

> --- TheNavigator01@... wrote:

> >

> > Hi Squeek,

> >

> > I agree that there is abuse with medical

> > marijuana and it will spoil

> > it for the ones who really need it for true pain.

> It

> > would be interesting to

> > know if the pill form would hurt our lungs, if so

> > that is a huge side affect.

> > It would be super if they would come up with good

> > pain med and little side

> > affects huh?

> >

> > When I was talking about pain med for myself

> > it was for the times I

> > put too much stress on my arms or try to catch

> > myself from falling. When I

> > use my walker alot my arms get so tired and even

> the

> > high dose of Neurontin

> > doesn't help them, they get a trobbing pain. 30

> > pills don't go far in 1 year

> > and I don't take pills only when I'm really in

> pain.

> > It would be nice to have

> > 3 refills for a whole year and that isn't much .

> > I am on 3,600mg of Neurontin for my tennis

> > elbow and it is wonerful.

> > It is a high dose and I could drop to 2,400 maybe

> > but not since I got TM,

> > they talk about the pain being so bad. The pain I

> > had when I first got RP in

> > 79 I don't want to have with TM. I know how bad

> the

> > pain is when I read what

> > you are all going through and I am so lucky that I

> > haven't had any flares now

> > and in 79 I only had that 1 major flare. My

> thoughts

> > and prayers go out to

> > all of you and hope you have a better day tomorrow

> > then today and hopefully

> > pain free.

> >

> > Thanks for your concern

> > Love ya

> > Sally

> >

>

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