pain management

August 8, 2008

YOU ARE SOOO RIGHT...IT IS OUR RIGHT TO ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE NEED TO

FEEL COMFORTABLE...AND IF THIS PARTICULAR DR HAS A PROBLEM...THEN HE OR SHE IS

NOT THE ONE FOR ME!!!

GOOD FOR YOU FOR STICKING UP FOR YOU.....CAUSE IF YOU DON'T ....GOD ONLY

KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN!!!

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August 9, 2008

The injection you are getting are called steriod injection it brings

down inflamation. I hade 9 epidural steriod injections before I had

back surgery. Mike Group Owner

> >

> > It depends on who you are talking to. It took me a year to get

> back on the

> > right track from steroids and other pain killers but you know I

> did discover

> > something while doing this. The doctor whom I was seeing prior

had

> his hooks

> > in me for a few reasons. One, money. Two, the doctor who sent me

> two him

> > were working together. Think about it. A back doctor and a pain

> doctor

> > working together and sending their patients. You rub mine, I'll

> rub your's..

> > oh never mind....Anyway.

> >

> > Here is the breakdown of my doctor's visit to the University of

> Nebraska

> > Medical Center when I saw the neurosurgeon.

> >

> > He did a few pokes on my back, took a look at the scan and

> Neurosurgeon

> > said, " you don't need surgery " .

> >

> > Me: huh? You're S@#$% me!

> > Neurosurgeon: " Absolutely, and I'll gladly show you why, step

off

> the

> > table " .

> >

> > My husband helped me down from the table. As I'm standing there

he

> presses

> > on my hip and

> >

> > Neurosurgeon: " you feel that? "

> > Me " YEOW! HELL yes I felt it and it went click didn't it?! "

> >

> > Neurosurgeon: " yes it did and the reason why it did that is

> because you are

> > out of alignment. "

> > Me: " Well, have to be taking after dealing with all these issues "

> >

> > Neurosurgeon: " Now, for your lower back problem "

> > Me: Yes, it feels like a burning sensation.

> > Neurosurgeon: (pokes on lower back above area)

> > Me: how did you do that?

> > Neurosurgeon: What this doctor said is not true, your lower disc

> is just

> > fine. The issue lays with your trigger points as they are the

ones

> causing

> > the damage. I'll show you if I may

> > Me: Okay, I guess. (he pokes me and I jumped off the table and

> about went

> > through the sink into the next room - literally because of the

> pain) I

> > scream out a HOLY @#$%!!

> > Neurosurgeon: See, That area is where the issue lies So, to

remedy

> this is

> > water therapy. Sorry for the discomfort.

> > Me: That's okay but glad you showed me what's going on and I

don't

> need

> > surgery.

> >

> > The neurosurgeon had given me the name of a pain management

doctor

> within

> > UNMC to work with who can guide me through water therapy and such.

> > Unfortunately at the time, I was in a situation of 1) in so much

> pain I

> > didn't want to deal with anything else and 2) I was going to full

> time

> > classes (15 credit hours) so it was a little difficult. I ended

up

> taking

> > some time off. At any rate, I went back to see the pain

management

> doctor I

> > was directed to at UNMC for a consultation, got the information I

> needed for

> > water therapy so I can start it. Now it's a matter of when,

> everything is a

> > little crazy right now with classes but eventually when things

> settle down I

> > will. One thing at a time.

> >

> > One thing I learned with doctors especially in the area of pain

> management

> > and the area of neurology and neurosurgery is it is a MUST to

find

> the right

> > ones and not settle. I am quite anal about that issue and ask a

> lot of

> > questions. Luckily, I have been blessed so if ever I do need

> someone of this

> > nature I know where to turn.

> >

August 10, 2008

i hope the water therapy helps.....every time I try it I pass out from the

pain of the water touching my legs. I will keep trying though, sinnce you

never know when you will be able to handle something, if you don't keep trying,

right?!??

As for the shots....good luck, ...I hope they help you!!!

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August 10, 2008

Actually let me see as far as injections..

I've had epidurals - I had one twice a week. They didn't work. Then we went

onto

Bi-laterals I had one twice a week and I had three of them. They didn't work

either. Then we went onto

The Z formation was next which required ambulatory surgery. Which is where

you lay on your tummy in the operating room, you're wide awake. You are

given a local anesthetic for it but not completely knocked out for this

procedure. There is a complete team which works with the doctor however. The

pain doctor inserts this long needle into your back with a long syringe on

the end. In the syringe it allows him to inject a bluish dye. On this huge

screen he watches where the dye goes. Depending where the dye goes will

determine what the next step is.

After those results I went to the neurosurgeon because we knew nothing was

going to fix it. I could keep taking pain killers and nothing would make it

better. The only way to make it better was therapy.

So, I did it on my own. I've made more progress in last two years that I was

able to make with the combination of the drugs and PT. I can actually

flatten my hips and my back where before if I even made that attempt it was

pure agony.

March 23, 2009

Thanks Deborah!! Liquid morphine sounds good!!

>

> HI, and yes, the hospital gave me two medications to take,

> some liquid morphine in a bottle and some vicodin. I took

> teaspoons of the morphine at night so I could sleep and it

> helped enormously, the vicodin not so much.

> But it was about a little over a week and I felt pretty good,

> tired, but not all that much pain. Mostly fatigue. Of course,

> my surgery was just the Heller Myotomy.

> You will do great!

> I wish you all the best, and happy recuperating, too!

> Deborah

>

February 8, 2010

I am on an immunosuppressant, NSAIDS, and Lyrica. Lyrica really helped me with

my pain and swimming. Like you, I have found the water to be very therapeutic

and a way for me to get all of my joints moving without putting extra stress on

them.

Hope this helps

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From: on behalf of BILL

Sent: Mon 2/8/2010 1:48 PM

Subject: Pain management

I am in severe pain, it keep me immobile. If I do move it makes the pain worse,

so I find myself staying in bed and on the couch. the one thing that seems to

help is hot hot baths. It seems I am watchign life go by through a window. I

came down with retiers syndrome in 2004. I am hla-b27 reactive. last may I told

the neuro I couldnt watch life go by anymore and he said the first thing he

would try is going off the boatload of narcotics I was on, so I stopped them

immediately. they werent working anyway. I am still in severe pain. we have

tried cyclobenzaprine, zanaflex, meloxicam, tramadol, nsaids and others for the

pain. seroquel and sumtriptan for the headaches. i have ringing in the ears,

loud. the headaches never go away and are always at least a 5. my question is

what meds have provided relief for all of you? I cannot do meds that weaken the

immune system.

February 8, 2010

rub wintergreen alcohol on your sore spots.use extra strenght tylenol and use a

heat pad.i had to be taken off of remicade because of drug induced ms.started

back with basics of tylenol and prednisone and voltaren.it makes the pain

tolerable.the baths with the wintergreen alcohol are pure heaven.the wintergreen

is a natural analgesic.if you could find some wintergreen oil,it's fantastic.

From: BILL <bshuttlesworthjr@...>

Subject: Pain management

Date: Monday, February 8, 2010, 12:48 PM

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