Guest guest Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 I have a lot of pain and constantly suffer myself with chronic pain. My first experience with severe pain was back in 1988 when a man hit me and my brother on my Motorcycle just around the corner from my Mothers home, I crushed my right foot, they said I broke my toes in 16 places and my ankle once. I just call it crushed lol. I healed well from that and even went back to work on my crutches. While it was healing I even asked my wife to marry me. I then had finally found us a little please to stay after we got married. Then the day came to move I'll never forget that day it was 3/23/90! I was on my way to get another load on the truck and hit a pot-hole on the edge of the road just before a bad curve so when I pulled it back onto the road I was in the oncoming lane so I tried to move out of the way of oncoming traffic and the truck flipped. I woke up in the local Hospital they x-rayed me and said I had a broken support bone in my neck and a broken finger. They also sewed up some cuts in my head and released me, I can remember my Uncle picking me up to put me into his van and I screamed out in pain. I was barely able to get to the rest room for a while let alone do anything much for myself. My wife removed some glass they had sewed up into my head. I went to the Dr. who had fixed my foot because he was a bone specialist. I was told it must be a herniated disk so just give it time he said. I kept seeing him until he even wrote me a note to go back to work and I had a new wife and daughter so I tried to do it. I was in such pain my supervisor called me into the back and basically fired me but told me to come back once I got myself straightened out. I then on the advise of a friend went to see a Chiropractor, I was willing to do anything to get back to work. He hurt me when I saw him so I did not return to see him. I was again in very bad pain and still went back to see the Dr. he acted as though I was there hunting drugs so I had no one to help me. I just did as little as possible to pass time, then I finally went to another Dr. and he and his nurse came into the room saying I had a broken neck and to go to Duke immediately. This was a Friday afternoon so I went home and made arrangements for a sitter and had my wife ride with me to Duke. The Doctor there told me my neck was broken and I thought he was nuts I fussed at the man and told him there was no way my neck could be broken I 'm walking and I just drove up here. I walked out of his office, my then wife calmed me down and got me to go back and talk to him again very soon I was admitted and placed in a halo a little while later. My wife then had to call her Father to come get her she didn't even know the way home. I had walked around and did the best I could from March until Nov. 1990 with a broken neck it has never been right I live in constant pain from it to this day. I was going through the paperwork to apply for my disability and had been turned down when my wife and I bought a new car witch I really loved, so only two days after we bought it I had cleaned it and polished it every where but the rims, so I went a friends house to get some polish for the special alloy rims it had on it. I was on the way home and going fast because the wife was fussing at me for going out to polish the rims and ride around in the new car. Then the right rear wheel must have hit something because it went flat and then I was as I said going to fast, so I couldn't control it. I hit an embankment of dirt as I went into a curve, so the car ramped up and over several rows of corn, I was hurt badly again I had crushed my right cheek bone and went into a coma for a little while I'm told. I don't remember anything for 4 months I woke up in a rehab center in Fayetteville, N.C. Where I was informed I had a closed Head Injury and lost my short term memory. After I got out of the Rehab Center I had a broken collar bone, so my Lawyer sent me to a Dr. in S.C. and he tried to take a piece of my hip and fix the collar bone, well it didn't heal and the pin broke out through my skin. I wound up having 5 surgeries on my left clavicle and still wound up losing it. During my time working on my colar bone I also found out I have a broken but inoperable disk in my lower spine. Thats my story and I know its a long one but I am still alive and in pain all the time all the broken bones I have had in my life. I feel so bad sometimes because my wife will fuss at me wanting me to do this or that and I either forget it or don't have the health or am hurting to much to do it. I get so tired of being made to feel like a lazy man even when I live in all this pain and no one seems to care. Now I have been seeing a new Dr. and I signed a " Controlled Substances and Consent " form witch we all have seen or signed at some point or another. I thought this guy who says hes got me doing better.