Hello Donna! Welcome to the forum! My first question- Did your Dr prescribe a muscle relaxer for you? You HAVE to take one after RF is done. I actually had two RF's last year on my back- lower left...
Tammy- I never thought my back problems could have caused my groin problems, but it was pretty apparent when my therapist would push on my back or do an exercise for my back. This has been years and...
Tammy- I also suffer from bad groin pain- I've had it since 2004. I have had every test known to man done, blood work, CT Scan's, MRI's, Bone scans, Nerve Tests, etc, and no one has been able to tell...
Welcome Tina! I'm sorry you have to be here, but glad that you found us. I suffered for years with bad endometriosis, so I know the pain you are speaking of. I had 3 or 4 laparoscopies (can't...
Hello Dave & welcome to the boards. I think you will find this is a great place to vent your frustrations with chronic pain. I've been where you are- not able to control your emotions. That's the...
Doh! I just realized this is an old post......sorry about that....
Hello drjimmy! I have been on Percocet and Nucynta, so I will give you the results that I had...I had been on and off Percocet for almost 10 years due to the many surgeries I have had. When I started...
Welcome Nicola to this forum, we are glad to have you here! I'm pretty much going to agree with everyone else- you need to see either a neurologist or a pain management doctor. Also, I just recently...
Hello bestnana! Welcome to the boards! My story is almost the same as yours- was on Percocet for years and it stopped helping me, so was switched to Nucynta a few months ago. At first I was given the...
I am not familiar with your situation and why you had surgery, but I just wanted to wish you good luck with your recovery. My grandmother actually just had the same surgery, except her levels were...
My sweet Mindy, I wish I had answers for you :( All I can do is offer my support. You are doing the right thing by not going back to the surgeon who has done 3 operations on you, because he obviously...
Hello Missy! Welcome to the forum, you will find everyone here is fantastic. While I cannot relate to the type of pains you are having, I can relate to chronic pain. I am not sure what ALA nerve...
Sorry you are in a flare up sweetie :( I wish I could take all of our pain away, but unfortunately I can't. I would love just one day without pain, but who knows if that will ever happen. I hope the...
I wish you the best of luck with the RF ablation. I had it last year on my lower back & the left side did well, but didn't do a thing for the right side. I am currently doing the facet blocks again...
Thanks for the replies and suggestions. I will be seeing my Psychiatrist tomorrow so he can tell me how to properly go off of it. I tried to go off of it once years ago and that was horrible. My Dr...
Sorry I've not been around here for a while- have quite a bit going on at the moment. My weekend was OK- all I did was homework. Pain wasn't too bad, but still enough to make it difficult to do...
I watched this video last week I think and was very intrigued by it, just wish it could be made available sooner than 2015! I hope that it does get approval eventually and can help people (me...
Hello everyone! I am usually on the chronic pain forum, but my question would be best answered here. I've been on Paxil for 9 years...was prescribed it for Interstitial Cystitis (not depression), and...
Hi Shooter! I am on Nucynta ER 100 one tablet every twelve hours and then also regular Nucynta 75 for breakthrough pain. I'm on other med's, but it won't help you to know them, so won't post them. I...
This weekend wasn't so bad, especially since I didn't have any homework to do as we have a week off in-between quarters...So now homework to do today. Yesterday was my 1 year Anniversary with my...
OMG, I was SO worried about you Di! I even sent you an e-mail and you didn't respond, so I have been worried sick about you. Glad you are OK! The Bach Rescue that grandmaroses suggested is great for...
I started Nucynta a couple of weeks ago and it has worked great for me. Previously I was on Percocet 10/325 twice/day....That was not doing a thing for me. So, I was put on 75mg of Nucynta 3...
*hugs Autunm* I can completely empathize with your Interstitial Cystitis pain- I was diagnosed with it in 2003 after being told I was having UTI's over and over again, when most of the time there was...
