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Re: What do I do now?
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Feb 26 20:33:48 2003
Oh, your post is even painful to read! I absolutely will pray for you!
Also, I have been in your shoes before. I decided to go to the ER. It
was expensive and time consumming. However, I was also desperate. I do
not know about the ER's in your area- But where I live- if you whine
just enough- Well, like they say- The squeaky wheel gets greased. Any
Er here will prescribe at least a bottle of 16, 5mg vicodin. And then
of course they give you a referral. And that is not always a bad
thing... You have to be very assertive with your doctor though. My
ob/gyn had the same concerns as your doctor. He would not prescribe
anything for pain for almost 2 months because I had been on them for so
long. (That is when I went to the ER)-
Since then, I have let him know how offended I was and that I will
happily replace him if he is not willing to treat my pain (what he calls
"masking my pain") when I feel it becomes unbearable. It is a good
relationship now. He does NOT prescribe pain meds all the time. And I
do NOT ask for them unless absolutely necessary. I have learned to be
squirrel like and stash a few in case of an emergency though. I wish
you the very best! I know going to the ER does not sound like a great
thing- but if it will give you a prescription and buy you a little bit
of relief- it might be worth it. I hope this helps. You are in my
thoughts and prayers. Take care...
Amy
At Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Annie wrote:
>
>I had my lap back in October '02, diagnosed with endo stage 1, I
>personally think it should have been staged higer, considering they took
>out my appendix because it was covered in it and they had to leave some
>of it in because it is on my ureter and artery... Anyways, I cant find
>a doc to give me any more pain meds to help me. I do NOT want to sound
>like a drug seeker at all. My decision for treatment has been to not
>treat at this point. My husband I are going to start trying to get
>pregnant again in August (we lost a baby last August) and I HATE the
>pill, will not do lupron or depot. So my choice right now is to deal
>with the pain. The pain is not usually so bad that I need prescription
>pain meds, but days like yesterday and today, the ones that come out of
>the blue and dont allow me to function, walk, sleep, eat, breathe
>without moaning, those are the ones that I need the meds. But I have
>had a lot go on physically since August when I lost the baby, 2 D & C's,
>infection, ovarian cyst, endo, lap, appendectomy, now I have
>gastroesphogeal reflux disease due to all the NSAIDs that I have taken.
>(lovely) Anyways, my point here is that I cant get my doctor to
>prescribe me any more narcotic pain meds, she says that I have had too
>many in the recent past and that I need to watch out for addiction, I
>agree that I need to be careful of addiction. But then there are days
>like yesterday that I cant even function because of the pain, and geez
>Tylenol sucks for pain like that. I dont know what to do now that I
>have been diagnosed, declined treatment, and been told that I have had
>too many narcotic pain meds (tylenol 3 or vicoden), I dont know what to
>do. I feel like I am out of options for dealing with the pain. Shouldnt
>this be my choice to decline treatment and not be treated like a drug
>seeker when I ask to deal with the pain?
>
>If someone could PLEASE suggest something for me to do when the pain
>gets that horrible, or something I could say to my doctor, find another
>doctor, anything, please help. I would greatly appreciate any input,
>medicinal, holistic, prayer, vitamins, pain meds, conversation with
>docs, anything really.
>
>Thank you!!!!!
>
>--
>Annie W.
>annie_01976@yahoo.com
>
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