Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Appointment #1: Pain management care plan

So tomorrow I go to my Dr about developing a pain management care plan. I am expecting her to be pretty stingy with the help. What I mean is the previous times i have seen her, her attitude has been that the narcotic pain meds don't work and I should go to PT and lose weight. Simple answer. RIGHT! Well, I am hoping now that another doctor has suggested that I see her to develop this plan maybe she will be more helpful? I don't know but if not I will probably change doctors because i don't need her to talk to me like I am an addict. I make a 3 day prescription last over a month. Please tell me I'm addictive! Anyway, I will bring my cane so hopefully she can teach me the right way to use it because yes it seems to help about 50% of each step. So basically half of each step i feel relief and pain. So I'm not sure i am using it right. I guess I can look it up online again but "hands on" training might help lol. So I am staying up late because I am kind of "stalling" the appt. I am just dreading the Dr's attitude. She is a really nice person and has helped in the past for other issues, but for this (THE BIGGEST ONE) she just has been a little less than helpful.
I am curios of other pain management options she will have and since I don't really like the fact that my only option is narcotic pain meds I would like to hear what else there could be including more healthy options for my body. I am also going to bring a disability placard form for her to sign so I can get a disabled parking placard for my cars. That will give me an easier time trying to walk into places especially since typically my pain begins right as my "trek" begins. Like as soon as I enter the mall, or get out of the car to go grocery shopping in a huge store. Lots of walking and maybe that will lessen the length of pain. It will definitely help in cases like today where as soon I got to work today i was on a call sitting down for an hour. When I got up to work the floor (I am a Restaurant Manager for fast food, not sure if i said that) i took about 10 steps and was in pain that lasted all day and still is going strong now. Well when I went out to do an admin task the parking lot I pulled into was completely uneven and i tripped a couple times. Walking up steps and across the lot was terrible. It would be so much help if I could park by the door and get out, walk a short distance, and return. Well I probably should get to bed. WAH! I will post what the doc says after my visit. TTYS :)

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