cpapp31
10-07-2007, 03:45 PM
Hi Everyone! Hope you all are having as low of a pain day as possible:)
Just wondering if anyone has ever heard of Dr. Richard L Smith in Orlando, Florida? He is Board Certified in Pain Management.
If so, what opionions of this doctors have you experienced.
Take care,
Cpapp31
Just wondering if anyone has ever heard of Dr. Richard L Smith in Orlando, Florida? He is Board Certified in Pain Management.
If so, what opionions of this doctors have you experienced.
Take care,
Cpapp31
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BLabonte
10-08-2007, 05:15 PM
Yes. I was referred to him by GP approximately eleven years ago, prior to finding my current pain mgmt. doctor. If you're interested in going the route of injections/blocks/etc. and tons and tons of PT, he's your guy. I was with him for well over a year, and he never rx'd a single med. He's a real nice guy, but we just didn't click. My "fondest" memory is when he told me I needed to relax . . . that I should take more bubble baths. . . do meditation. Needless to say, we parted ways and I've been with my current doc (no longer taking new patients) ever since.
Pain management is a tough, tough business in this state, and especially Central Florida. I'm in fear every day of being dropped, having my doc quit, failing a drug screening, etc. I play by the rules but there's always that fear of something going wrong and it's a terrible way to live and one that only a fellow CP'er could ever understand. (I've been lurking for well over six months and thought I should join in. When I read your post, I had to respond. Good luck, no matter what you decide.)
Pain management is a tough, tough business in this state, and especially Central Florida. I'm in fear every day of being dropped, having my doc quit, failing a drug screening, etc. I play by the rules but there's always that fear of something going wrong and it's a terrible way to live and one that only a fellow CP'er could ever understand. (I've been lurking for well over six months and thought I should join in. When I read your post, I had to respond. Good luck, no matter what you decide.)

