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May 22, 2012, 11:36 PM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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I've been a chronic painer for 26 years now and I'm just so tired!!!  I've had several spinal surgeries, which did more harm than good. I've had a spinal cord stimulator implant for 6 months, and later had to have it removed cause believe it or not, it started to work itself OUT.  It wasn't helping anyway. I've had every-single procedure that a pain specialist can do in a pain clinic, and nothing worked. And now the problem is that the doctors are all afraid to give me the proper dose of pain medication to even TOUCH the pain, let alone reduce it!!! Presently I'm on Opana 40mg twice a day, and that does absolutely NOTHING. Before this, I was on Methadone 10mg, TWICE a day. Can you believe that???
Im very hard to medicate too -- I'm the kind that wakes up DURING SURGERY whenever they put me out. I woke up during my spinal surgeries and it was a GENERAL anesthesia!!! I was on my stomach, and they couldn't see my face as I was face down in a 'cut out" for my face -- so they didn't know I was awake for a long time. I couldn't move cause they gave me curare!! So here I was awake while they're cutting on my spine!!! YIKES. The same thing happened 2 other times during surgery. So giving low doses of medication just doesn't work.
I'm in such pain right now -- and HAVE BEEN for the last 26 years that I want to tear my hair out-- but I can't get ANY doctor to understand and i've been everywhere. Teaching hospitals, pain clinics, specialists, you name it. Right now my GP is taking care of me cause I've gone to all the pain clinics and no one will take me anymore since I've had all the procedures done.  Doctors are just too afraid to UP the dosages -- so I suffer to the extent that at times I want to vomit the pain is so bad. The ER doesn't help. They MIGHT hand you 2 Vicodin & tell you to see your doctor.
Thanks for listening. I just wanted to whine---maybe I'll have a little cheese with it.  Seriously tho, my family gets tired of hearing it, so thanks again. God bless. Hugs, Lee
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