Re: Hello Everyone/Chelle

[Guest guest]

---Hi and welcome to the group! I am so sorry they have been unable

to pinpoint your diagnosis. The unknowing can cause more pain. I

dont know about narcotic laws where you are, but here in Colorado our

primary doc can prescribe narcotics, it is just that they dont want

to for long term patients.

I have had 6 surgeries on my right knee and have arthritis in both. I

finally got my primary doc to refer me to a pain doc for

a " consultation " . It ended up that the pain doc agreed to treat me

long term and I have been with him ever since. I would reccommend

you try and get some kind of referral to a pain doc who is willing to

give you the narcotics you need. Be careful though, you dont want

your primary doc to think you are a " drug seeker " . Then that will

follow you wherever you go.

Sorry I wasnt more help. Take care of yourself and keep posting!

gentle hugs

keliz

In Hugs-N-Pain , " crn111591 " wrote:

>

> Hi. My name is Chelle and I am a 43 year old with chronic abdominal

> pain. I've been through multitudes of tests and they can't find

> anything wrong. I even had my gall bladder removed, but the pain

came

> back worse. My gastroenterologist is pretty much throwing up his

> hands because he doesn't know what to do for me. At this point, he

> doesn't think the problem is digestive, but the pain is centered in

my

> stomach, so I don't know what to think.

>

> My quality of life has gone downhill very fast. I am unable to do a

> lot of things I would like to do because I never know how I am going

> to be feeling from day to day. They won't give me narcotics

because I

> don't have an " official " diagnosis. I am on ultracet and bentyl.

The

> ultracet would help if I could take more of it, but they only will

let

> me have 8 pills a day. Sometimes I have to take more because it

hurts

> so much.

>

> I find myself watching the television and thinking " I'll bet her

> stomach doesn't hurt, I'll bet his stomach doesn't hurt. " That's

got

> to be counterproductive! LOL I have three children and the

youngest

> who is 8 has autism so I am required to get him to occupational

> therapy and school and anything else. I also have to get my other

> kids to the places they need to go. It's so hard and so

frustrating.

> I used to be able to jump out of bed and do anything I needed to

do.

> Now it takes me about two hours to get out of bed. God forbid I

have

> anything scheduled early in the morning!

>

> I find myself getting very depressed and frustrated by the pain.

I've

> lived with fibromyalgia since I was a teenager, but I never had the

> trouble doing things when I was dealing with that like the trouble I

> have now. They're going to send me to a pain clinic in August and

I'm

> currently getting acupuncture treatments, which I think are actually

> helping. I had lost all hope of ever feeling better, but the last

two

> weeks with the acupuncture treatment have been a little bit better.

> My mother says that western medicine has failed me so I might as

well

> try Eastern medicine. I wasn't too thrilled about the needles but

> they really don't hurt, thank God.

>

> Someone said something about laws regarding dispensing narcotics to

> pain patients. Does anyone know any more about this? I do much

> better on narcotics than the ultracet but I can't get the doctor to

> give me more.

>

> That's my story. I hope all of you are having a pain free day

today.

>

> Chelle

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Kathleen,

Thanks for the reply. I have an appointment with a pain clinic August

14th and I'm hoping they'll be willing to prescribe something

stronger. I just would like a diagnosis of something. I'm afraid

it's all in my head but the pain sure feels like it's all in my stomach!

My husband and I went to a bed and breakfast this past weekend and I'm

wiped out from it. It was very relaxing but I still had a lot of pain

once we got home. I guess I'm not used to going out anymore. We did

some sightseeing and now I'm just completely wiped out.

Sorry about your surgeries. I hope something works for you and you're

not in pain everyday. It really changes the way you look at the

world, doesn't it?

Chelle