Re: pharmacy interfering with my pain management plan
IGNORE! See next post!! Hi, guerrilla, im glad that's straightened out, hope you dont have any more problems now that you meds are all able to be called in for you. I have been wishing you well & following your recovery from the start. I read some talk of " addicts" & "straight shooters" & felt like i should say there are loads of
people that are " straight shooters" that have to make that " sweaty call" every month, year after year, for appts where we have to ask for our pain medicine " face to face". We take our medicine perfectly asordered by our dr, go thru urine screens, have to sign & follow a pain mgmt contract, have procedures, praying we will get an appt on time before our medicine runs out, all to get something
that will make the pain better. Just like you we only go to the medicine bottle when it hurts,yet we have to endure " the look @ the pharmacy & drs office sometimes, & feel just like you did when you had to " ask" with the same nervousness & fear of judgement. Month by month year after year. I hope that you will remember, now that you have had this experience, & will have compassion and understanding& will see that " chronic pain" sufferers & " acute" pain sufferers are the same. They just want the pain to be better.
I think that you are blessed that you only had to do this once or twice & hope that you never have to
do that again. I have been following your recovery, and have been wanting your surgery, recovery &
the future of your life to all go perfectly and that this ordeal will end in an
improved place for you with no pain! Thank you guerilla. I pray that you
will continue to be blessed. Please read NEXT post instead!
Last edited by gmak; 11-08-2012 at 01:05 PM.
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Re: pharmacy interfering with my pain management plan
Hi guerrilla, im glad that's straightened out, hope you dont have any more problems now that your meds are all able to be called in for you. I have been wishing you well & following your recovery from the start. I read some talk of "addicts" & "straight shooters" & felt like i should say there are loads of people that are" straight shooters" that have to make that "sweaty" call every month, year after year. For appts where we have to ask for our pain medicine " face to face". We take our medicine perfectly as ordered by our dr, go thru urine screens, have to sign & follow a pain mgmt contract, have procedures, praying that they will work, holding our breath that we will get an appt on time before our medicine runs out, all to get something that will make the pain better. Just like you we only go to the medicine bottle when it hurts, yet we have to endure "the look" @ the pharmacy & drs office sometimes, & feel just like you did when you had to " ask" with the same nervousness & fear of judgment. Month by month year after year. I hope that you will remember, now that you have had this experience, & will have compassion and understanding & all will see that " chronic pain" sufferers & " acute" pain sufferers are the same. They just want the pain to be better. I think that you are blessed that you only had to do this once or twice & hope that you never have to make that call or feel
that horrid fear ever again. I have been following your recovery, and have been wanting your surgery, recovery & the future of your life to all go perfectly and this whole" ordeal will end in an improved place for you with no pain! Thank you guerilla. I pray that you will continue to be blessed. P.s. sorry this is so long! It switched the screen from "quick reply" to "quote reply" & i hope it doesnt post twice! Thanks again, gmak
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Re: pharmacy interfering with my pain management plan
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Originally Posted by gmak
Hi guerrilla, im glad that's straightened out, hope you dont have any more problems now that your meds are all able to be called in for you. I have been wishing you well & following your recovery from the start. I read some talk of "addicts" & "straight shooters" & felt like i should say there are loads of people that are" straight shooters" that have to make that "sweaty" call every month, year after year. For appts where we have to ask for our pain medicine " face to face". We take our medicine perfectly as ordered by our dr, go thru urine screens, have to sign & follow a pain mgmt contract, have procedures, praying that they will work, holding our breath that we will get an appt on time before our medicine runs out, all to get something that will make the pain better. Just like you we only go to the medicine bottle when it hurts, yet we have to endure "the look" @ the pharmacy & drs office sometimes, & feel just like you did when you had to " ask" with the same nervousness & fear of judgment. Month by month year after year. I hope that you will remember, now that you have had this experience, & will have compassion and understanding & all will see that " chronic pain" sufferers & " acute" pain sufferers are the same. They just want the pain to be better. I think that you are blessed that you only had to do this once or twice & hope that you never have to make that call or feel
that horrid fear ever again. I have been following your recovery, and have been wanting your surgery, recovery & the future of your life to all go perfectly and this whole" ordeal will end in an improved place for you with no pain! Thank you guerilla. I pray that you will continue to be blessed. P.s. sorry this is so long! It switched the screen from "quick reply" to "quote reply" & i hope it doesnt post twice! Thanks again, gmak
Thanks, you are a kind soul I can tell.. unfortunately my doc told me that I will prolly be a chronic pain sufferer but its not always bad as long as I can have a doctor that I can trust and a good support group which I have found here God Bless You!
The Following User Says Thank You to Guerrilla For This Useful Post: gmak (11-08-2012)
Re: pharmacy interfering with my pain management plan
Hi, guerilla,
Oh i hope that doesnt happen! I get upset when someone gets chronic back problems.What made the dr think "chronic pain" concerning you, if not rude to ask? I think that there are lots of titles put on people & our symptoms & diagnoses are as unique as we are. Thats why I posted the above. Yes, there are abusers that make it really hard for responsible pain sufferers. Imho. I thought that you experienced a chance to view briefly how it can be for "us" that other people never see. Its judgment of any kind that all of us should try to avoid. We seldom, if ever really know how it truly is for others. I so hope & pray that you will only be a great support system to pain sufferers and NEVER one of them! God bless you. Thanks for the blessing. Keep posting. Oh, i want all this to turn out well for you.
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Re: pharmacy interfering with my pain management plan
thanks gmak.... you're very kind.. He told me because when we looked at the fusion of the L5-S1 he pointed out the L5-L4 and said this one here looks about like your 2005 MRI looked (my first MRI following my car accident, that we was able to compare the compression of the disc to over the years) and I have a feeling we might have to fuse this one down the road.
Then he gave me an explanation of how when you fuse disc sometimes leads to the disc above or below compressing and needing compression..
He also explained that due to my nerve damage I will have some pain that will never go away.
That was his basis of the chronic labeling.
I agree with what you were saying though, dr's sometimes are fast to label and "diagnose or give a prognoses"
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