To . on pain clinics

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Dear ,

First of all, any of your doctors should be able to give you a referral. If

you don’t want to ask them, most hospitals have a pain clinic or center

located inside for outpatient services. Otherwise, I’d just use the phone

book. All of the pain clinics in my area are listed there. I don’t know

what area of the country you live, since there might be more if you have a

high population of elderly patients or are near a major hospital. I hope

this helps and you get some relief. No one should have to suffer

unnecessary pain. Take care. Love, Fran

Dear Fran,

I never heard of a pain clinic, can you tell me how you go about finding

one?

Thanks!

Fran Mishler <fran@...> wrote:

Dear ,

Have you considered seeing a pain specialist for your hip pain? Regardless

if you handle the pain well, you are still in pain and they still should be

listening to you. A lot of rheumatologists don’t prescribe pain medication

because they have so many patients in pain, they feel they would go crazy

trying to keep tract of all of them. Finding a pain clinic is what saved me

and at the time I didn’t’ even know I had PA, everyone just thought I had a

bad TMJ joint. With the advances in pain control, you shouldn’t have to

suffer needlessly. I hope you can find someone who will listen to you, and

you can live your life with your pain under control. Good luck, Fran from

Florida

PS. from Massachusetts proves a great point. It’s a shame her

doctor never “heard” her pain, and she ended up suffering more because of

it.

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