(in his own mind not mine)I have been doing exactly as he asks and just yesterday he said he thought we were going to work with a pain clinic. I just don't understand what to do, I'm scared to start going to this clinic it's over 2 hour's away from home. I have winter coming on me and the road will be a mess to travel that far esp. with my health, so I asked him if he knew of a clinic closer to home and he said that was in my hand's. I'm not the one who had me sign this agreement not to see anyone else for pain medication's in hopes that he was going to continue taking care of me. I can go somewhere if he wants me to but won't that be breaking the agreement that he and I signed? I ask him to send me to someone closer because the Dr. at this clinic didn't even examine me, he sat in a chair and had me raise my hand's on each side until they were over my head and said that good. The only time he touched me was when he had me breathe in and out that's it, wow he listened to me breathe that's all. I didn't take off my shirt or even stand up for him but this is what he calls an examination, let alone the fact that the way they will ill me will be like going to the Hospital I'll have to pay him and then the Dr.'s are paid separately. I just need some way of getting help closer to home and therefore safer for me to go to. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello??? this board is SO quiet, How is everyone > > feeling????? > > > > > these > > > > > > > days. Hope better? cindy > > > > > > > > > > > > > I agree it has gotten realy quiet. I'm realy looking > > hard > > > > for > > > > > some > > > > > > way for someone to help me find help! I just can't go on > in > > > > this > > > > > kind > > > > > > of pain alone, I don't expect alot just maybe a hand at > > where > > > to > > > > > begin > > > > > > looking, I've been to so many Dr,'s this year and the one > > I'm > > > > > seeing > > > > > > now act's real wierd. I feel like I'm shopping for a Dr. > > and > > > > thats > > > > > > not realy right. I feel like I should be able to live my > > life > > > > > without > > > > > > all these Dr.'s playing with me, I need help! > > > > > > Gerald > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 I have a lot of pain and constantly suffer myself with chronic pain. My first experience with severe pain was back in 1988 when a man hit me and my brother on my Motorcycle just around the corner from my Mothers home, I crushed my right foot, they said I broke my toes in 16 places and my ankle once. I just call it crushed lol. I healed well from that and even went back to work on my crutches. While it was healing I even asked my wife to marry me. I then had finally found us a little please to stay after we got married. Then the day came to move I'll never forget that day it was 3/23/90! I was on my way to get another load on the truck and hit a pot-hole on the edge of the road just before a bad curve so when I pulled it back onto the road I was in the oncoming lane so I tried to move out of the way of oncoming traffic and the truck flipped. I woke up in the local Hospital they x-rayed me and said I had a broken support bone in my neck and a broken finger. They also sewed up some cuts in my head and released me, I can remember my Uncle picking me up to put me into his van and I screamed out in pain. I was barely able to get to the rest room for a while let alone do anything much for myself. My wife removed some glass they had sewed up into my head. I went to the Dr. who had fixed my foot because he was a bone specialist. I was told it must be a herniated disk so just give it time he said. I kept seeing him until he even wrote me a note to go back to work and I had a new wife and daughter so I tried to do it. I was in such pain my supervisor called me into the back and basically fired me but told me to come back once I got myself straightened out. I then on the advise of a friend went to see a Chiropractor, I was willing to do anything to get back to work. He hurt me when I saw him so I did not return to see him. I was again in very bad pain and still went back to see the Dr. he acted as though I was there hunting drugs so I had no one to help me. I just did as little as possible to pass time, then I finally went to another Dr. and he and his nurse came into the room saying I had a broken neck and to go to Duke immediately. This was a Friday afternoon so I went home and made arrangements for a sitter and had my wife ride with me to Duke. The Doctor there told me my neck was broken and I thought he was nuts I fussed at the man and told him there was no way my neck could be broken I 'm walking and I just drove up here. I walked out of his office, my then wife calmed me down and got me to go back and talk to him again very soon I was admitted and placed in a halo a little while later. My wife then had to call her Father to