Needing to Vent about Pain Doc's/Prim Doc's

[pain309]

I have 3 bulging discs and a pinched nerve on my first three vertabras(sorry can't spell), I have been trying to get this fixed for about a year and a half and have done everything from shots,acupucture,phyiscal thearpy etc...., I go to a pain doc today and pay the $30 co-pay which money is tight right now, and guess what this F*** tells me oh well we can't do shots because they didn't work for you and I don't do pain meds as treatment, so your going to have to live with it, make the pain a part of your life and after 10 minutes shacks my hand.  Now for the last year I have taken everything from Morphine, to Norco, and prior to this appointment I was taking Norco & Percocet 10 mgs.  So I leave his office $30 short and no solution to my problem, and I don't have any pain meds for the pain, which I have gone to the hospital twice for.  Now I have to call my Prim Doc so she can find another pain management doc, but in the mean time I am SOL and in lots of pain.  I do see a Neuro Surg this month so I hope that goes well, but I am tired of the headaches/stiffness/stress, and all these Doc's think right away that your pill searching when you aren't and trying to just fix or patch the problem, but since Narcotics are being widely abused Doc's are judging people before they even give them a chance.  I just needed to get this off my shoulders today sucked!!!!!!!!!

[tanglewood]

Sorry you are having such a rough time! the kind of pain we have is not pain you can "suck up" and keep on going with. I played football in HS with a broken bone. I have always had a high tolerance for pain, but ddd, spinal stenosis, FMS, severe arthritis, etc. have just kicked my a$$!
I hope your neuro-surgeon is good and things get better for you.

[pain309]

Thanks for all your feedback with this, and I know you all can imagine anybody that isn't going through this thinks you just need to suck it up, or that all you want is pain meds, I get so tired of hearing it.  It is nice to have people to chat with that are going through the same things.

[Tuckamore]

Hi Pain309,

What a horrible way to be treated. I am sorry this happened to you. However I am glad you found us at the Pain Management Forum. Welcome. If it helps I was told the same thing by numerous doctors.

What you describe has been the experience of many of us on this community. By no means does that make it right. It makes it even worse because this treatment is so wide spread for CP sufferers. I don't know what state you live in but in my state, Wisconsin, PMP will not prescribe narcotics. Our PCP are the ones that prescribe pain meds.  

But there are physicians out there that will treat your pain. It just takes looking. If you are young, physicians are less apt to prescribe narcotics in some situations. My thought has always been that pain is pain, no matter what the age. Many physicians will consider the years ones has ahead of them to live on narcotics before prescribing.

Please don't be discouraged. Continue your search for an answer to your pain. We are here to support you in any way we can. And please let us know how you are doing. Good luck and take care, Tuck

[thorninmyside]

I have had the same with the docs.  Its a  process to get meds for temporary relief and even the most empathetic doc will probably take you through the hierarchy of analgesics if they are truly concerned for you.  The shame is when you know what helps ie which meds and you can't get them for temporary relief because of the stance of a  doctor.  Try another one just in case you are in the same situation with pain in the future you know? I got a  microdiskectomy a year ago for a herniated L1/S5 disk and am having pain again from DDD.  I got 2 epidurals in alst 2 weeks but am back on meds so I can sleep and function.  I am getting no relief from the epidurals and am curious about your acupuncture.  Did it help at all?  How did the relief compare to the spidurals and P/T?
Have you tried chiropractic traction therapy at all?

[sandee1818]

Yes ,you do have to keep looking. It is frustrating and hard but you will find a PM Dr that is suited to you and when you do you will see it was worth the hard times. Ask your PCP to help you out with your meds until you can get into see another PM doctor.
There is a great spell check on google, I can't spell all that well either.

[jbssquared]

Oh, bye the way, I can't spell either.

[jbssquared]

I have been through the same problem and have blown my top every time but I continued to look and finally found a really great pain doc so just keep after it.  You might try asking the hospital where you have gone to give you a referal.  Worked for me.  In the mean time I feel for you.  Hope the pain lets you get through it.  I'll pray for you.