My PCP is very aware of the situation and that I just got an apt. with a new doc on Tuesday. The question is, Why should I sit a home and suffer till Tuesday. The PCP is very trusting and he know...
thanks for the websites and for making me feel welcome on this site...
Thank you all for your replies and concern. I have spent the last 36 hours on the phone with medtronics. Yesterday they told me to go to my PCP and have him call your local medtronics rep and she...
I have a medtronics pump that has been recalled. I found out Tuesday 7/01/08 when my pain doc told me he is no longer filling pumps. I went on the medtronics site to find a new doctor when I saw the...
hi, I had my pump placed in 11/04. 10 days ago, my alarm went off and the signal said it was empty. Since I couldn't see my pain doc fro 5 days, I was admitted to the hospital to treat pain and the...
Dear Toritoo and gramps and others, I'm kevin and I have had the medtronics pump, ( new one 40ml) and I have had poor results after going from morphine do dilaudid,with clondine and buprivicane. I'm...
I thought that I found my true love. We were about 3 months from the wedding. WE had been together almost 3 years. I was working as a teacher, paying the bills while she was getting her masters. Her...
Also try the pparx.org website. It's the adds with montel williams on tv. I hope this can also help some people. The process takes about 2 weeks and a doctor who doesn't mind filling out a forum....
I didn't get the full jist of your condition, but you made it sound as if there is nothing more medically a doctor can do. I hope you don't mean anything fatal. If you have a condition that isn't...
I am 31, have severe chronic pain and take fentanyl daily. I also have an intrathecal pump, which is programed by my doctor for 3 months at a time. I have no control over the dosage or when I can...