At 02:47 PM 10/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi everyone...
>
>Here I am, still in constant pain. No relief, and no hope of relief
>because my docs have pretty much written me off. I have called my
>gyn/oncologist 3 times and she never called back. Even when I begged
>the receptionist to please put on the message that I was desperate and
>getting no help. My regular gyn is taking care of my pap smears every
>few months but isn't willing to address the pain issue or do anything
>about it. She passed me on to my primary care doc. My primary care doc
>prescribed narcotics for awhile but will no longer prescribe them. She
>has referred me to a pain clinic and a psychiatrist. I went to the pain
>clinic once but they made me so mad, I just can't see myself going back
>there and actually giving it a chance. So now I am left with a
>psychiatrist appointment next week and that's it. None of my docs are
>doing anything to help the pain. I'm 29 with no hope of ever getting
>relief. Heck, I can't even get a few hours of relief because my docs
>won't prescribe pain meds anymore. Thier only reasoning behind that is
>that I've been on them too long and they don't want me to get addicted.
>So I am left with nothing. The docs all say that the lymphatic cyst I
>have isn't big enough (although it is the size of a baseball) to be
>causing the type of pain I am experiencing and that adhesions aren't
>painful. I seriously disagree but they won't listen. The CT scan
>showed nothing except the baseball size cyst so they don't know what
>else to do. So where does that leave me? In pain and miserable with no
>hope of ever getting better. I also have Fibromyalgia and I think that
>probably is contributing to the amount of pain I am feeling but, of
>course, when docs hear I have FM...they automatically write me off as a
>mental case. I am seriously considering sending my medical info to Drs.
>Reich and Redan and I think they may be last hope. The pain is so bad
>right now I would do just about anything for a single pain pill...just
>to get an hour or two of reduced pain. Regardless of what the
>constitution says, Cruel and unusual punishment is alive and well in the
>US. I am so frustrated and really losing hope fast....somebody has to
>be able to do something!
>
>Thanks for always being here...I would have lost my mind long ago
>without you.
>
>Take Care,
>Susan
>