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If I had taken care of this when I was younger I suspect I would not have so many other problems.
Please go see another doctor.View Thread
- Cycling- This could mean using a stationary bike, recumbent bike, or riding outdoors depending on what is tolerated the best. Cycling can give the legs a good workout and provide some cardio/weight-loss exercise.
- Pilates- Either on a mat or a reformer with an experienced instructor. A lot the exercises can help build strength and improve balance without you having to put a lot of pressure on your sore knee.
- While exercise is really important, I think sticking to a healthy eating plan is critical for weight-loss.
- Once you get over the hump, your body will start to feel better and hurt less.
- Find something you enjoy- you will be more likely to exercise regularly if you are having fun doing it.
- Partner up- having somebody to work out with can help keep you consistent.
- Remember to ice your knee after exercising.
Good luck!View Thread
I would see two spine surgeons. They can be located at or near teaching hospitals, often in large cities or attached to major universities. They might order an MRI, CAT-scan, EMG or myelogram. This will assure you of a good diagnosis. But treatment is another story.
I know exactly how you feel when people dismiss your pain, suggest that it's not real, that you don't exercise enough or that it's all in your head. It is not. It's real. I was only 17 when I started herniating discs. People didn't believe me either.
Maybe the best question to ask right now is... why is your sciatic nerve pinched? Is it from bone, disc, osteophyte... what's causing it? Is it bone displaced by your fracture?
Diagnosis precedes treatment. Maybe you can obtain a referral to a spine surgeon. Good luck.View Thread
I also have gastroparisis I am 22 year old female. I was diagnosed about 2 years ago. Zofran is a life savor but the real drug that saved me is called domperidone it is not FDA approved so you can't get it. I get it from a pharmacy in Reading PA and i believe they get it from Canada. But it has been a life savor! You do need a regular prescription from his GI but I really recommend going in for an appointment and asking about it. There is a similar drug that is FDA approved and I suppose insurance would cover it but the possible side effects were too great my GI would not risk it for me. Since the medicine is from Canada it is not covered by insurance but I get a three month supply and pay $100 for it and my doctor wrote me a script to take 4 a day and I don't usually take that much. I hope this helps a little Good luck! JessView Thread
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Take care, AnnetteView Thread
At that time my doctor told me that injections of cortisone was a solution for this type of pain.However ,he wouldn't give it to me because he said he felt I was too young and that it was really intended for elderly people with chronic pain.The thing was,I was in chronic pain and I was so miserable,I asked him to make an exception but he wouldn't despite that fact that I moaned in agony every time I had to sit down or stand up.Couldn't even get comfortable enough to sleep.
Here's what I'd do if it were my mom...My mom's in her 70s..
Have her check into those cortisone shots.Nobody should have to be in pain like that.Then start with movements that are easy.Start off slow to give room for accomplishment.Let nature take its course in its healing and go slow! It was weeks and weeks before I could walk normally.Also there are suppositories for nausea like compezene to settle her stomach enough that she can eat.
And whatever you do, Pray and use that do-nut cushion! Its a booty-ful thing! God Bless You and your Mom
You're a good daughter.View Thread
Take care, AnnetteView Thread
LOL...LOL...LOL Very funny.
My dad was a physician. I grew up with an among physicians. I have since had many spine surgeries and met many doctors of all kinds. I can tell you with assurance that some of the doctors who barely graduated from medical school became well-known fellowship-trained specialists in their fields. And the doctor who finished the top of my dad's medical school class at Michigan never practiced a day of medicine. He ended up doing research. But some of those near the bottom of my dad's medical school class turned out to be spectacular physicians.
Where a physician graduated compared to others in her or his class is completely and utterly meaningless. What makes more sense in terms of research is to discover where the physician attended medical school, where she or he did a residency and fellowship, how many successful operations a specialist has performed, how many failed and how many times the physician was litigated against.
Talent as a physician 10, 20 or 30 years after graduating from medical school has virtually nothing to do with where they attended medical school or where they graduated in their class. Give this the logic test.View Thread
Thanks for sharing that with us.
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sending peace and loveView Thread
Meds: Fentanyl 50mcg/h patch, Tramadol 50-100mg 3-4x/day, Lomotil 2 tabs 4x/day, Gabapentin 1800mg, Klonopin 1mg 3x/day, Atenolol, Effexor XR 75mg
Meds: Fentanyl 50mcg/h patch, Tramadol 50-100mg 3-4x/day, Lomotil 2 tabs 4x/day, Gabapentin 1800mg, Klonopin 1mg 3x/day, Atenolol, Effexor XR 75mg
If`not, and if right away you start talking about pills, right away they will think you're only interested in getting pills. And that will not be good because then the doctor will either go ahead and treat you but without any narcotic pain meds right away, or the doctor, sensing right away you are only there for narcotics pain pills. And they will refuse to take you on as a new patient.
When my pain doctor dropped me after 8 years based on her own malpractice and trouble with the DEA via trying to make herself look better than she is at my expense, I just knew that was the end of my rope. My pain getting treated with meds is what has allowed me to work and so much more. And so without them, I knew it would just be a matter of time when I would go backwards|.
And ohh, those horrifying stories I heard about how once dropped, no other pain doctor would even touch ne or consider seeing me. As soon as my worthless pain doctor dropped me though, I made a xall to another one. But I stressed and worried for a whole month whether or not he would accept me as a new patient. I have to say I did consider lying about getting discharged. But I am a Christian and prayed and prayed for God's guideance.
Abd so, the day of my appointment, when the nurse asked me why I changed doctors, I just simply told her exactly what happened.
Then a few minutes later, the doctor came in. I tell you guys, he was so very nice and compassionate. That doctor accepted me right away as new patient Strictly because I was honest right from the start. He examined me and then he started analyzing my old prescriptions versus what he thought best to give me. And he gave me my MS Contin back, 3 times a day 60mg pills which my old doctor gad taken from ne and was giving me exalgo, 1 32 mg pill a day. But instead of giving to me 30mg oxycodone 4 times a day, he changed it to 15 mg oxycodone 6 times a day. The first few days of the lower oxy dose was a bit hard.
But now, I have adjusted to it and it is better. Pkus, ut keeps some leadway there where doctor could increase ut if needed, rather than be at max dose and no means of increasing it.
Also, unlike my old doctor who was always at leadt 2 hours late, even more at times, and never even examibed my painful areas but instead just wrote my prescriptions...my new doctor does true thorough examinations.
And so, a true blesding in disguise. Summing this up, if you have beem wrongfully dropped by a worthless pain doctor eho also avandoned you and gavebyou no help in finding a new doc, which they Should do, don't start feeling hopeless. Just get on your phone right away and contact a new pain doctor and get the first appt. set up right away.
I just love my new pain doc and staff. They treat ppl so much better than my old worthless pain doc and staff. I never knew how horrible they treat patients until I started seeing my new one and his staff.
Bottom line is...just don't give up and pay no attention at all to ppl who say you will bever get another pain doc if you have been dropped. Believe me, you will find another, much better one too. Thanks for reading!!View Thread
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