come get her she didn't even know the way home. I had walked around and did the best I could from March until Nov. 1990 with a broken neck it has never been right I live in constant pain from it to this day. I was going through the paperwork to apply for my disability and had been turned down when my wife and I bought a new car witch I really loved, so only two days after we bought it I had cleaned it and polished it every where but the rims, so I went a friends house to get some polish for the special alloy rims it had on it. I was on the way home and going fast because the wife was fussing at me for going out to polish the rims and ride around in the new car. Then the right rear wheel must have hit something because it went flat and then I was as I said going to fast, so I couldn't control it. I hit an embankment of dirt as I went into a curve, so the car ramped up and over several rows of corn, I was hurt badly again I had crushed my right cheek bone and went into a coma for a little while I'm told. I don't remember anything for 4 months I woke up in a rehab center in Fayetteville, N.C. Where I was informed I had a closed Head Injury and lost my short term memory. After I got out of the Rehab Center I had a broken collar bone, so my Lawyer sent me to a Dr. in S.C. and he tried to take a piece of my hip and fix the collar bone, well it didn't heal and the pin broke out through my skin. I wound up having 5 surgeries on my left clavicle and still wound up losing it. During my time working on my colar bone I also found out I have a broken but inoperable disk in my lower spine. Thats my story and I know its a long one but I am still alive and in pain all the time all the broken bones I have had in my life. I feel so bad sometimes because my wife will fuss at me wanting me to do this or that and I either forget it or don't have the health or am hurting to much to do it. I get so tired of being made to feel like a lazy man even when I live in all this pain and no one seems to care. Now I have been seeing a new Dr. and I signed a " Controlled Substances and Consent " form witch we all have seen or signed at some point or another. I thought this guy who says hes got me doing better.(in his own mind not mine)I have been doing exactly as he asks and just yesterday he said he thought we were going to work with a pain clinic. I just don't understand what to do, I'm scared to start going to this clinic it's over 2 hour's away from home. I have winter coming on me and the road will be a mess to travel that far esp. with my health, so I asked him if he knew of a clinic closer to home and he said that was in my hand's. I'm not the one who had me sign this agreement not to see anyone else for pain medication's in hopes that he was going to continue taking care of me. I can go somewhere if he wants me to but won't that be breaking the agreement that he and I signed? I ask him to send me to someone closer because the Dr. at this clinic didn't even examine me, he sat in a chair and had me raise my hand's on each side until they were over my head and said that good. The only time he touched me was when he had me breathe in and out that's it, wow he listened to me breathe that's all. I didn't take off my shirt or even stand up for him but this is what he calls an examination, let alone the fact that the way they will ill me will be like going to the Hospital I'll have to pay him and then the Dr.'s are paid separately. I just need some way of getting help closer to home and therefore safer for me to go to. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello??? this board is SO quiet, How is everyone > > feeling????? > > > > > these > > > > > > > days. Hope better? cindy > > > > > > > > > > > > > I agree it has gotten realy quiet. I'm realy looking > > hard > > > > for > > > > > some > > > > > > way for someone to help me find help! I just can't go on > in > > > > this > > > > > kind > > > > > > of pain alone, I don't expect alot just maybe a hand at > > where > > > to > > > > > begin > > > > > > looking, I've been to so many Dr,'s this year and the one > > I'm > > > > > seeing > > > > > > now act's real wierd. I feel like I'm shopping for a Dr. > > and > > > > thats > > > > > > not realy right. I feel like I should be able to live my > > life > > > > > without > > > > > > all these Dr.'s playing with me, I need help! > > > > > > Gerald > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 I have a lot of pain and constantly suffer myself with chronic pain. My first experience with severe pain was back in 1988 when a man hit me and my brother on my Motorcycle just around the corner from my Mothers home, I crushed my right foot, they said I broke my toes in 16 places and my ankle once. I just call it crushed lol. I healed well from that and even went back to work on my crutches. While it was healing I even asked my wife to marry me. I then had finally