Guest guest Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 Hi Cindi, that is amazing news about your new doctor! I bet your mouth dropped open, wow!! Isn't that something, you never know what goes on when your in surgery. I'm so glad that he was there. He sounds like a wonderful doctor, and glad that your going to him. I hope that he can help you now, and you will get some real relief. How did the MRI go today? I'm glad that the Cymbalta is helping, that is so great! I have also thought about trying a pain management doctor. Yes, we just have to keep going, and not give up. Even our darkest hours, we just have to look for something positive. I am so glad your here, because your words help me a lot. You take care, and post when you can, let me know how things are going with the new doc. PS:sorry I didn't answer earlier, I missed your post. Then went back, and found it, I'm glad that I did:) Big hugs, Tawny > > DEAR TAWNY, > > YOU TAKE CARE GIRL AND KNOW THAT I AM PRAYING FOR EVERYONE ON > THIS SITE EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH ALOT AND > JUST BECAUSE I DO NOT FEEL WELL ENOUGH TO WRITE ENOUGH, I HAVEN'T > FORGOTTEN YOU OR TESS OR EVERYONE ELSE HERE, MARINA YOU TOO GIRL. ! > EVERYBODY --- FIGHT HARD AND FIGHT FOR YOUR HEALTH AND NEVER GIVE > UP ! I AM GOING THROUGH A NEW TREATMENT: I JUST STARTED AT OUR > CITY'S PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC. I FOUND OUT FROM MY NEW DOCTOR THAT 8 > YEARS AGO HE SAVED MY LIFE WHEN I WAS HAVING A ROUTINE PROCEDURE AS > AN OUT PATIENT, AN ENDOSCOPY OF MY STOMACH. AND SINCE NO ONE CHECKED > ON MY MEDS AND REALIZED ON I WAS ON SEDATIVES I NEEDED TO BE > RESUSITATED IN THE E.R. AND MY DOCTOR THAT RESUSITATED ME IS MY > DOCTOR IN THE PAIN CLINIC. OF COURSE, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE NEVER > TOLD THE TRUTH, TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR THE BRUISES ON MY BODY THEY WERE > TOLD THAT I HAD BECOME VIOLENT WITH THE VERSED I WAS GIVEN...... > WHEN I WENT TO THE PAIN CLINIC FRIDAY, 8 YEARS AFTER THIS EVENT, MY > NEW DOCTOR REMEMBERED RESUSITATING ME AND TOLD ME SO. IF YOU DONOT > THINK THAT WAS SHOCK ! I CAN REMEMBER TELLING MY HUSBAND FOR > SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER THE ENDOSCOPY THAT I WAS SCARED AND PANICKY AND > I DIDNT KNOW WHY, AND I CRIED ALOT. HE REMEMBERS IT TOO. THIS WAS > SOMETHING I JUST REMEMBER A FEW HOURS AGO. APPARENTLY, THE HORRORS > OF BEING RESUSITATED WERE BURIED, BUT MY BRAIN SOMEHOW REMEMBERED > SOMETHING VERY UNPLEASANT. > MY PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR IS A DOCTOR WHO DOES NOT ONLY TREAT ME, > HIS QUOTE WAS, WE GET THE WHOLE FAMILY ON BOARD TO HELP YOU, TO > UNDERSTAND YOU DISEASES, I HAVE 3, AND TO LEARN WHAT PHYSICAL HELP > YOU NEED AT HOME. WE GET THERAPISTS, PHYSCHIATRISTS, FOR THE WHOLE > FAMILY, WHETHER THEY STILL LIVE AT HOME OR NOT, AND I TREAT YOU ! > HE WAS A BIT INTIMIDATING, HE IS FROM INDIA LIKE MY RHEUMATALOGIST > AND VERY TALL...... I WAS SO MUCH IN PAIN WHEN I WENT TO SEE HIM, I > STARTED BLUBBERING ALMOST RIGHT AWAY.... > I TOLD HIM BETWEEN HICCUPS THAT I WAS THERE BECAUSE I COULD NOT > EMOTIONALLY HIDE THE