Doctors won't take pain seriously
From: International Adhesions Society (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Fri Sep 17 10:34:49 2004
Nancy,
I have been in your situation, and I know it is not fun. I had doctors
think I was in stress and that was causing my pain. It gets so
frustrating. I just have to make a comment before I continue. I read
in you post " I am a very stable, professional woman suffering with
chronic pain that is falling on deaf ears." I don't think it matters
that you are stable, or professional, pain falls on people of all
types. I may not be a professional, does that mean my doc shouldn't
take me seriously? In any event, back to your question.
You'll have to have your doc refer you to a pain specialist if
your pain continues, because if you are suffering from
adhesions, these docs are going to make you go in circles and
eventually you'll end up seeing a pain doc. Save your time
and sanity, get a referal. I hope you can find a solution.
Good Luck and I wish you the best.
From: estiny260659@aol.com estiny260659@aol.com
Subject: Re: Doctors won't take pain seriously
At Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Nancy wrote:
>
>I had a complete hysterectomy in 2/25/03 due to a fibroid tumor. I
>developed pain on my right side and was told that I could have entrapped
>nerves near the incision. After injections of steriods, physical
>therapy, and exercise; the pain became tolerable. Over the past year I
>have experienced a tightening and pulling on the same side. I was told
>that it could be adhesions, but there was nothing that they could do. In
>July, I had a sharp abdominal pain that felt like twisting near my
>naval.
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