Re: pain mng. for Pam-response to a

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Thanks for writing a, no I will not give up...damn close, but I

will not. yes my dr I will see on Friday (actually a matter of hours

from now) is younger than my regular guy. I will ask for percocet,

because my Vicodin no longer works either, it takes the edge off but

my stomach just cannot handle it anymore, we'll see say a prayer for

me I'll know in a few hours whats up...maybe I should take up

drinking, I actually did the other day and 3 beers took my pain away!

No, I am smarter than that. Well, I will take your advice and when I

am not napping I will hit the road in search of a more understanding

doc. Who lives in the east coast in this group? I wonder if I could

get suggestions from others? Ah, time will tell, soft hugs to you and

God Bless, Pam

> Pam, the only thing that I can suggest is just keep going to one Dr

after the

> other until you get one that will treat your pain, and I mean with

REAL

> medication. I will say that I have been given vicoden then when

that stopped

> helping percocet and then on to the pain patch, that I still use

and the thing that

> gave me the BEST relief was the flexeril at night. Go figure. Did

you say that

> your new Dr is younger or newer? Hopefully he is a more recently

licensed Dr

> because they seem to be a bit more compassionate about the pain, at

least from

> what I have read lately. Anyway, don't give up, please

> a C