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Thank you “Yaya”!

Hi DotJones,
Yeah for some reason people pull away and aren’t interested if a person says they have pain. I’ve noticed they are more empathic when I have a cold or stomach flu. Maybe they think we’re making it up? I don’t know what it is.

For some of us it seems like one dead end after another. Sorry to be negative. Years of physical therapy and a failed surgery. I have a nerve entrapment in my foot. No amount of massaging or PT or even surgery could fix it. I’ve been told pain management is my only answer. Lumbar Sympathic Injections have helped a little. I am still unable to…[Read more]

Hi, I really like this pain support community. It helps ease the isolation. I have never had pain this bad for this long (going on 5 months) and except for my dog and relatives dropping by I have been isolated. Doctor’s appointments have been hard to get to. Most people even with pain think going to a movie or out for coffee is no big deal but…[Read more]

I am so, so sorry the pain clinic turned you down. That is horrible. I feel for you. I guess I should not be surprised even the hospital is having trouble getting Fentanyl. They don’t care if patients are in pain. Yep, the politics are way out there about all of this because they think this is what the public wants. I hope that guy running for gov…[Read more]

When the doc says it might look like you’re doctor shopping who is looking at a list of doctors that you went to? Is this list something medicare is reviewing? I am on medicare as I am disabled but no one ever mentioned this type of thing. My father is 81 and saw a bunch of pain management type people. Maybe it’s different here in NC. His primary…[Read more]

The big chains are over stepping their bounds. I go to an independent small pharmacy.

I knew that politics were playing a role in what was happening. Everyone jumping on the band wagon trying to look like they can solve the crisis like Trump saying he wants it easier to prosecute doctors. That is horrible, snake in the grass tactics they are using in Ohio. In NC they passed something called S.T.O P. to try and limit the amount of…[Read more]

Hi, I am no expert but is there someone at the Neuro’s office that could inform the other doctor that he/she as a matter of policy does not prescribe pain meds for pain management? Or is there some type of documentation you could take to them regarding the face the neuro does not prescribe pain meds for pain management? Or could your primary care…[Read more]

Guit30,
Did the pharmacy reach your doctor? And by any chance is the insurance company causing this issue? My father is on Medicare and they refused to cover a certain pain medication but it was not oxycodone. The big chains like CVS and Walgreens are coming up with all kinds of recommendations. Do you have any smaller independent pharmacies where…[Read more]