Diane

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane!

Thanks for the response! I can't wait to meet Dr. Levin!

Kim Schulz

Vancouver, WA

TL: (Pomeroy) 11/10/93

TR: 01/?/02, Dr. Levin

ME: 36

DH: Wade 34

DD: 15

DD: 14

DD: Casey 8

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Kim,

It will be the best surgical experience that you have ever had! If that

makes sense. Dr. Levin si the best doctor and a great human being!

Good luck with your surgery and consult.

Diane

Hi, I'm New!

> Hi, my name is Kim and I'm new here.

> I had my tubes tied 8 years ago because my husband said that we had enough

> kids (2 mine, 3 his, and 1 together). He said it would be easier for me to

> have it done since I was having a C-Section anyway. I thought this was

> reasonable and went ahead with it. Ten months later he left me for another

> women. I then realized what a big mistake I had made and have regretted it

> ever since.

> Now I am happily remarried (5 years) to a wonderful man who has never had

> children of his own. I want sooooo much to be able to have one or two more

> children. We have been waiting for years to finally have the money to have

> the TR done. Now we have it!

> I have spent this year looking into doctors and have decided on Dr. Levin.

I

> already faxed my operative reports to him right before he went on

vacation.

> Now I just have to wait until he gets back to schedule the consultation

and

> surgery for sometime in January. I want to have it done as soon as

possible.

> It's hard to wait now that we finally have the money! I'm half scared and

> half excited. I've never went to another state to have a surgery and I've

> never been in an airplane longer than an hour! I am such a chicken!

> Does anyone know what days he has available for surgery? Is anyone else

> having their TR in January? What is Dr. Levin like? (I've only talked to

him

> on the phone).

> I hope I get to know everyone soon! :-)

> Kim Schulz

> Vancouver, WA

> TL: (Pomeroy) 11/10/93

> TR: 01/?/02, Dr. Levin

> ME: 36

> DH: Wade 34

> DD: 15

> DD: 14

> DD: Casey 8

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have only been taking the mildest vicodine for about 3 weeks now. I did take

the higher mgs.last year when I did go to a pain management doctor, but he also

wanted to put me on Remicade for RA via IV in his office. Due to some other meds

I am on (not related to pain), I couldn't use the Remicade. When I did see the

pain dr., they did a full drug screen on me, and from what others have told me

around here, they all do that in my area. I know that won't show a history of

substance abuse, but I honestly have never had a problem with drugs or alcohol.

If I was recovering from an addiction, I would look into the alternate

medications like Remicade or others that are non-narcotic. You need to be honest

with any doctor you see about your pain, if you do not want to take the chance

of getting hooked again.

 

I do wish you the best of luck with any decision you make. There are so many

alternative therapies to choose from now-a-days, maybe you can find one that

works for you. Some of them I think are just quacks, but some people do find

relief in them. But talk to your doctor about the many RA medications available

now. One may be just right for you.

 

{{{HUGS}}}

 

Sandy

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To: hugs and pain at yahoo <hugs-n-pain >

Sent: Wed, June 2, 2010 8:56:04 PM

Subject: RE: Jena /RE: OT- My Cat

Hi...Diane again.  Again, i have RA, and neropathy, plus some other stuff.  I

got a buch of stuff  am cujrntl;y struggling with a bunch of stuff but thank god

the struggle I went through awhile back, with no money, no place to live, being

un relapse because I was self-medicating, etc..... (and we all know how everyone

just loves a self-medicator.....right......wrong!!! )...We are usually

misunderstood, hatred and abused..... " She is just drug-seeking " was my favorite

one.....I used to think, I'd like to see you with this kind of pain ans wha you

can handle.  But anyway my point in all this is that pain, pain mgt. pain meds,

all of it has alwys been a bit of a bone of contenion for me and it feels so

nice when I can get a reprival from it all.  I started asking some of my Dr's

about  break through medicines afrer hearing about it , and once again I was met

with resistance.  so when I hear alof o yu share what you are taking, I

sometimes feel a bit

jealous, or something.  so let me ask you all somwthing.  For thoseof you that

are taking any kind of strong meds, like oxycotin....or whatever, are you able

to get this because you never had a problem with it, from the addiction point of

view.  do you know whAT  i mean....see part of my struggle is because i am also

a recovering addicti, so it complcates things, and sometimes I hear you all

sharing about some liberal pain mt. but than I think, well maybe it is okay

bcause they have never had trouble with adiction, or with alochol, etc and I

have.  Lots of trouble, so it gets tricfky, but I am getting more honest, and

since I beong to several different groups I could see memanipulation myself inot

a situation thT  I muight not get ouit of so it is sometimwa better fofr me to

get honest with it all at this level, do you know what I mean.  Thhis is not to

say I cant have anything at all because thEN i COULD GET IN TROUBLE TOO, THE

PAIN GETTING SO

BAD AND ME GOING OVERGBOARD TO RELIEVE IT, IT IS A TOUCH THING, BUT so what

nobody ever said any of this would be easy.  I want a life though. and I cant or

wont be a martyr.  So I just sont know why i get ao much resitance from people

like my RA Dr. you would think ohim of all pople.  He knows I am on methdone but

he wont prescribv it and he wqont give me any back up medinine....stuff like

that.    I just have so much to untangle and figure out and work thorujgh right

now with all my medical stuff and of course issue saround pain and pain mgt. are

some of the worse issuea I have to deL WITH.  So any thoughts would be

appreciated, otherwise thankyou for listening.....love diane