AMOUNT OF PAIN I WAS IN FROM MY FAMILY AND THAT > WAS HARDER THAN DEALING WITH THE PAIN AND DID NOT WANT TO LET ANY OF > MY CHILDREN DOWN BECAUSE THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS LIVING > WITH.....THEY NEEDED TO KNOW NOW, SO THEY DID NOT HAVE RESENTMENT > THAT GREW AND GREW..... > MONDAY MORNING I GO FOR A 45 MINUTE MRI AND THEN I GET WHEELED > RIGHT TO HIM AND HE IS GOING TO READ THE RESULTS TO ME AND TO MY > HUSBAND....I TOLD HIM I WILL NOT START FROM THE BEGININNING, I AM > EXHAUSTED OF TEST AFTER 3 YEARS, BUT THAT I WILL DO THE MRI, HE > WANTS TO RULE OUT ANY INJURY, WITH ALL MY 16 YEARS OF EQUESTRIAN > YEARS IN THE SADDLE THERE IS A GREAT PERCENT OF INJURY THAT COULD BE > THERE....SO I AM DOING THE MRI ONLY AND THEN HE CAN HAVE WHAT HE > WILL. > HE ALREADY STARTED ME ON CYMBALTA FOR MY NEUROPATHY AND IT IS > WORKING AFTER ONE DAY......I THINK I HAVE COME FULL CIRCLE...... > SO, ALL OF MY DEAR ARTHRITIS SUFFERERS, NEVER SAY NEVER, AND NEVER > EVER GIVE UP.....PLEASE, THERE IS ALWAYS ONE MORE AVENUE OF HELP OUT > THERE, IF YOU DO NOT LIKE YOUR DOCTOR - FIRE IS #@#, YOU ARE PAYING > FOR HIM, YOU ARE HIS BOSS, HE DID NOT HIRE YOU. FIND SOMEONE ELSE, I > KNOW IT IS EXHAUSTING, FRUSTRATING, JUST DIG DEEP DOWN INSIDE > YOURSELF AND ASK FOR HELP ON THIS GROUP AND WE WILL GET YOU THROUGH > IT. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS DOCTOR CAN MAKE MY LIFE A BIT MORE > COMFORTABLE OR HAVE ME OUT OF MY WHEELCHAIR MORE EACH AND EVERY DAY > AND TRIP TO THE STORE, BUT IT IS LOOKING GOOD. ! CINDI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 Hi Cindi, that is amazing news about your new doctor! I bet your mouth dropped open, wow!! Isn't that something, you never know what goes on when your in surgery. I'm so glad that he was there. He sounds like a wonderful doctor, and glad that your going to him. I hope that he can help you now, and you will get some real relief. How did the MRI go today? I'm glad that the Cymbalta is helping, that is so great! I have also thought about trying a pain management doctor. Yes, we just have to keep going, and not give up. Even our darkest hours, we just have to look for something positive. I am so glad your here, because your words help me a lot. You take care, and post when you can, let me know how things are going with the new doc. PS:sorry I didn't answer earlier, I missed your post. Then went back, and found it, I'm glad that I did:) Big hugs, Tawny > > DEAR TAWNY, > > YOU TAKE CARE GIRL AND KNOW THAT I AM PRAYING FOR EVERYONE ON > THIS SITE EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH ALOT AND > JUST BECAUSE I DO NOT FEEL WELL ENOUGH TO WRITE ENOUGH, I HAVEN'T > FORGOTTEN YOU OR TESS OR EVERYONE ELSE HERE, MARINA YOU TOO GIRL. ! > EVERYBODY --- FIGHT HARD AND FIGHT FOR YOUR HEALTH AND NEVER GIVE > UP ! I AM GOING THROUGH A NEW TREATMENT: I JUST STARTED AT OUR > CITY'S PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC. I FOUND OUT FROM MY NEW DOCTOR THAT 8 > YEARS AGO HE SAVED MY LIFE WHEN I WAS HAVING A ROUTINE PROCEDURE AS > AN OUT PATIENT, AN ENDOSCOPY OF MY STOMACH. AND SINCE NO ONE CHECKED > ON MY MEDS AND REALIZED ON I WAS ON SEDATIVES I NEEDED