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Re: endo pain - narcotics
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From: Mindy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Nov 26 12:57:34 2002
I forgot to mention about the pain meds....this really frustrates me!!!
My current doc is great about making me feel comfy when I need it. Yes,
most docs are afraid of addiction, but they should give it to you and
just monitor it. There are some (who give us a bad rap) who misuse pain
meds, and then those of us who need it are punished. Based on what you
said, it sounds like your doc is still open to giving you pain meds. I
would have a serious talk with him and let him know you do not plan on
abusing them. Tell him to monitor it by not giving refills so you have
to ask him for them. He might work with you......
Good luck!!!
Mindy :-)
At Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Mindy wrote:
>
>Have you explored other options as to the cause of your pain? For
>instance, after my surgery with Dr. R in Bend, Oregon (and we all know
>he removed everything!), I still had some pain other times than my
>period (my periods were painfree). My doc is a pelvic pain specialist
>(has co-authored books on it) and after exploring the pain more, I
>discovered I had Interstitial Cystitis, a bladder condition that also
>causes pelvic pain.
>
>I have heard many people who have had laser surgery still complain of
>painful periods after the doc removed "all of the endo". From what I
>have read and heard from top specialists, laser isn't always effective.
>Deeply embedded endo can persist becuse when you laser you can't see how
>far down the endo is. Where as if you excise (cut) the endo out, you
>can continue cutting deep until you see normal tissue. You can read
>more about this at:
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>http://www.endometriosistreatment.org/html/question6.html
>
>Hope this helps and I hope you find an answer to your pain.
>
>Mindy :-)
>
>At Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Katia wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>I am 21 years old and began dealing with endo when i was 19. I had my
>>second surgery this past august and aparently all the endo (there wasn't
>>much of it) was removed... but i have been in terrible pain since late
>>september. My doctor gave me a Rx for demerol (about 20 pills) and
>>while it worked well, he refuses to give me any more for fear that i
>>will get addicted. While i completely understand his point, when the
>>pain gets to its peak, my pain killers don't come close to doing th job.
>>He doesn't seem to understand that I'm not taking these drugs for fun, I
>>wouldn't take them if i didn't absolutely need them and now i'm going
>>insane because nothing will make this pain go away. I'm going to start
>>to go to the pain treatment center at my hospital, but the wait list is
>>rediculous... and i hurt, i need relief NOW. I feel like i have to
>>justify that my pain is really as bad as it is to everyone... it would
>>be nice to know that i'm not alone...
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