Outcome of second dr appt of the day

March 23, 2004

Well the second appointment went remarkable better than the first

one. After a brief discussion on the anti-depressants (decided to

leave them as they are as they seem to be working quite well) she

asked how the pain clinic had gone. Well after i had told her about

that she was very upset. She said that that was an injust way to

treat someone. She has decided that she wants me to see another

pain clinic in connection with the health center where my OS is

based out of (It's University Hospital in London Ontario). She also

said that yes strengthening is important but you cant strengthen

anything when you are in that much pain and have no energy from

sleeping because you will just end up hurting yourself worse. She

was appaled that he 'dismissed' me for 3 weeks until his nurse was

in the office. She has decided that she wants to find out how much

of a narcotic pain killer i am actually needing. She gave me a

perscription for percocet (along with an anti-nauseant just in case)

and wants me to keep a pain diary for the week. She told me to not

try to fight off the pain but if it hurts to take something, at

least for this week, to see if things can get under control and then

maybe move to a long acting narcotic (mscontin) or the duragesic

patches. So at least now I do have a doctor that is 'fighting' for

me and actually believes that a 22 year old can actual be in pain.

Thank you again for all your support and I will keep you updated

Stacey

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