Physician search assistance request...

[Guest guest]

Hello, I have recently relocated from San Diego back to my

hometown area in Northeast Arkansas and am have a terrible time

locating a physician who is " comfortable " treating me for my chronic

medical conditions, Fibro, Interstitial Cystitis, A-Fib,

Hypertension, Connective Tissue Disease, Lupus Anticoagulant Factor,

etc... So far in 3 months I've had 3 different local Internal

Medicine Specialist tell me they are simply not as they

say " comfortable " treating me. Alot of it has to do with

prescribing pain meds to help me cope with the IC and Fibro pain. I

take Endocet 5/325mgs every 4 hours as my pain relief. I've tried

Morphine, and a couple of other more extreme pain meds that didn't

help with covering both the IC and Fibro pain as well as the Endocet

does. I had a wonderful physician in San Diego who finally " got " it

and has me on a cocktail of meds that at least let me get out of bed

if nothing else on those few and far

inbetween " good " days. Everyone seems to want to take me off what's

been working for 3 years and experiment on me. As many of you know,

there comes a point where when you've been there, tried that, and

have something that works, it's just impossible to even think about

messing that up in order to satisfy a new physician who is not in

his " comfort zone " !!! I've not been able to work for over a year

and am on my third round of fighting for disability, having had to

move my case from CA to AR as I could no longer afford to live there

and have had to move in with my parents at the age of 43. My mother

has early onset Alzheimer's and I'm having to try to assist her and

deal with all of my own health issues. As you can imagine, my income

level is nil and stress levels are off the charts!! Oh, and they say

I'm depressed, imagine that!!!! I'm just as close to Memphis TN as

I am to Little Rock AR, so any assistance with locating a physician

would be greatly appreciated!! I'm sorry for the lengthy post, but

I'm at the end of my rope with nothing left to tie a knot in...

[Guest guest]

>

> Hello, I have recently relocated from San Diego back to my

> hometown area in Northeast Arkansas and am have a terrible time

> locating a physician who is " comfortable " treating me for my

chronic

> medical conditions, Fibro, Interstitial Cystitis, A-Fib,

> Hypertension, Connective Tissue Disease, Lupus Anticoagulant

Factor,

> etc... So far in 3 months I've had 3 different local Internal

> Medicine Specialist tell me they are simply not as they

> say " comfortable " treating me. Alot of it has to do with

> prescribing pain meds to help me cope with the IC and Fibro pain.

I

> take Endocet 5/325mgs every 4 hours as my pain relief. I've tried

> Morphine, and a couple of other more extreme pain meds that didn't

> help with covering both the IC and Fibro pain as well as the

Endocet

> does. I had a wonderful physician in San Diego who finally " got " it

> and has me on a cocktail of meds that at least let me get out of

bed

> if nothing else on those few and far

> inbetween " good " days. Everyone seems to want to take me off

what's

> been working for 3 years and experiment on me. As many of you

know,

> there comes a point where when you've been there, tried that, and

> have something that works, it's just impossible to even think about

> messing that up in order to satisfy a new physician who is not in

> his " comfort zone " !!! I've not been able to work for over a year

> and am on my third round of fighting for disability, having had to

> move my case from CA to AR as I could no longer afford to live

there

> and have had to move in with my parents at the age of 43. My mother

> has early onset Alzheimer's and I'm having to try to assist her and

> deal with all of my own health issues. As you can imagine, my

income

> level is nil and stress levels are off the charts!! Oh, and they

say

> I'm depressed, imagine that!!!! I'm just as close to Memphis TN as

> I am to Little Rock AR, so any assistance with locating a physician

> would be greatly appreciated!! I'm sorry for the lengthy post, but

> I'm at the end of my rope with nothing left to tie a knot in...

>

I am not sure this is the answer you are looking for but try the net

to locate a doctor with good reviews. I am glad you had a good doctor

in California, I am sure you will find another. Pray to GOD for an

answer. I will be praying for you and your family.

God Bless

Mahala

[Guest guest]

I am so sorry to hear you are having such a hard time. Have you

tried the local hospital for fibro support group? Those folks could

tell you more about local doctors. Hang in there and I'm sure you'll

find one soon. Sorry about your mom I know that can be very

stressful being a caregiver. there are groups that can help you with

questions and issues that might come up.

michelle

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> Hello, I have recently relocated from San Diego back to my

> hometown area in Northeast Arkansas and am have a terrible time

> locating a physician who is " comfortable " treating me for my

chronic

> medical conditions, Fibro, Interstitial Cystitis, A-Fib,

> Hypertension, Connective Tissue Disease, Lupus Anticoagulant

Factor,

> etc... So far in 3 months I've had 3 different local Internal

> Medicine Specialist tell me they are simply not as they

> say " comfortable " treating me. Alot of it has to do with

> prescribing pain meds to help me cope with the IC and Fibro pain.

I

> take Endocet 5/325mgs every 4 hours as my pain relief. I've tried

> Morphine, and a couple of other more extreme pain meds that didn't

> help with covering both the IC and Fibro pain as well as the

Endocet

> does. I had a wonderful physician in San Diego who finally " got "

it

> and has me on a cocktail of meds that at least let me get out of

bed

> if nothing else on those few and far

> inbetween " good " days. Everyone seems to want to take me off

what's

> been working for 3 years and experiment on me. As many of you

know,

> there comes a point where when you've been there, tried that, and

> have something that works, it's just impossible to even think

about

> messing that up in order to satisfy a new physician who is not in

> his " comfort zone " !!! I've not been able to work for over a year

> and am on my third round of fighting for disability, having had to

> move my case from CA to AR as I could no longer afford to live

there

> and have had to move in with my parents at the age of 43. My

mother

> has early onset Alzheimer's and I'm having to try to assist her

and

> deal with all of my own health issues. As you can imagine, my

income

> level is nil and stress levels are off the charts!! Oh, and they

say

> I'm depressed, imagine that!!!! I'm just as close to Memphis TN

as

> I am to Little Rock AR, so any assistance with locating a

physician

> would be greatly appreciated!! I'm sorry for the lengthy post,

but

> I'm at the end of my rope with nothing left to tie a knot in...

>