The last month or so, I have gone through alot. My dr is working on a
pain clinic visit in Albuquerque, NM, 5 hrs away, but in the mean time,
I went to a pain clinic in El Paso, Texas(about 3 hrs away) I had a CT
scan & a bone scan, that showed nothing, (except the problems in my
knees from tendonidis)I also had a spinal block shot which didnt help
much if any. The pain clinic dr thought I might have a hernia, & sent
me to a hernia surgeon, that wasnt on my HMO plan. After a thousand
calls to the insurance co, they would not cover him. So, the surgeon
saw me for free, because of the friendship between the 2 drs. The
surgeon didnt think that I had a hernia, but irritable bowle (I was
already being treated for irritable bladder) Butthe surgeon wanted to
have an sonogram to make sure. I went to report to my dr & she got all
the referals, etc. to get the sonogram. I went to my appointment
(fasting) & the radiologist doesnt want to do the sonogram, because "CT
scans are the best test for hernias" Well, the nurse there called my dr
& told her that a GYN that I happened to have seen last year, did the
adhesion surgery on her using an adhesion barrier, & she is doing great.
Well, after 2 weeks of waiting the gyn office calls, asking me questions
about my visit(needless to say, I was so happy, I thought alright, this
is finally it!) They would call back later, to set up the appointment.
After about a week, I called them, well, the gyn wants to send me to the
same pain clinic in Alberquerque that my dr has been trying to get me
into (the pain clinic wont call my dr back to set anything up,,, for
over a month & after lots of calls to them). WEll, I felt like I was
hit in the gut, one more time. I sat & cried for an hour. I felt like
she would help me & this suffering would finally be over with. Now here
it is 3 weeks later, & I havent heard from anyone! I am just taking my
pain meds, being in pain & waiting. I am not holding out much hope now.
My dr did get me into physical theraphy. It costs me $20.00 a visit
with 2 visits a week. This is killing us financially with all the other
expensises with the dr & prescriptions. I am using a TENS unit, which
does help some, but inspite of the physical theraphy, the tens unit &
the pain meds, I am in constant pain. I just dont know how much more I
can take of the daily pain.
Robin