Guest guest Posted September 11, 1998 Report Share Posted September 11, 1998 The answer to dealing with new causes of pain is you do it very carefully. You should have some attention to determine if there is anything more than soft tissue damage. It is a separate medical problem, but your existing pain meds could tend to hide some of the injury's effects. Same thing happens with dental problems & chronic pain meds, so you just have to look after things with awareness that you could have hidden symptoms. Also, I think maybe you should sit on the floor! Ken At 11:16 PM 9/10/98 -0600, you wrote: >From: Andy24747@... (A. ) > >When you go to a doc for an injury that is not related to your chronic >pain, how do you explain to the doc the difference between the normal >pain and the new pain. Do you tell them about your chronic pain? >I had to fill out some workers comp forms today cos I somehow managed to >fall out of my chair while sitting and talking on the phone. My shoulder >and neck always hurt although I favor the left side and this was the >right side. Luckily I got a big bruise to go along with the pain. The >way I would describe it is that my pain level was maybe at a 3 till I >fell and then it went to a 6. But i didn't want to say that and have >them dismiss it as a preexisting condition, but I didn't want to lie and >say that I'm in all of this pain cos of the fall. >Someone, I think it was Ray, was in a car accident recently. How do you >tell the old pain from the new pain? > > >~››~››~››~››~››~››~››~››~› >Success is not measured by how well we deal with plan " A " but by how >well we deal with plan " B " . >‹‹§‹‹§‹‹§‹‹§‹‹§‹‹§‹‹§‹‹§ > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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