I had a problem with CVS a couple of months ago...picked up my prescription for Baclofen which was supposed to be 90 pills but there were only 60. I noticed this a couple of days after filling it and...
The medications you have tried and/or are on are for arthritis, and if you don't have arthritis then they won't help. How did they come up with the diagnosis of arthritis? MRI's, x'ray's, CT scans...
Alcie- I am going to try to make this as polite as possible....I have had procedures done without versed and they were awful- the pain and pressure was horrendous. Yes, versed makes you forget, but...
Thanks for the concern about using a heating pad- I probably do use it more than I should, but I cannot do ice. Ice makes me way worse. The heat is way more soothing to me, but I will try to not use...
I was wondering about the voltaren gel, it wouldn't give me the side effects that the oral medicine does, am I right? I do not like using patches as I have a really hard time getting them to stay on...
Yeah, that's what I figured you meant- it seems like the arthritis is worse than the bulging disc pain wise. I am getting sedation for the epidural's, thank the Lord! ;)...
SE- The first PM doctor I saw did bilateral epidural's with no sedation and I wanted to kill him! It was awful! My new P doctor is all about sedation and I am so thankful for that- the versed used to...
Yeah, the dose I was taking of Percocet was low, but I had a heck of a time getting it increased and that's when he switched me to Nucynta. He is doing bilateral epidural's on the 19th and said if...
SE- Don't worry about not seeing this post before...My husband and I are doing great right now and he knows if his abusive behavior starts again that we will be going to counseling. I was on 10/325...
I can't believe you are able to get your pain levels so low- even with my medications I'm never below a 5, and am usually a 6-7. So glad you are able to get it down to a manageable number!...
Thanks Tina! Things have actually gotten better since I posted about my husband. We had two long talks and things have improved and he is treating me much better and being really nice to me. I think...
My weekend was not good...The Arthrotec that I stated on Saturday made me really sick, won't go into details, but I had to stop it. Yesterday morning was the last dose I took and it seems to finally...
Quick update: Told to stop the Arthrotec as it was giving me really bad side effects and I've been in bed sick from it since starting it on Saturday. The one pharmacy that said they have Nucynta did...
Thanks...I did call him today because I also started to have bad chest pain- was told to stop taking it. Thank goodness! I feel horrible still, so weak and stomach still cramping, I guess this...
My PM started me on Arthrotec on Friday and I picked it up from the pharmacy on Saturday. I take it two times a day and it is killing my stomach. He put me on it instead of just Voltaren because the...
Baileysmom- Why don't YOU answer these poll questions first before asking all of us!...
Thanks everyone for the replies! I called my Dr's office two times on Friday after my appointment to tell them that the medication is on back order and no one has it & they said "No one else has...
:( No one has replied to me....
The dumbest thing I've been told was when the Nurse Practitioner at my Pain Dr's office told me that I had to be addicted to Percocet before they would consider putting me on an extended release or...
I'm with Tina- these trivia questions went over my head. ;)...
Happy Friday everyone! Saw my PM this morning and MRI showed I still have a bulging disc and my arthritis has spread and is now from L3-S1. He told me to stop the Percocet since it's not helping and...
I've not had the best week...Lot's of health stuff going on with my stepdad & grandma that is stressing our family bad. I had a part time job from home that was taken away from me yesterday, but it...
Has anyone heard from Di? I've not seen her here and I e-mailed her and haven't heard back from her and am getting a little worried....
Hi Loretta- So glad to hear this!!! *hugs*...
I have that type of pain occasionally with all of the back problems I have...Baclofen usually helps mine, I take 40mg/day..what is your dosage? Have you ever tried Lyrica? That helps my nerve pain as...
BCBS is known to make changes to peoples plan without notification. But, if your paperwork and the paperwork your HR department has says there is no limit then you need to appeal this with BCBS. If...
Oh, what a horrible thing to have happen. I'm so sorry you went through that and hope your foot is feeling better today and that you were able to get some rest. *hugs*...