Hi...I have been through about 10 surguries over past ten years but have moved to new city and am having another surgury this week. I am struggling to correctly communicate to the surgeon that I need to have a much stronger dose of pain med than normal folks would. Immedialty the look I get is condemnation....and concern. How do I best ask the doctor for something like Morphine to help curb pain as opposed to hydrocodone or even oxycontin because it takes way too much of those to even start to give me relief...how do I ask this without stuttering myself and will I always get that same look and response from these experts. I can't help the fact that I was hurt, injured, and broken in half due to accident and then treated with large volumes of pain meds. Please give me some help in regard to how to correctly share this with my doctors and surgeons. Thanks so much you are greatly appreciated for your wisdom and help.
Tell them to request your medical records from other surgeons and your other Doctors if they don't believe you. There are still Dr's out there that won't look at anyone who wants a pain pill like they're an addict, but to cover themselves they must ask questions. Yet, some Dr's don't like prescribing them at all, and some Indian Dr's don't "believe" in pain medication or antibiotics. Can you believe that the Dr who said that was in a VA hospital talking to a fully disabled American veteran of the Vietnam War? I think for every good Dr out there, there is one that isn't worth a hoot! Maybe more.
i think i have a high tolerance to pain meds, i dont take 10 vicodin or lortab like i hear some people do, when i ask for stronger meds, they treat me like a drug seeking addict. i am on lortab 5/500 take 5 a day, having lamenectomy l3-l5 on dec 3, 08. i have had multible surgeries, knees, hernia, rotator cuff and felt under medicated, what do i say to the doctor to let them know i am not like most others, i am 47 and do have degeneraive arthritis in spine, djd kness and shoulders. please help
That jerk does not deserve your money obvious. People think Nazis were bad people. Hah, I have seen people of almost demonic cruelty at these doctor offices and Walgreens!!!
LISTEN FRIEND.. IF YOU EVER HAVE SURGERY AGIAN. BE A GOOD BUSINESS MAN AND NEGOCIATE THE PAIN MEDS YOU WANT BEFORE YOU GO UNDER THEY KNIFE.
TRUST ME.
DOCTORS ARE JUST MUCH BUSINESS MEN AS USED CAR SALESMEN. IF YOU GET TURNED DOWN BY ONE DOCTOR THEN GO SEE ANOTHER.
Same thing now, even if you do not need any more surgery.
Go find a new doctor.
Pour your heart out to him just like you did here online..
And if they look at you like a druggie then walk out and go see another doctor.
One of them will help you I promise!
LISTEN FRIEND.. IF YOU EVER HAVE SURGERY AGIAN. BE A GOOD BUSINESS MAN AND NEGOCIATE THE PAIN MEDS YOU WANT BEFORE YOU GO UNDER THEY KNIFE.
TRUST ME.
DOCTORS ARE JUST MUCH BUSINESS MEN AS USED CAR SALESMEN. IF YOU GET TURNED DOWN BY ONE DOCTOR THEN GO SEE ANOTHER.
Same thing now, even if you do not need any more surgery.
Go find a new doctor.
Pour your heart out to him just like you did here online..
And if they look at you like a druggie then walk out and go see another doctor.
One of them will help you I promise!
If you're pooring your heart out on these doctors and still looking at you like your some sort of raving drug addict then show them that you are in pain. Wince a bit when you adjust your seating. Maybe have them put pressure on where it hurts and scream or something.. ya know? Limp out of doctors office for god sakes if that's what it takes.
I have been on oxycodone for 2 years and hydrocodone for 10 prior that. My doctor now wants to send to me to a pain clinic, and I am afraid. Any words of encouragement?
Does anyone else have issues with doctors just giving you meds without actually checking if they interfere with your other meds? They pay so much damn money for their education, but can't read interactions and allergies.