Still another pain clinic -anyone with steroid injections?
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Hope to get pain under control on 2007-11-03
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I posted about going to a pain clinic and when I mentioned fibromyalgia, the physician looked at me like I had 2 heads. I said, you don’t believe in that diagnosis - at which time he said lots of people come in saying they have pain. Good way of skirting the question. To make long story short, am not returning to him. When I told him rib pain he kept saying chest pain- somehow or nother I associated chest pain with an MI. Anyway, yesterday returned to a previous pain clinic I went to about 2 years ago (should have returned there in the first place) but had moved- long story short again- told them about my diagnosis (hey I do not make up the diagnosis, rheumatologist told me I had) and now they are planning on steroid injections into the cartilage around the ribs. Was trying to say possibly chondrochondritis - hey I believe that is the same diagnosis I mentioned to my primary care physician about oh 4 months ago maybe and he gave it not another thought. The clinic wants to do MRI first (looking for other causes as in something worse) but I told them yesterday pain really all over- ribs worse- but hands, elbows, feet, legs. The pain is every day- sometimes horrific- sometimes just there. Told my aunt last night person should not have to live every day with pain. Got the injections set up for the 12th of this month. I am hoping at least to get some relief in the rib section- person at clinic told me to increase Tramadol to 50 mg 3 times a day (had been taking once a day- told that was not enough). Will post later and keeping those fingers crossed that this helps me. |
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