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scooterdude
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Hello everyone, hope you all are having a pain free day. I have just been reading some posts regarding injections and would like to share my rather frustrating experiences with my GP, and possibly get some input on what I should do or expect on my upcoming pain management appointment.
First let me start by telling you that I am at the point with my doctor where I refuse to see him again. His demeaner has been so poor the last few times that I have been in his office I literally get sick to my stomach when I have to go in for an appointment. I had to wait three and a half hours one morning in his waiting room, and I was his first appointment! Every time I have been in to see him he blows me off on my pain issues. Three months of muscle relaxers and pain pills followed by 12 sessions of physical therapy that made matters worse. Two more months to see an orthopedic specialist, followed by another two months to get a second opinion, then another month to get into him just to let him read the results of another doctor. Every time I would see him, I kept telling him the pain meRAB weren't working well, so it became the lets try this PT then talk, then let's see the specialist then talk. He put me on a anti inflammatory last fall, which I could not tolerate (didn't help, made me sick to my stomach and upped my blood pressure) . I was given Celebrex by one of the orthopedic doctors, which was elevating my blood pressure, so I stopped in to my GP's office to let them know what was happening, they called me 5 hours later and made an appointment for two weeks later, said the doctor would talk about the blood pressure then, the next day I broke out in hives and my face swelled to nearly twice it's size. I discontinued use of it, and finally after five days, my doctor calls in a script for the same thing he gave me last fall only a stronger dosage. I took it three times, because I was in some serious pain those days, and it upped my blood pressure every time. I took one the morning of my last doctors appointment and my blood pressure shot up to 189 over 100, and they let me walk out of the office without saying a word about it! They didn't even have it in my chart that they prescribed it for me ! I became very animated and started listing all of these problems that I have had and how they keep throwing the same crap at me and expecting different results.
Sorry to rarable, but this has been eating at me all week and I am at my wits end. You see, I don't feel that they are looking in the right area for the main cause of my pain. Most of my pain is to the left of my spine and follows one of my ribs. I have some frienRAB that are in the medical field and they gave me some suggestions. I reviewed all of my mri's and x-rays, as well as reports from two seperate orthopedic doctors, and not one looked at my rib cage. I could be completely wrong, but sometimes, you have to trust your gut instincts, specialists only look at what they are told to look for by the referring physician. I called my insurance company and they agreed. Called my GP and explained to the nurse that I wanted an mri of my rib area and if he refused, I had the right to file a complaint with my insurance company. He refused. So here I sit, a week from going to pain clinic, looking for a new doctor, and wanting to refuse any type of injection because #1, I don't really know what is going on inside of there. #2. my GP hit me with an injection at his office back in Deceraber and I barely made it to my truck, and left me in bed the next day (real hard on the career missing work, especially in Michigan's economy). #3, if I have to follow up with my GP, I am NOT going back.
Once again, sorry for the rarabling, I just feel like I've hit another brick wall, and I am just trying to keep myself going and support my family. Any input would be appreciated on what should I do or say or expect from the pain clinic. I think I should let them know what I have been through with my doctor, or will this put up the flag with them also? I don't want to come off as being untrusting of doctors, but this is the first real medical issue I have had in my life, and quite frankly it's been nothing but one big runaround, and a big loss of wages and medical bills. I'm going broke, I can do less and less at work , home and church all the time, and I still don't have a clear cut answer as to why.
Thank's for any replies in advance,
Steve
First let me start by telling you that I am at the point with my doctor where I refuse to see him again. His demeaner has been so poor the last few times that I have been in his office I literally get sick to my stomach when I have to go in for an appointment. I had to wait three and a half hours one morning in his waiting room, and I was his first appointment! Every time I have been in to see him he blows me off on my pain issues. Three months of muscle relaxers and pain pills followed by 12 sessions of physical therapy that made matters worse. Two more months to see an orthopedic specialist, followed by another two months to get a second opinion, then another month to get into him just to let him read the results of another doctor. Every time I would see him, I kept telling him the pain meRAB weren't working well, so it became the lets try this PT then talk, then let's see the specialist then talk. He put me on a anti inflammatory last fall, which I could not tolerate (didn't help, made me sick to my stomach and upped my blood pressure) . I was given Celebrex by one of the orthopedic doctors, which was elevating my blood pressure, so I stopped in to my GP's office to let them know what was happening, they called me 5 hours later and made an appointment for two weeks later, said the doctor would talk about the blood pressure then, the next day I broke out in hives and my face swelled to nearly twice it's size. I discontinued use of it, and finally after five days, my doctor calls in a script for the same thing he gave me last fall only a stronger dosage. I took it three times, because I was in some serious pain those days, and it upped my blood pressure every time. I took one the morning of my last doctors appointment and my blood pressure shot up to 189 over 100, and they let me walk out of the office without saying a word about it! They didn't even have it in my chart that they prescribed it for me ! I became very animated and started listing all of these problems that I have had and how they keep throwing the same crap at me and expecting different results.
Sorry to rarable, but this has been eating at me all week and I am at my wits end. You see, I don't feel that they are looking in the right area for the main cause of my pain. Most of my pain is to the left of my spine and follows one of my ribs. I have some frienRAB that are in the medical field and they gave me some suggestions. I reviewed all of my mri's and x-rays, as well as reports from two seperate orthopedic doctors, and not one looked at my rib cage. I could be completely wrong, but sometimes, you have to trust your gut instincts, specialists only look at what they are told to look for by the referring physician. I called my insurance company and they agreed. Called my GP and explained to the nurse that I wanted an mri of my rib area and if he refused, I had the right to file a complaint with my insurance company. He refused. So here I sit, a week from going to pain clinic, looking for a new doctor, and wanting to refuse any type of injection because #1, I don't really know what is going on inside of there. #2. my GP hit me with an injection at his office back in Deceraber and I barely made it to my truck, and left me in bed the next day (real hard on the career missing work, especially in Michigan's economy). #3, if I have to follow up with my GP, I am NOT going back.
Once again, sorry for the rarabling, I just feel like I've hit another brick wall, and I am just trying to keep myself going and support my family. Any input would be appreciated on what should I do or say or expect from the pain clinic. I think I should let them know what I have been through with my doctor, or will this put up the flag with them also? I don't want to come off as being untrusting of doctors, but this is the first real medical issue I have had in my life, and quite frankly it's been nothing but one big runaround, and a big loss of wages and medical bills. I'm going broke, I can do less and less at work , home and church all the time, and I still don't have a clear cut answer as to why.
Thank's for any replies in advance,
Steve