found us a little please to stay after we got married. Then the day came to move I'll never forget that day it was 3/23/90! I was on my way to get another load on the truck and hit a pot-hole on the edge of the road just before a bad curve so when I pulled it back onto the road I was in the oncoming lane so I tried to move out of the way of oncoming traffic and the truck flipped. I woke up in the local Hospital they x-rayed me and said I had a broken support bone in my neck and a broken finger. They also sewed up some cuts in my head and released me, I can remember my Uncle picking me up to put me into his van and I screamed out in pain. I was barely able to get to the rest room for a while let alone do anything much for myself. My wife removed some glass they had sewed up into my head. I went to the Dr. who had fixed my foot because he was a bone specialist. I was told it must be a herniated disk so just give it time he said. I kept seeing him until he even wrote me a note to go back to work and I had a new wife and daughter so I tried to do it. I was in such pain my supervisor called me into the back and basically fired me but told me to come back once I got myself straightened out. I then on the advise of a friend went to see a Chiropractor, I was willing to do anything to get back to work. He hurt me when I saw him so I did not return to see him. I was again in very bad pain and still went back to see the Dr. he acted as though I was there hunting drugs so I had no one to help me. I just did as little as possible to pass time, then I finally went to another Dr. and he and his nurse came into the room saying I had a broken neck and to go to Duke immediately. This was a Friday afternoon so I went home and made arrangements for a sitter and had my wife ride with me to Duke. The Doctor there told me my neck was broken and I thought he was nuts I fussed at the man and told him there was no way my neck could be broken I 'm walking and I just drove up here. I walked out of his office, my then wife calmed me down and got me to go back and talk to him again very soon I was admitted and placed in a halo a little while later. My wife then had to call her Father to come get her she didn't even know the way home. I had walked around and did the best I could from March until Nov. 1990 with a broken neck it has never been right I live in constant pain from it to this day. I was going through the paperwork to apply for my disability and had been turned down when my wife and I bought a new car witch I really loved, so only two days after we bought it I had cleaned it and polished it every where but the rims, so I went a friends house to get some polish for the special alloy rims it had on it. I was on the way home and going fast because the wife was fussing at me for going out to polish the rims and ride around in the new car. Then the right rear wheel must have hit something because it went flat and then I was as I said going to fast, so I couldn't control it. I hit an embankment of dirt as I went into a curve, so the car ramped up and over several rows of corn, I was hurt badly again I had crushed my right cheek bone and went into a coma for a little while I'm told. I don't remember anything for 4 months I woke up in a rehab center in Fayetteville, N.C. Where I was informed I had a closed Head Injury and lost my short term memory. After I got out of the Rehab Center I had a broken collar bone, so my Lawyer sent me to a Dr. in S.C. and he tried to take a piece of my hip and fix the collar bone, well it didn't heal and the pin broke out through my skin. I wound up having 5 surgeries on my left clavicle and still wound up losing it. During my time working on my colar bone I also found out I have a broken but inoperable disk in my lower spine. Thats my story and I know its a long one but I am still alive and in pain all the time all the broken bones I have had in my life. I feel so bad sometimes because my wife will fuss at me wanting me to do this or that and I either forget it or don't have the health or am hurting to much to do it. I get so tired of being made to feel like a lazy man even when I live in all this pain and no one seems to care. Now I have been seeing a new Dr. and I signed a " Controlled Substances and Consent " form witch we all have seen or signed at some point or another. I thought this guy who says hes got me doing better.