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October 21, 2009

I went to see the surgeons for my liver transplant yesterday. This junior

student doctor came in, as there's a team of them, so I never get the same one

twice. He informed me that they were going to take me off all pain pills because

I was having problems with my kidneys. When I questioned him as to why the

opiates and not any of the other 20 drugs I'm taking he told me that the

morphine was optional and the others weren't and so they were going to do that

first.

After I picked myself up off the floor, I started laughing and told him what a

bad idea I thought it was. So then he said,well, we'll taper you off. I said I

didn't think it was a good idea and I was pretty sure it wasn't the opiates

since I'd been taking them for several years without any indications that they

were a problem.

Well, then he left the room and came back with one of the senior surgeons to

help sell me on this. Senior took one look at the info, asked a bunch of

questions and said, " well let's reduce your antirejection medication. It's the

one that's doing it. "

When I got home, I looked at my test results and the number he is so

concerned about is dropping, not rising, anyway. I plan to take the graph of

that info with me next time.

God save me from students. I was really sweating. They are sending me to a pain

clinic but I've been expecting that since they are releasing me back to my

primary care for a bunch of stuff like blood pressure, etc, and she has been

wanting me to go to one for quite sometime anyway.

Anyone have experience with Oregon Health Sciences University Pain Clinic or can

recommend another in Portland, Oregon? Please contact me off list.

carolyn@...

Also, any information about dealing with pain clinics in general would be

appreciated.

" Sweet Goat Mama "

CarAlyn Eddy

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