Yeah, this is pretty much happening across the board. Despite spending vastly more per capita than other comparable nations, the US is dead last in healthcare rankings. There are certainly numerous...
One good way for CPers to monitor potentially important legislation within their own state is to follow or subscribe in some way to their state's medical society and/or the main doctors' lobbying...
This codeine-morphine nightmare happened to one of my best friends recently! With her it was reversed, she told her surgeon/nurses repeatedly that she was allergic to morphine but they still gave...
Sorry to read about your insurance, you're not the only one, this year I began having issues with some of my meds for the first time. Even after my doctor wrote the appeal for one ER med and it was...
I'd suggest taking fish oil with omega 3 when you're going off the tramadol, not only does it help the muscle soreness or spasms associated with any opioid withdrawl but it also especially helps with...
I've had a urostomy and a colostomy for 30 years (I'm in my early 40s) and I admire both her bravery to break taboos and her husband's support and encouragement. I haven't gone swimming in public...
My Saturday was okay but yesterday was awful, been having this strange pain on the far right side of my abdomen for awhile but it went crazy yesterday after my last patch mostly wore off the night...
lol, no problem. I remember asking a different cp forum about what to do about a batch of patches (the gel kind instead of my usual mylan) that kept falling off and I couldn't believe it when someone...
Electric blankets are probably capable of causing a med dump, I only sleep on one side so I always wear my patch on the other, don't know if it's an option for you, or at least wearing it on an area...
hey QT, just saying good luck with the patch, sounds like the transition is going well. Another heat waring thing, I've been on a fent patch for a number of years and never had any real issues with...
hey Joey, have you looked into scalene myofascial pain syndrome? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3216145/ When I read your other thread I thought it sounded like a cervical disk issue (I...
This is a really interesting discussion, as well as terribly sad too, as the poet Louise Gluck wrote, "...goodbye, goodbye-- the one continuous line that binds us to each other." Every time I get...
Thanks your input. I agree, Tina, this seems more like a neuro-muscular thing (there's a bunch of issues from those cervical disks) causing 'the shawl' which is now triggering the migraines. This is...
Have been new issues recently and wonder if anyone has some ideas. I've had migraines all my life, typical symptoms: tingly feeling followed by auras and excruciating pain til either suppress it with...
Many attorneys refuse to look at a case til it's denied. Part of this is more money-- the lawyers are usually paid with a percentage of your lump sum back benefits, and these benefits increase during...
That's great, Rocckyd, yeah, between your age and profession it seems like you'd have a fight no matter how many wheelbarrows of med records you brought in. SSD's qualification matrix's can be...
hey Merrida- yeah, have gotten the 10 day letter just 3 days before the deadline despite being sent from a SS office 2 miles from my house *grin* That seemingly-mandatory dr visit is really skeevy...
I've had limited success with acupuncture, it helped some of my less problematic neuropathies, such cold/numb/achy knees, the only problem was each treatment was decreasingly helpful. I guess that's...
I know this thread is a bit old but I'm in my early 40s and on disabiility for 3+ years so have been through the gauntlet. Everyone has offered very good advice, the only things would add to what...
Thanks to all for the greeting, apologies for the delayed response, am sick w/another infection and feel too crappy to even be online very much. Look forward to offering the community whatever I can...
Hello, just wanted to introduce myself after lurking for months and reading your great advice/questions.Will try to keep it brief: I'm in my early 40s and have had severe health issues since birth....