Re: PAIN FORM - ASAP PAIN SITE

From: Ginny Halpern (gingin99@home.com)
Fri Jun 29 20:17:51 2001


Dear helen

Boy, am I glad you cleared this up. I was led to believe the opposite, filtered down from various folks who were in contact with me from several different sites.

I want to know where we can go to get state legislators involved. have you any idea?

I am really sorry that i misunderstood what was relayed to me and thankful that you cleared up the confusion. I feel that Skip's site is an excellent resource for many of us who are floundering around, looking for pain management and who are getting the old heave ho from doctors who refuse to prescribe. But I need to know that the details I give are 100% acurate.

Thanks again.

Love and hugs

g

At Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Hchalm@aol.com wrote: >
>Dear Ginny:
>
>In your message you stated that when you fill out the pain from it gets sent
>to your state legislator. This is incorrect. It gets sent to a state rep.
>(meaning a person that is representing the ASAP site in your state) and will
>help you find a pain specialist in your area if there is one. These are just
>people like you and I that care and will try to help you find a pain
>specialist, but many times there are no pain specialists in one's whole state
>and the person must travel to another state in order to find a doctor to
>treat their pain. Please do not fill out the pain form and forward it unless
>you are seeking a pain specialist as I think the state representative would
>get quite confused as to what they are receiving. If you do need assistance
>in finding a pain specialist then you can forward the pain form. If you go
>to compassionate doctors and your state is listed you will find a list of
>doctors that you can call directly (this is your best bet for finding a
>caring and compassionate doctor that will treat your pain accordingly.
>AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ACTION ON PAIN
><A HREF="http://www.widomaker.com/~skipb/skiphome.htm.html">Click here: skiphome.htm</A> Discusses the Organization and it's cause - also to
>the left are the links I listed below.
><A HREF="http://www.widomaker.com/~skipb/goodDoctors.html">Click here: goodDoctors</A> - DOCTORS OF COMPASSION - Best bet for finding a pain
>specialist that will treat your pain and the doctors can be called directly
>with no intervention from a state pain rep. Please continue until see you the
>words STATES ARE NOT LISTED IN ORDER and search until you may find your state
>- many states are not listed (not one compassionate doctor in your whole
>state).
><A HREF="http://www.widomaker.com/~skipb/PlacementReps.html">Click here: PlacementReps</A> Contact a state pain rep. and mail in pain form.
>This may mean there are no doctors in your state and you may have to travel
>but I found my pain specialist here and he has been a savior - he is located
>in Centreville, VA
>
>I think what you are doing in compiling this information is admirable, but I
>just wanted to clarify the above information. I myself a year ago had to go
>to the ASAP website to find a doctor and was blessed that I found one through
>a state rep. in Maryland. I do have to travel to VA, but it is well worth it
>and a few other IAS members have also followed me there.
>
>So that we don't duplicate one another I am sending the IAS News Letter to
>all the Compassionate Doctors listed at the ASAP website so that they will be
>informed about ARD.
>
>If anyone has trouble finding a compassionate doctor you can also contact
>Skip Baker directly at 757-229-8536 (afternoons are best for him) as he has a
>list that he will only disclose to an individual that will complete the pain
>form and mail it directly to him. These doctors do not want their names
>posted openly.
>
>Also, you can join the ASAP discussion group if you go to Skip's site <A HREF="http://www.asappain.com/2ThePatient.html">Click
>here: 2ThePatient</A> and you will see that there are hundreds of others
>suffering from other diseases that are unable to find caring compassionate
>doctors to treat their pain and that there is a War on Drugs going on across
>the country, and we the ARD patient need to be among those that are fighting
>for the right to ongoing narcotic pain medication.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Helen Chalmers


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