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Re: Pain Management?
From: T. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Oct 30 06:29:10 2002
This is discouraging as I am trying to get in to see a pain management
doctor myself. I haven't spoken to him personally, but the receptionist
told me they do treat pelvic pain, and one of the things they use are
epidural steroid injections. I haven't gotten any response to my
question a few days ago about these injections. Can anyone share their
experience with them? What else is there for the pain? Are narcotics the
only answer after Lupron and a lap? Any responses about experiences with
pain management doctors would be appreciated.
At Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Kristy wrote:
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>Sheila,
>
>Let her know yet again that you aren't interested in Pain
>Management and that all you want is a hysterectomy. If she
>still doesn't want to do it then find another dr.
>
>Funny that you should ask about the results of Pain Management
>drs and a friend and I found out about 2 years ago that most
>Pain Management drs don't know how to treat the pain that is
>related to chronic pain that comes from endo. There are some
>that do but they are very hard to find. My friend wrote a
>letter to the Academy of Pain Management and the lady up there
>confirmed that Pain Management drs don't have the know-how to
>treat the chronic pain that comes with Endo.
>
>One would think that b/c they are Pain Management specialists
>that they would know how to treat the pain that comes with Endo
>but that's not true. The field on the whole considers Endo to
>just be menstrual cramps and that's all. The reason it would
>seem like they should be able to know how to handle the pain
>that comes with endo is b/c they know how to treat chronic pain
>in general. I had to find out first-hand that the kind of
>illness one has determines whether or not the Pain Management dr
>will help take care of your problem.
>
>I had done some research in my area to find out if there was a
>Pain Management dr that could treat the issue of chronic pain
>related to endo and one of my other female problems. When I
>asked them they said, "Huh?" (a few of them did any way). When
>I had gone to PM for a problem that wasn't gyn related in the
>late 90s I figured I would see if I could get this dr to
>possibly help me with my female problems too. So when I saw him
>after my last surgery in 1999 I showed him the pics from that
>surgery and he looked at them like he wasn't sure of what they
>were so I had to explain them to him. After I thought about
>that interchange I thought it kind of odd that he had never
>worked with patients with these kind of problems.
>
>Shortly thereafter I started finding out what I know now. Other
>women have told me their stories with Pain Management and one
>girl told me that the PM dr even told her that her gyn should
>have never sent her there.
>
>With the PCP I have now when I first started seeing her I told
>her about what had happened with what I found out about Pain
>Management drs and boy did she ever agree with me.
>
>I hope that some day that more drs in that field will take Endo
>and other female issues seriously instead of just shrugging us
>off and acting as if we are crazy.
>
>Feel free to e-mail me privately and I wish you all the best
>with everything.
>
>Take care,
>
>=====
>Kristy :)
>
>http://www.geocities.com/sokokl/kristyspersonalpage.html
>
>I am a Medical Secretary who does a lot of learning from reading on the Net, books, my dr(s), as well as sharing my own personal experiences.
>
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