(in his own mind not mine)I have been doing exactly as he asks and just yesterday he said he thought we were going to work with a pain clinic. I just don't understand what to do, I'm scared to start going to this clinic it's over 2 hour's away from home. I have winter coming on me and the road will be a mess to travel that far esp. with my health, so I asked him if he knew of a clinic closer to home and he said that was in my hand's. I'm not the one who had me sign this agreement not to see anyone else for pain medication's in hopes that he was going to continue taking care of me. I can go somewhere if he wants me to but won't that be breaking the agreement that he and I signed? I ask him to send me to someone closer because the Dr. at this clinic didn't even examine me, he sat in a chair and had me raise my hand's on each side until they were over my head and said that good. The only time he touched me was when he had me breathe in and out that's it, wow he listened to me breathe that's all. I didn't take off my shirt or even stand up for him but this is what he calls an examination, let alone the fact that the way they will ill me will be like going to the Hospital I'll have to pay him and then the Dr.'s are paid separately. I just need some way of getting help closer to home and therefore safer for me to go to. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello??? this board is SO quiet, How is everyone > > feeling????? > > > > > these > > > > > > > days. Hope better? cindy > > > > > > > > > > > > > I agree it has gotten realy quiet. I'm realy looking > > hard > > > > for > > > > > some > > > > > > way for someone to help me find help! I just can't go on > in > > > > this > > > > > kind > > > > > > of pain alone, I don't expect alot just maybe a hand at > > where > > > to > > > > > begin > > > > > > looking, I've been to so many Dr,'s this year and the one > > I'm > > > > > seeing > > > > > > now act's real wierd. I feel like I'm shopping for a Dr. > > and > > > > thats > > > > > > not realy right. I feel like I should be able to live my > > life > > > > > without > > > > > > all these Dr.'s playing with me, I need help! > > > > > > Gerald > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Um, Gerald/Jerald, that " touch your nose " thing is a neurological test. Usually it's done with the eyes open though. Hubby has that as part of his " routine " for many years, to test how his head injury was/was not progressing. As long as he could touch his nose accurately, he passed the test. Sounds to me like your doc is using it as an excuse. Have you considered taking somebody with you, that knows you well, perhaps even somebody that has similar problems, so they can be your " advocate " ? Some times it just take another person to make the point. Sad, yes, and I know some docs are that way, but once they " get you " and understand, they can proceed. My neurosurgeon? He showed up the day of my discharge at the side of my hospital bed, wearing a really nice three-piece suit. All spiffied-up and dressy, said he was goint to Bartlesville - don't know what for. Just his style. Debbie Dahl Oklahoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Um, Gerald/Jerald, that " touch your nose " thing is a neurological test. Usually it's done with the eyes open though. Hubby has that as part of his " routine " for many years, to test how his head injury was/was not progressing. As long as he could touch his nose accurately, he passed the test. Sounds to me like your doc is using it as an excuse. Have you considered taking somebody with you, that knows you well, perhaps even somebody that has similar problems, so they can be your " advocate " ? Some times it just take another person to make the point. Sad, yes, and I know some docs are that way, but once they " get you " and understand, they can proceed. My neurosurgeon? He showed up the day of my discharge at the side of my hospital bed, wearing a really nice three-piece suit. All spiffied-up and dressy, said he was goint to Bartlesville - don't know what for. Just his style. Debbie Dahl Oklahoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Um, Gerald/Jerald, that " touch your nose " thing is a neurological test. Usually it's done with the eyes open though. Hubby has that as part of his " routine " for many years, to test how his head injury was/was not progressing. As long as he could touch his nose accurately, he passed the test. Sounds to me like your doc is using it as an excuse. Have you considered taking somebody with you, that knows you well, perhaps even somebody that has similar problems, so they can be your " advocate " ? Some times it just take another person to make the point. Sad, yes, and I know some docs are that way, but once they " get you " and understand, they can proceed. My neurosurgeon? He showed up the day of my discharge at the side of my hospital bed, wearing a really nice three-piece suit. All spiffied-up and dressy, said he was goint to Bartlesville - don't know what for. Just his style. Debbie Dahl Oklahoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Um, Gerald/Jerald, that " touch your nose " thing is a neurological test. Usually it's done with the eyes open though. Hubby has that as part of his " routine " for many years, to test how his head injury was/was not progressing. As long as he could touch his nose accurately, he passed the test. Sounds to me like