gastro sugested pain management clinic

Hello Mary Lynn, lots of us go to pain management clinics for pain meds. It is often the best route to take.
Good luck.

Yes, the pain mgmt is the best way to go in my eyes. That is there specialty and I really think you will get the pain relief you need. Many GIs do not prescribe pain meds, I get mine from my family doc. Hugs!

my doc won't prescribe either...i need to find a pain clinic also. i've been in a lot of pain the past week or so. luckily i had some leftover percocets from a kidney stone but they're gone. looks like it's going to be a fun holiday weekend.

where in az?

MY GI gives me all my pain meds once a month..oxycodone..my PCP would never and I never tried a pain mgt doc..didnt know there were "lists" and stuff

Why wont your GI give you some pain meds just find another GI who will honestly ..my GI does not want me to be in any discomfort

Don't a lot of the pain management meds cause stomach and intestinal discomfort?

rovin, once you have the surgery you've been putting off and recover you probably won't need any pain meds. You hanging onto a colon and rectum that are causing nothing but pain and misery.

  Rovin1959 I'm a friend of Bill and Bob so I understand what your going through. I went to a pain management Clinic today. It took about 20+ minutes just to fill out the paperwork which was obviously testing me on I don't know what but generally examining all areas of my life with regards to pain meds. Then I met the Doctor who continued to discuss my answers as I didn't understand a few and couldn't answer a few more. Then we just chatted me giving him a history of what and when I used pain killers. How the pain I get from crohn's affects how I uses meds. For instance the difference between crohn's arthritis and a partial blockage with cyclical pain, which are two very different types of pain. My journey along the Bill and Bob route was also covered very well. Much more was covered, education was very involved in the process and I learned quite a lot especially why my family Dr. was giving me meds I thought were pointless. Now I understand why. In all we talked for an hour! A hour! I've never talked to any Dr. for that long. He obviously wanted to know exactly were I was at and he wanted me to understand were I was at. He made sure I left feeling vindicated that I'm doing the absolute best I know how to control my drug use. That was huge for me as controling my pain meds to what my Dr. has prescribed is a battle I continually go through. He said I was right on top of it and he was impressed at how I managed my pain. He also made sure I understood there are different ways we can try to lower my usage more but it'll take experimenting and time. I know we discussed other things but they escape me right now. I was very unsure of what a pain management clinic was all about but went there with the objective of trying anything they recommended. I left feeling great and vindicated that I have been doing very well and together with him the future will involve less not more narcotics but will still manage my pain sucessfully. If my experience is "normal" then you have nothing to lose going to a pain specialist and alot to gain.

P.S. Becoming undone, Dr. was great at explaining visceral pain and the differing treatments.

 

Grandpato2, I lost a lengthy reply to you. Thanks for giving me that info. I appreciat it more than you know!

Yes,you are correct in saying that I do not type well. Not a friend,but someone I know,said that a pain management,closest to us would not help her. Personally, I am not sure that she is in pain. She has no medicial dx. Although,she has triedvery hard to "be sick." Example, running from doc to doc for pain meds. That does not mean she does not hurt though. She drinks,smokes and parties hard. I can only tell you that this fistula is hurting,colon is on fire,and it makes me depressed. I also do not think my surgeon would suggest removal of my rectum,if anything else were possible. As a matter of fact, his words on my last scope was "this is just awful,MaryLynn" I say that out loud if I want to make people laugh!