A new dx, life update, how is everyone else doing?

Happy Sunday folks,

Hope all of you are having a pain free or as pain free as we with CP can have. I have a little updating to do since i last posted...

I am not having any issues with people stealing my meds. I invested in a gun safe and have it in a drawer that is locked. I have the only keys and the only way someone is getting that is if they pry it from my neck. (and no i don't ever leave this site logged in.. i usually only log on phone but today im using laptop, ill be sure to delete history and log out when im done!)

In other news, i have now been dx with SI Joint dysfunction. I have to start those injections soon which i am dreading. I hate any type of needle. You would think i would be ok with them by now given the amount of times i have had shots, or an iv started, but nope. Still cant stand them.If the shots don't work alongside the new pt that i have begun then it will be surgery. As im in pain most of the day every day. It truly sucks.

I also think that my Endometriosis is flaring up but my OB/GYN Dr's wont listen. They believe since i had the DaVinci surgery in 2012 that i shouldn't be having any pain relating to that issue. HA! Wish they could live in my body with my pelvis for a month, that would be interesting to see their responses then! My migraines always are ridiculously worse too, when i have my cycle or with any weather change, so the past 2 months have been awful. I have had a lot of "dark room" days with ice packs, heating pads and meds.

Does anyone else have issues with nurses not listening to them in regards to where an iv should be started? I don't know how to be more clear of not wanting to be a pin cushion without sounding rude at this stage. I am quite proud of myself though. I have managed to only be in hospital about 4 times relating to my CP in the last 3 months! Its progress! Now i just need to manage the amount of testing and poking around they do in my "tiny, rolling, do not want to cooperate veins!"

Any tips on how to get them to listen? The nurses that is... I doubt my rebellious veins would listen to me.

As far as veins go...most of my procedures are done in the same few hospitals so the nurses I deal with know very well that I have shocking veins. I actually have a couple that stand out beautifully when you look at them- but they're horribly scarred from so many IV's, roll like crazy, and apparently I've got quite unusual valves as well (whatever that means...)

I usually request that they get either one of the anaesthetists to put my IV's in - or depending on where I am, even an oncologist or paediatric nurse, as they're much more used to dealing with patients who have smaller/harder to access veins than the nurses on regular wards, and though it's not always the ideal, to use as small a cannula as possible. Sometimes they'll also get an ultrasound machine to help with placement.