your doc is using it as an excuse. Have you considered taking somebody with you, that knows you well, perhaps even somebody that has similar problems, so they can be your " advocate " ? Some times it just take another person to make the point. Sad, yes, and I know some docs are that way, but once they " get you " and understand, they can proceed. My neurosurgeon? He showed up the day of my discharge at the side of my hospital bed, wearing a really nice three-piece suit. All spiffied-up and dressy, said he was goint to Bartlesville - don't know what for. Just his style. Debbie Dahl Oklahoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 I have fone this test befoe and I have no problems with it but he said I acted like a drunk because I was using my third and then my first finger. He touched the third but I've alwaays had the test done with the first finger and he responds like that??? > > Um, Gerald/Jerald, that " touch your nose " thing is a neurological test. Usually it's done with the eyes open though. Hubby has that as part of his " routine " for many years, to test how his head injury was/was not progressing. As long as he could touch his nose accurately, he passed the test. > > Sounds to me like your doc is using it as an excuse. Have you considered taking somebody with you, that knows you well, perhaps even somebody that has similar problems, so they can be your " advocate " ? Some times it just take another person to make the point. Sad, yes, and I know some docs are that way, but once they " get you " and understand, they can proceed. > > My neurosurgeon? He showed up the day of my discharge at the side of my hospital bed, wearing a really nice three-piece suit. All spiffied-up and dressy, said he was goint to Bartlesville - don't know what for. Just his style. > > Debbie Dahl > Oklahoma > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 I have fone this test befoe and I have no problems with it but he said I acted like a drunk because I was using my third and then my first finger. He touched the third but I've alwaays had the test done with the first finger and he responds like that??? > > Um, Gerald/Jerald, that " touch your nose " thing is a neurological test. Usually it's done with the eyes open though. Hubby has that as part of his " routine " for many years, to test how his head injury was/was not progressing. As long as he could touch his nose accurately, he passed the test. > > Sounds to me like your doc is using it as an excuse. Have you considered taking somebody with you, that knows you well, perhaps even somebody that has similar problems, so they can be your " advocate " ? Some times it just take another person to make the point. Sad, yes, and I know some docs are that way, but once they " get you " and understand, they can proceed. > > My neurosurgeon? He showed up the day of my discharge at the side of my hospital bed, wearing a really nice three-piece suit. All spiffied-up and dressy, said he was goint to Bartlesville - don't know what for. Just his style. > > Debbie Dahl > Oklahoma > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 > > > > Hello??? this board is SO quiet, How is everyone feeling????? these > > days. Hope better? cindy > > > I agree it has gotten realy quiet. I'm realy looking hard for some > way for someone to help me find help! I just can't go on in this kind > of pain alone, I don't expect alot just maybe a hand at where to begin > looking, I've been to so many Dr,'s this year and the one I'm seeing > now act's real wierd. I feel like I'm shopping for a Dr. and thats > not realy right. I feel like I should be able to live my life without > all these Dr.'s playing with me, I need help! > Gerald > Hi Gerald. I'm sorry that you are suffering so. I know this road can seem long and lonely while looking for some answers just to be able to get through each day with some relief in sight. Have you gone anywhere to " locate " a doc in your area--such as google--looking up OSS or NS or Pain Management? I have asked a couple of people, but no response just yet. I honestly know what you're going through. I still have alot of pain, but I think that I'm better off than what I was a year ago and I also have learned not to push or test the limits and boundaries of my body. I'm listening to the signals a little more closely. If I try to walk and I have excrucuciating pain for a couple of days after that--I'm not going to try that again for a while. I'm not making light of your pain, I know how stressful it is, just looking at some avenues until you find the right doc. Sometimes looking for a doc that has your best interest in mind is half the battle. Iwish you luck on your journey and will continue to pray for relief so that you can move on with your life. Take care and the best of luck to you. Gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 > > > > Hello??? this board is SO quiet, How is