Pain management doctors

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Hi, all,

I have an appointment on Monday with a pain management doc and I am

really not wanting to go. First of all I am feeling better but I told

myself to just go-it's covered by insurance-and see what they say.

So...I get a call from some idiot at their front office who tells me

not to eat or drink anything starting at midnight the night before my

appointment. I ask why, as this is my first assessment. She said, " I

DON'T KNOW WHY. " WHAT THE HELL???? Ok, so I ask if I can talk to a

nurse and she gets me one. The nurse told me I couldn't eat " in case "

they wanted to do a procedure. So they tell EVERYONE not to eat but

they made NO MENTION of getting a ride or a way home? That's not

right or safe at all in my opinion. I told them that since it was my

first assessment and I did not have a ride home, that unless she could

tell me that a procedure was scheduled, that I was going to eat and

drive myself. So we're already getting off on the wrong foot (I admit-

I lose patience QUICKLY when the front office staff doesn't know what

they're doing and my standards are completely unrealistic). Has

anybody had success with pain management doctors?

Lindsey