cluseless docs

WOW!…First I would say that something is wrong with a Dr who has allowed this in the first place. To answer your question though…I do by all means treat my Dr with respect,…but I have had serious talks with him about my pain management, and he listened and accepted what I had to say. It is my own personal belief that if I had a Dr that treated me with suspicion without cause, then I would have one last talk to save the relationship rather than to just walk. If that does not work, then I will walk and seek another PCD/ PM and that will be that. We must understand it is not easy for many of us to just seek out another PM/PCD, as our insurance will only allow one or two changes per year….plus the fact that milage and even finding a suitable PCD/PM may not be all that easy.

So keep in mind that as a patient we need to do all we can on our part before making such a move. There are several things you can do to build trust as well, and I practice this constantly. We also must remember that many Dr's and PM's across this country are also under the gun and it helps them when we do our part.

I'm not sure what has led up to all of your CT scans, and I'm sure there is much more to the story, as this is not something you can order and or schedule without a Dr's approval. So if you would enlighten us a bit more, it may make some sense to us.

Take care,

SE

Yes, unfortunately I have had that many c.t. scans. In a nutshell, from Sept. 5th until after thanksgiving last year, I had NO bowel movements. So scans were the only way to figure out why I was in so much pain..(looking for an obstruction, ect..)
In January I had to have all of my large intestine, 2 feet of the small intestine and my uterus removed. The large intestine was dead due to constipation, and the partial hysterectomy was due to adenomiosis. The thought with that being, as long as I was open to fix the intestines, they might as well take the uterus so I would not have to be cut open 2x.
So, all other subsequent scans were for diagnostic reasons. Now they are thinking I have rectal c-diff. and today my primary took me out of work for a month.
But, the doc I had issues with was an e.r. doc, I went b/c I had a bowel movement that LITERALLY made it feel like there was a knife being ripped thru my gut and the pain would not go away..and I fell off the toilet.
He ended up not believing I was in pain, would not explore any further options, and sent me home.
NOT HAPPY
seriously, I have drugs at my disposal, I just don't self medicate unless I know what is wrong. How do I know it wasn't my appendix rupturing? or my bowel perforating? I can't see inside my gut!
Anyway, I appreciate your feedback...I just was not sure how to handle this. I am putting a complaint in with our hospital head. There was no reason for him to be the way he was.
Anyway.. thanks!

Not disagreeing with you, CT scans aside, sounds like you had an absolutely terrible doctor. I would have nothing more to do with one with those attitudes and poor manners.

david

read my post titled "horrible pain doc appt" from last week. ialmost lost it. we're all looked down upon and don't really stand a chance of finding too many compassionate docs out there. they are letting the dea scare them into submission and forgetting about those now seemingly unimportant oaths they all took to help us. now they only care about their butts thanks to the *(*&&^% dea. what they are going to do is drive all of us legitimate pain patients into the black market and breaking the law. i had a pa at the pain clinic tell me pain meds are not indicated for crohn's disease! WHAT???? i literally wanted to punch him. pain is not the reason im there. crohn's disease is. without the crohn's there would be no pain hence no need for pain meds...so...explain that one a-hole. i guess me curled up on the bathroom floor puking my guts out because the pain is so bad is not a symptom of crohn's...darn im as frustrated as you are...id love to find out if people eho need pain meds and are being deprived of them by docs and the dea could put together a class action lawsuit. we do have the right not to suffer right??? i think i'm seriously going to look into this...

***??? unreal.

I have to agree with rjbeck, something is very wrong here.

If one doctor ordered that many ct scans in that little time something is way wrong. That's a HUGE amount of radiation.

I worked with radiation in an industrial setting for years. I would not get a ct scan if you paid me. Leukemia runs in my family as it is, I refuse to tempt fate on that one!

The ER doctor didn't go about this very professionally but I can see why he freaked out. Oh and if you tell a doctor you aren't a drug seeker they are far more likely to think you are.

What state are you in? California has a website that you.can get info from for reporting to the state medical board. My back surgeon reported the quack doctors that my employer sent me to, since the doctor decided to do some treatments on me that even the reviewing physician at the insurance company said was dangerous, of course I didn't find out until after the fact, but their medical license has been suspended, pending a review that I have to testify at later this year. Oh what fun it ia to have half wit doctors.

I did Home Health Care, and one of my "girls" had something they diagnosed as C.A.P.S. (Chronic abdominal pain syndrome). They put her on pain killers for it, but I can't even imagine having to do that!
The first gastro I saw said I should just go to a Pain Management Clinic. But when I asked my primary, she said I could try, but abdominal pain is not something the really deal with. SO I am not sure. But I DO go to a new gastro in 2 weeks!! Yeah, actually really excited.. you have NO idea!
Thanks again for all your advice...it has been very helpful!

Oh, and I would stay away from anymore CT scans. MRIs of the abdomen are much safer. I once had a pelvic abscess that was diagnosed via CT scan, but then my DR monitored it (as I was taking a high doses of antibiotics) via sonogram because he said the THREE CT scans I had in the hospital were too many. I haven't had another one since (6 years ago).