They didn't have any real answers for me at the hospital but they did give me some meds for some relief (at least for a little while) and I am hoping that this new doctor at the clinic will be...
Hi, it's been a while. I had a follow-up with a spine surgeon who had ordered another MRI and X-Ray of my back. They didn't find anything "operable" on this one either and he went into this speech...
Relief, I wanted to make sure I posted a reply to make sure you knew I didn't take your post negatively or anything like that. I have always been a rather smallish person (in height as well as...
When this happens, it doesn't seem to matter what I am doing. A few times I woke up from a nap on the couch and they went numb shortly after. My wife was telling me I probably slept on them in a bad...
Has anyone else on here had chronic back pain as well as numbness in the fingers on one or both hands? More and more often, I have been losing most or all of the sensation in my fingers on my right...
PAlady, They have a 20 day grace period and I called them to make sure the check would make it on time. They said it would so I will hold them to it if it doesn't. The bad part is I have another $317...
It is too bad that they try to force a surgery by the threat of pain meds in any way. I understand their view point on this but if people want to try and manage the pain with medication instead of...
Unfortunately my bank messed up my auto-payment to my insurance company. I had to pay the fee and resend the check via snail-mail. I have to wait for the check to show up and be processed through...
I would say that you shouldn't worry about it being a mistake. Even if you decide you want to go back to the 40mg or even if you decide that you want to do 30mg the whole day instead of going from...
Eagle, If you have any questions about these types of medications or anything like that, feel free to also use the email link in my posts to contact me directly. I have the forum set to email me when...
Eagle, I have been on Oxycontin a total of about 18 months. It is one of the only (if not THE only) medication that actually helps me with my pain and has virtually no side effects. It works very...
Yeah, I am keeping in mind that I don't HAVE to have surgery. I do wonder/worry about whether or not my pain mgmt. doc will want to keep prescribing me pain meds if I balk at or refuse a surgery. In...
I have not had any heart attacks but I routinely showed up at the doc's in tachycardia and w/my blood pressure through the roof. I attributed most of this to being on a Fentanyl patch (100mcgs; up to...
All, I got back from the doc again this morning and found out we have neared the end of what he can do for me. I have had several procedures to try and find out what the problem is with my back. None...
Thanks for the support. I think my problem is that I was so let down that this procedure yesterday didn't do a thing. I am pretty sure I was having nightmares about the procedure and had my hopes...
I had another procedure today to try and find out if my back pain is caused by arthritis or not. This involved doing 6 more spinal injections to inject a local numbing medication. If this relieved my...
I learned of a condition called POTS through a very helpful reply from another CP'er on here and checked out the symptoms, etc. I went to my previous visit to my new Neuro armed w/a printout from the...
The transition is a little rough. I am keeping my eye on the prize; never having to deal w/the patches again. I don't think you can transition off of 100mcgs Fentanyl to anything very easily unless...
From experience, the Fentanyl is out of my system, as far as effectiveness goes, after a matter of hours after removing the patch. Fentanyl is detectable in urine for 5 to 7 days (drug test) but is...
Well, I am still in a lot of pain (story of my/our life eh?) and I still have another 3 epidurals to look forward to (after the botched procedure last week) BUT the neurologist has some things he...
The headaches originally started when I first started the Fentanyl, about 9 months ago. Before 9 months ago, I used to get a headaches approx. once a month (if that!) and would take a couple of...
I didn't know pharmacies do that now. I use the local Rite-Aid and they (I think) are a national pharmacy so hopefully they do this as well. I will have to ask them about that the next time I get in...
PAlady, Thanks for all the great suggestions! I did call and ask the pharmacist what he thought but I couldn't get a lot out of him except that he wanted to make sure that I knew exactly what I was...
See, that's the thing! I was asked at least 5 times that "we will be doing the right hand side, correct?" and I answered "Yes." every time. Even when they started the local anesthetic and stuff, it...