everyone feeling????? these > > days. Hope better? cindy > > > I agree it has gotten realy quiet. I'm realy looking hard for some > way for someone to help me find help! I just can't go on in this kind > of pain alone, I don't expect alot just maybe a hand at where to begin > looking, I've been to so many Dr,'s this year and the one I'm seeing > now act's real wierd. I feel like I'm shopping for a Dr. and thats > not realy right. I feel like I should be able to live my life without > all these Dr.'s playing with me, I need help! > Gerald > Hi Gerald. I'm sorry that you are suffering so. I know this road can seem long and lonely while looking for some answers just to be able to get through each day with some relief in sight. Have you gone anywhere to " locate " a doc in your area--such as google--looking up OSS or NS or Pain Management? I have asked a couple of people, but no response just yet. I honestly know what you're going through. I still have alot of pain, but I think that I'm better off than what I was a year ago and I also have learned not to push or test the limits and boundaries of my body. I'm listening to the signals a little more closely. If I try to walk and I have excrucuciating pain for a couple of days after that--I'm not going to try that again for a while. I'm not making light of your pain, I know how stressful it is, just looking at some avenues until you find the right doc. Sometimes looking for a doc that has your best interest in mind is half the battle. Iwish you luck on your journey and will continue to pray for relief so that you can move on with your life. Take care and the best of luck to you. Gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 > > >Hello??? this board is SO quiet, How is everyone feeling????? these > >days. Hope better? cindy > > My wife tells me yesterday that she thinks I'm severely depressed and > too much into it to know it. I think I have good and bad days, and > it's not so black and white. She really is very understanding, she > just got tired of seeing me in my PJ's on a sunny day I told her > to look into my drawer of 14 pill bottles and it will be quite > evident why I'm not Chuckles the clown. That's it from PA, Dave > Hi Dave, Gail here. Yep it's a tough call sometimes. If I am feeling depressed which we all know goes hand in hand with chronic pain and side-effects of meds,I make attempts to manage symptoms such as isolation, anehdonia, and loss of motivation, which in turn can cause me to feel listless, tired, and lethargic. Consequently, this causes me to feel like just sleeping, ignoring personal hygiene, and sometimes becoming tearful. I have been trying this. I get up and immediately brush my teeth and get dressed--even if that devil on my shoulder says--why get dressed-no-one will see you? I force myself to do this first thing-because if given the opportunity to think i will talk myself out of it. So, I do this, eat and take my meds. Then I do lay back down until the meds kick in and I try to do at least one activity each day--no matter what it is or how simple it is- -like doing the dishes--cooking dinner(simple meals) or calling friends,etc.. I at least feel like I'm somewhat human if I do this and I accomplish something which increases my self-esteem. I admit that sometimes I can't even do this on really bad days, but generally I try. My husband, I'm sure gets frustrated too at times, but we agree to talk about things before we throw out judgements and this helps. This back stuff can tear apart families if allowed, so we need to use the support of this board, peers, and health specialists when we can. It's a long hard journey, but I don't want to be miserable the whole way. I know it's a battle some days, but I am learning not to push myself too hard and shoot for the small goals instead of srtting myself up for failure. Are you on any anti- depressants--just curious? Best of luck to you. Gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 At 11:36 PM 10/20/07, you wrote: >Hi Dave, Gail here. Yep it's a tough call sometimes. If I am >feeling > Are you on any anti- >depressants--just curious? >Best of luck to you. >Gail Yes, Cymbalta. Can't say whether it really helps or not. I too do better if I push myself a bit. Getting going is the hardest part, once I'm actually doing something and accomplishing a task, I feel much better. But on the bad days I don't bother getting dressed either. I usually change just before my Wife comes home from work, so she doesn't think I was in my Pj's all day. I work with a friend on a big train layout, once to 2x a week. This really helps me, because I get to use my mind as well as my hands. But I pay for it later. The pain or dizzyness hits me when I get home. Sorry for the delay, I just tonight caught up on some of the messages. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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