PAIN MANAGEMENT

hileena111
hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
edited 5. Jun 2011, 09:14 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi, I've got a GP appt at 4pm today......I want to try and get better pain management than i have.
He can change them all around {apart from my epilepsy ones} or add to them ...I dont care...as long as it helps.

Love
Hileena

Comments

  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Good luck, Hileena. May the force be with you.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • Poppyg1rl
    Poppyg1rl Member Posts: 1,245
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Good luck Hileena, hopefully they can find something that works better for you, will be in your pocket for 4pm, thinking of you xxx
    'grá agus solas'
    'Love and Light' translated from Irish. X
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hello Hileena
    I do understand what you mean, it is so wearing having pain all the time, you will try anything just to get under some sought of control.
    I wish you well with it, and please let us know how you get on.
    Love
    Barbara
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi,
    Thanks for your messages.
    I'm just moving now.......to get ready and to have a quick cuppa before i GO

    lOVE
    hILEENA
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Hileena

    I may be just intime to jump in your pocket

    Hope your app goes well

    Juliepf x
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 3. Jun 2011, 15:41
    Hi,
    Just come back from the docs......didnt get a chance to tell him much......basically I got kicked out the minute my 10 mins was up. with a prescription for tramadol. Dont know about that...I had it after my THR andI was OK I think......but i was groggy anyway after the op. :lol: I had hoped he would change the meds round....not just add to them....I said that to him.
    I'll get the prescription made up and see how things go......if I'm in agony i might take one and thats it......Not feeling very happy after that appointment.
    Love
    Hileena
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Remember, Hileena, it's just the end of that appointment not the end of the road. If it doesn't work out you can always go back. Take care.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • tillytop
    tillytop Member Posts: 3,460
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    So sorry Hileena that your appointment was not as you had hoped. But I do hope the Tramadol gives you some relief.

    Thinking of you.

    Love Tilly xxx
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Hileena
    Im so sorry you had a bad appointment, it seems to be the norm these days...especially with Arthur...it usually oh you have arthritis so just go away and take these.
    Hileena if you are still suffering after you take the tramadol...then you go back...wish we could all come and give them what for.. :roll:
    Love
    Barbara
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Remember, Hileena, it's just the end of that appointment not the end of the road. If it doesn't work out you can always go back. Take care.

    Hi...dont know if I can keep going back.....he's the type that looks at his watch as soon as 9mins is up........doesnt matter that you havent been to see him in months...if you go over your time you get politely thrown out.
    Love
    Hileena
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    So sorry Hileena that your appointment was not as you had hoped. But I do hope the Tramadol gives you some relief.

    Thanks..... but not sure how to take it to be honest.....he said take it 3 times a day but I dont know that I want tramadol as well as dioclofenic and paracetamol

    Love
    Hileena
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Hileena
    Im so sorry you had a bad appointment, it seems to be the norm these days...especially with Arthur...it usually oh you have arthritis so just go away and take these.
    Hileena if you are still suffering after you take the tramadol...then you go back...wish we could all come and give them what for..

    _________________
    Barbara x

    It was a very dismissive appointment.....he said no bladder problems , no bowel problems....I said YES I do......the bowel probs are to do with the medication but the bladder ones are different???? He just skipped over that and went on to his next question. It want until i was out that i realised he hadn't answered that one. I take notes to orthos etc and it always works but with him ....I had notes but didnt get a chance to look at them

    Love
    Hileena
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Is there anyone else in the practice that you could see, Hileena?
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi
    Its a one man band except for a lady that comes in once a week or so.....dont know if I could see her....wortha try I suppose.

    Love
    Hileena
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi hun. Appointments like that are soooooo frustrating eh?
    Is there another surgery you could join maybe?

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  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Tony
    Yes very frustrating appointment.....frustration makes my pain worse....dont know about you?
    I did try a while back...changing surgeries.....we have 3 in our village.....I rang the one my husband is with......receptionist questions.....Are you new to the area? No Do you have a doctor Yes......sorry we cant take you then
    That was it....suppose i could give it another go....I could understand if it was in the next village or something but its not.
    Oh well thats it until Monday anyway. I've got an appointement with an osteopath at 11am Mon so hopefully this will be more productive......I havent seen him since pre THR but used to go to him to get my back sorted so I do know him....anything is worth a try :wink:
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 29,848
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Hileena

    l couldn't change docs when l tried too....same reason - l alreday had one, but luckily the locum we had left to go to another surgery and he said l could come too :grin: so l did :grin:

    The osteopath knows you so all being well he will be able to help you

    Love

    Toni xx
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Toni
    Thanks.......I'll give it another try....changing surgeries......what about the fact that Peter goes to another one???? They might just take me. Optimist.
    Well got the prescription for tramadol when I was in town today.....dont know what I'll do with them yet......3 a day is what iwas told but I doubt that very much :lol:

    Love
    Hileena
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I didn't think one man practices were legal since the Harold Shipman business. Maybe the locum is a way round this. As for changing - would PALS (Patients Advisory and Liaison Services - I think) be able to help? I found them very helpful when I had an orthotics problem.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi
    Thanks sticky...hadnt thought about PALS.......I'll try the normal way to get a move then poss try them.....I suppose he isnt a one man practice shes there 1 day a week....but you can never get an appt with her....everyone wants to see her rather than him

    Love
    Hileena
  • minky67
    minky67 Member Posts: 2,328
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi, I had this problem with my GP & he told me to book a double appointment each time i need to see him. I now tell the receptionist this & have no more problems. I now get chance to sort out all my problems in one appointment :grin: He waits for me to get my notes out & lets me go through everything.
    Not sure if thats an option for you.
    debs
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi,
    Not sure that is an option.....I tried once to do that and was told sorry no double appointments available?
    Tomorrow I'll give it another go at changing surgeries and see what happens this time
    Love
    Hileena
  • minky67
    minky67 Member Posts: 2,328
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Good luck, debs