Sorry guys, this thing didn't notify me by email for responses like it usually does. I didn't notice all the comments until now. I had an epidural done (just one) late last year that basically...
I just got home from the latest epidural I had done. This time he did three epidurals at once. I had an EMG done and it showed 2 pinched nerves on my right side. He had upped my Fentanyl patch to...
I don't know that I am going to be on the two patches for long. I started these on Thursday and was up all night (all night, no sleep at all) Thursday with another migraine. I was then up again most...
I made the guy give me a copy (he didn't seem to want to for some reason) and tell me what he found during the torture. He said I have two pinched nerves. Now they are going to want to stick big...
Had an EMG done today. In a few words.... ouch, that sucked. Anyone else had the pleasure of this procedure before? Skrape...
Thanks. It has been a pretty bad year and I have done 9 months of pure hell being in tons of pain and in WD half the time. I really think I was a breath away from my breaking point for a long, long...
I do, however, find it scary that I am on 200mcgs of Fentanyl every 2 days. That is a ton of pain meds from what I understand. Skrape...
Well, I had an appointment scheduled for September 14th with this new Pain Management doc but they called today and asked if I could come in. I told them that yes, I could and I went to see him. I...
I had brought up the point that everywhere I read about it people say that "I had to have mine Rx'ed at every 48 hours because they wore off". My old doc just told me he could not (would not?)...
I want to thank you for this information. I have looked up and read about dozens (if not hundreds) of different diseases and conditions looking for a symptom list that closely fits what I have had...
Tina, Can you please give me a more complete list of your symptoms? If you are not comfortable doing it publicly on here, you can use the email link and send it directly to me. I ask because I have...
Oh, Shanno; I meant to tell you that you should ask for DAW (Dispense As Written, or NO generic in plainspeak!) because I have found a big difference in the name brand VS the generic version of this...
Well I just got back. There are so many things that happened I can't include all of them here in one post. I like this new guy a lot better than my old doc. He said they would get the records from my...
I will keep the advice on the written request in mind. I have been trying to keep my hopes down and I know I will tell myself all the way there that I expect nothing from this guy except more of the...
They are the worst medication I have ever been on. It may be different for me than you or anyone else but they are supposed to last 72 hours and mine wear off completely after about 48 and don't...
I am going to a new Doc in the morning. I asked for my file from my current Doc today and they are giving me a bunch of lies about one woman being out and them not being able to "get around to the...
I have posted about this a few times before but I always stray off topic and all the replies seem to go that way instead of towards this issue. I am looking to get a new Dr. My old Dr. is just not...
I want to thank all of you for the encouragement and support. I will continue to be actively looking for a new Dr. and will keep you up to date on how things are going. I really appreciate all of the...
I have chronic low back pain (deep, sick never-ending ache) and mid-low back pain that gets more acute as the day goes on (more of a stabbing pain or as I think of it, very high pressure sensation...
I lived in Ft. Wayne for about 13 years! I grew up there. Could you email me some information? Thanks. Skrape...
I have reached my breaking point w/my current Dr. Starting this evening, I will be actively searching for a new Dr. My current Dr. is a Dr. of Internal Medicine. From what I understand, I need to...
I am 29 years old and I purchased my cane earlier this year. I have bad lower and mid back pain. I also shake uncontrollably when I am in a lot of pain. Sometimes when I try to get up or sit down, my...
I have read a lot on here about people being seen at pain clinics and by pain management doctors. I have been to two pain clinics and they have not been able to do anything for me. The only things...
Thank you for the info. I will check E-Bay and see what I can find. I looked at all the pharmacies here and no one had anything except the Tegaderm ones that I bought that were too small. They also...
I had checked w/both the manufacturer of the patches and the pharmacy about covers for the patches. The manufacturer told me they do not make anything for them. The pharmacy said they had nothing but...
Ever since my accident I have had trouble getting medication refilled on a timely basis. If I had a prescription filled on the 10th, they would always tell me to wait until the 10th of the next...