interesting observation.

Hey Jamie.I used to have similar feelings.The Pain let me know that I was alive.It was my partner in life,sort of.

Since September,when I started seeing a new Pain Management Doctor,my partner in life,the pain,has been pretty quiet.

I don't miss it at all.I wonder why the other PMD's I have seen didn't make it go away.

The 1st meeting with my PMD,she asked me if I was ever out of pain.I answered honestly,"no".

She said,"I'm going to get you out of pain".

She has.

I do think it's a new feeling for me not to be in pain.I like it.

Hope your doing OK.

God Bless,

Rick

Dixie6, I have had such a diffuclt time understanding some of the drs I've seen that are foreign, that I had to change. They also didn't seem to understand what I was saying. Don't misundertand me, I've had some foreign drs who even though they weren't easy to understand I was able to do it and I also felt they were understanding me. Communications is a very important skill when you're a physician. I have often wondered if it is that some drs aren't taught communication skills in some countries and when they come here they have the opportunity to learn them, of course the key words are "opportunity to learn." On the other hand I have also found myself wondering in recent yrs if medical school here still teach communication skills to like they use to. I am also in the south. But, I have friends that moved here from other parts of the country and they have had the same problem.

Hey again Jamie....Just a thought=)  Bask in the moments of relief like sunshine.  With friends like CP, who needs enemies?  I'm having a hard time escaping self-imposed isolation with SHINGLES.  The pain that shadows me for most of my adult life remains a constant companion.  Now it has a "playmate" with this God awful nerve damage.

M&G...I couldn't agree with you more.  The cherry on top is that my PM is more moody than a gal with PMS, even though he's a "him".  I think his culture also detests women...especially redheads;)

TMouse...Indeed, TCU was there to win and easily did so with little resistance from the Rebels.  The only comfort was that our rival (MSU) opened a similar can of WA=)

I LOVE that your PM is a kind and compassionate female.  It sounds as though she's in this for the right reasons.  I'm sorry for her mom's suffering, but heartened by her desire to treat others' CP.  I have mal-absorption issues due to a surgically altered tummy pouch.  My doc doesn't even take that into consideration...saying all patients absorb the same.  I have to throw the BS flag on that one.  I just wish I hadn't pursued PM (almost a year ago now).  I think that the stress of dealing with this idiot caused the SHINGLES, which I think have caused PERMANENT damage.  This virus is the cherry on top of a hot shart sundae=(

Hugs~~Dixie

Ang,it took me 5 years to get in with this PMD.My previous 10 years have been with my PCP who did what he could,norco,and 2 other PMDs that did more harm than good.

Hang in there.

Rick

Turtle,
I get you man. We get used to the pain....out of necessity. Change is never easy, and when the levels change we are stunned. We are thrown off balance. By nature we seek out and try to maintain stasis.
At least you know the pain...the rules, the triggers and the consequences. By things changing you have to learn all of that all over. A base part of out brain is screaming NOOOOO stay the same stay the same. Even when the rest of us is celebrating,
It does seem odd though when the change is a positive one.
I hope you have the opportunity to get used to more positive changes.