TO BE > RESUSITATED IN THE E.R. AND MY DOCTOR THAT RESUSITATED ME IS MY > DOCTOR IN THE PAIN CLINIC. OF COURSE, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE NEVER > TOLD THE TRUTH, TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR THE BRUISES ON MY BODY THEY WERE > TOLD THAT I HAD BECOME VIOLENT WITH THE VERSED I WAS GIVEN...... > WHEN I WENT TO THE PAIN CLINIC FRIDAY, 8 YEARS AFTER THIS EVENT, MY > NEW DOCTOR REMEMBERED RESUSITATING ME AND TOLD ME SO. IF YOU DONOT > THINK THAT WAS SHOCK ! I CAN REMEMBER TELLING MY HUSBAND FOR > SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER THE ENDOSCOPY THAT I WAS SCARED AND PANICKY AND > I DIDNT KNOW WHY, AND I CRIED ALOT. HE REMEMBERS IT TOO. THIS WAS > SOMETHING I JUST REMEMBER A FEW HOURS AGO. APPARENTLY, THE HORRORS > OF BEING RESUSITATED WERE BURIED, BUT MY BRAIN SOMEHOW REMEMBERED > SOMETHING VERY UNPLEASANT. > MY PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR IS A DOCTOR WHO DOES NOT ONLY TREAT ME, > HIS QUOTE WAS, WE GET THE WHOLE FAMILY ON BOARD TO HELP YOU, TO > UNDERSTAND YOU DISEASES, I HAVE 3, AND TO LEARN WHAT PHYSICAL HELP > YOU NEED AT HOME. WE GET THERAPISTS, PHYSCHIATRISTS, FOR THE WHOLE > FAMILY, WHETHER THEY STILL LIVE AT HOME OR NOT, AND I TREAT YOU ! > HE WAS A BIT INTIMIDATING, HE IS FROM INDIA LIKE MY RHEUMATALOGIST > AND VERY TALL...... I WAS SO MUCH IN PAIN WHEN I WENT TO SEE HIM, I > STARTED BLUBBERING ALMOST RIGHT AWAY.... > I TOLD HIM BETWEEN HICCUPS THAT I WAS THERE BECAUSE I COULD NOT > EMOTIONALLY HIDE THE AMOUNT OF PAIN I WAS IN FROM MY FAMILY AND THAT > WAS HARDER THAN DEALING WITH THE PAIN AND DID NOT WANT TO LET ANY OF > MY CHILDREN DOWN BECAUSE THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS LIVING > WITH.....THEY NEEDED TO KNOW NOW, SO THEY DID NOT HAVE RESENTMENT > THAT GREW AND GREW..... > MONDAY MORNING I GO FOR A 45 MINUTE MRI AND THEN I GET WHEELED > RIGHT TO HIM AND HE IS GOING TO READ THE RESULTS TO ME AND TO MY > HUSBAND....I TOLD HIM I WILL NOT START FROM THE BEGININNING, I AM > EXHAUSTED OF TEST AFTER 3 YEARS, BUT THAT I WILL DO THE MRI, HE > WANTS TO RULE OUT ANY INJURY, WITH ALL MY 16 YEARS OF EQUESTRIAN > YEARS IN THE SADDLE THERE IS A GREAT PERCENT OF INJURY THAT COULD BE > THERE....SO I AM DOING THE MRI ONLY AND THEN HE CAN HAVE WHAT HE > WILL. > HE ALREADY STARTED ME ON CYMBALTA FOR MY NEUROPATHY AND IT IS > WORKING AFTER ONE DAY......I THINK I HAVE COME FULL CIRCLE...... > SO, ALL OF MY DEAR ARTHRITIS SUFFERERS, NEVER SAY NEVER, AND NEVER > EVER GIVE UP.....PLEASE, THERE IS ALWAYS ONE MORE AVENUE OF HELP OUT > THERE, IF YOU DO NOT LIKE YOUR DOCTOR - FIRE IS #@#, YOU ARE PAYING > FOR HIM, YOU ARE HIS BOSS, HE DID NOT HIRE YOU. FIND SOMEONE ELSE, I > KNOW IT IS EXHAUSTING, FRUSTRATING, JUST DIG DEEP DOWN INSIDE > YOURSELF AND ASK FOR HELP ON THIS GROUP AND WE WILL GET YOU THROUGH > IT. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS DOCTOR CAN MAKE MY LIFE A BIT MORE > COMFORTABLE OR HAVE ME OUT OF MY WHEELCHAIR MORE EACH AND EVERY DAY > AND TRIP TO THE STORE, BUT IT IS LOOKING GOOD. ! CINDI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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