Re: Re: I want to scream!!!!!!!!

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Thanks for that explanation Alan. I am working with someone right now to find a new doctor.

Today is better some. I plan to rest this weekend. I love you all!! Terry

Re: I want to scream!!!!!!!!

Hi Pat,

Scream all you want. The nerve sets that give you topical feeling in

the knee and the nerves that transmit pain signals are different

bundles. Believe me, after 40+ years of chronic knee pain, I know all

about that. Also, the longer you've been in pain, the faster the

nerves tend to transmit the pain signal, like an over-used door. They

swing open at the slightest touch. Just take your meds and hang in

there. I'll give you a little of my story just to give you hope.

In bad knee pain since 4-years old. I used to pray for no heat in our

apartment so I could cool off the fires in my knees.

By the time I was a teen, riding the subway would bring tears to my

eyes. When I was dating my wife she could feel the gross difference

in the temperature of my legs versus my knees.

By Age 35, I had to give up all sports etc. I lived in bad pain

24x7x365. It was destroying my marriage. My wife gave me a choice,

surgery, medication or divorce. My GP put me on Vicodine every

4-hours. That worked for about a year and then it had no effect. The

pain levels were also like a roller coaster, up and down all day long.

Age 43 after 6 surgeries to try to fix my knees, I went to a Pain

Management Center. They put me on the patch. Last year, I went to a

renowned surgeon. He told me I was a candidate for early double TKR.

Now 5-months after double TKR, I'm down to 3 Vicodine a day and back

down to lowest patch dosage. I should be off the patch in a few

weeks. I'm doing more than I have in years but the pain is still

there. Some days worse than others. It's getting better each week,

but the nerves still transmit the pain signal too quickly.

The point of this whole dissertation is that if you've been in pain

for many years prior to the surgery, you'll feel the pain longer

afterwards. Don't go by everyone else's recovery rate, we're all

different and our bodies are different. Just be patient. Depression

is a part of chronic pain suffering, it will get better over time.

Just keep telling yourself that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Alan B -- NJ

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> Some days are bad, and some days are worse. :o/ Hmmm. No nerves in

your knees? Then why are you having pain? I thought nerves were what

telegraphed the pain. It sounds like the doctor got out of the wrong

side of bed for sure . . . but it seems he does that nearly every day.

He has lousy bedside manner. So go ahead, vent here. You're safe and I

know I'll still love you!

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> Pat

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> Excuse me group. You know I am usually light hearted, but right

now I am not and so if I throw this big tantrum, will you all still

love me?

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