Re: I'm Desperate!! Please, I need your recommendations for pain management doctors in/near San Francisco Bay Area
From: D (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Oct 10 09:49:24 2007
For straight up pain management, you might try Dr. Claudio Palma at St.
Luke's in SF. I've been seeing him for over a year, and he helped me a
lot. He also knows how to taper someone down off the meds slowly enough
to avoid nasty withdrawals, when you are ready for that.
If you are looking for an endo specialist, Dr. Cook in Los Gatos is
among the best, and he does pain management as well. Only downside is
he's not in any insurance networks, so you have to have a PPO to get it
covered at all.
Hope this helps!
At Tue, 9 Oct 2007, CompletelyFrustrated wrote:
>
>Hi All,
>
>I am in need of an endo-patient-friendly pain management doctor in or
>near the San Francisco Bay Area. Preferably one is the Berkeley/Oakland
>region but am open to getting recommendations for anywhere within about
>45-60 minutes or a bit more from San Francisco.
>
>I am in desperate need of a recommendation, as the two pain doctors I
>have found randomly through my insurance have not been helpful.
>
>I really need someone who is:
>
>1) a good listener
>
>2) patient enough to try different medicines and doses, if necessary,
>till the right fit is found
>
>3) willing to let the patient be part of the decisions and listens and
>takes patient input and feedback with treatments into account
>
>4) does not have any problem with prescribing narcotics/opioids
>(Fentanyl, Dilaudid, Oxycontin, etc.) for pain and endo pain
>
>If you know of a pain management doctor who fits this description or who
>you were happy with and think they will be a good doctor for an endo
>patient, please leave their name here for me (not through email please).
>
>I will be forever grateful. PLEASE, if you live or know anyone in the
>Bay Area who can recommend a good pain doctor, please try to find out
>the doctor's name. My quality of life depends on me finding the right
>care.
>
>Thank you so much everyone!!
>
>My thoughts and prayers go out to all the other women suffering out
>there. May there soon be some help for all of us so we do not have to
>suffer in these ways. Best to all of you!
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Find an endo specialist in the ERC's EndoDocs group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndoDocs/
Try an excellent endo support group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erc/
Info on pain management:
http://www.painfoundation.org/
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