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How can I get the judge to hear me in custody court when I say my child’s father is a chronic alcoholic?

  • Posted on September 10, 2010 at 6:17 am

Hes been to treatment 3xs. My child is 6 yrs old. Hes trying to display Im the unfit parent in court. He is taking me back to court to try and get full custody of our daughter.

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Severe chronic pain etc.. and have problems with my doctor, I need some advice, please.?

  • Posted on September 2, 2010 at 1:20 am

I was in a severe SUV accident and lucky to be alive. It happened a year ago and I had a closed head injury, short term memory loss, punctured lung, 7 broken ribs, broken collar bone (shoulder) that has had surgery but still hurts like heck, fractured back, and 6 herniated disks. On top of all this I have fibromyalgia, depression and anxiety. I take Morphine 3 times a day, Percocet 3 times a day and lorizapam 3 times a day and liboderm patches 2 to 3 a day. I am at a level 7 at all times on the pain scale and sometimes higher.
I used to have a business and have lost it because I cannot work. I cant even cook, or take care of my household. I am on the state health plan that many doctors do not take, so I can’t go to a pain management doctor and a back surgeon said he would do surgery on me if I was 60 and I am in my early 40′s.
I am on welfare now trying to get on social security and have been denied twice now. I appealed for a hearing now.
My case worker from welfare scheduled me an appointment because they sent a letter to my doctor to fill out to discuss my condition and my limitations and my doctor filled it out and said I can go to work full time without any accommodations.
Then she said by law she can make me work, but looking at me she knew I could not and will not make me work. She said that I need to have a serious talk with my doctor about why he has done this and he is also affecting my social security. She saw how much pain I was in and my condition is so obvious.
I have seen this doctor for over 20 years and I don’t know what to do or what to say. I have told him I spend every day in bed or on the couch. The pain is too severe. I have to wear a back brace, use a cane, shower with a stool, have a grab bar which were all prescribed to me. My teenage daughter has to do a lot and I have friends to mow my lawn and help clean my home.
She said it would be better to stay with this doctor then to look for another one because SSI would question all the different doctors I go to to find the right one to help me.
I am so upset and crying and don’t understand why my doctor is doing this to me. I feel he is trying to ruin me and my life and I just can’t handle it.
Any suggestions, please.
I try to stretch like you mentioned, but it is hard. Not only do I have fibromyalgia, I have a broken back with a wedge shape deformity that has by now already healed in that position since I could not get back surgery.
Also, my doctor changed after 2 things happened. One, my sister in-law stole 4 days worth of my percocet and the doctor got mad and yelled if it happens again, find another doctor. And two, I told him I had an attorney and since then he has been weird, down playing my symptoms and just finding out releasing me to work when I am disabled and cannot work anymore. If I could, I would have not lost my business I worked so hard for.
If I have to find another doctor. How can I go about doing it, finding one that cares, that will fill out my social security paper work. Just plan take on a heavy load to have to go through my history.

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denied pain meds and in chronic pain! HELP!!!?

  • Posted on August 18, 2010 at 9:20 am

I was in a MVA 6 months ago and was instantly prescribed Vicodin from my PCP, however, these stopped working after about a month and PCP placed me on Percocet 5mg, x’s 8 a day… I was on these for 5 months being still in chronic pain. I had a MRI that showed a bulging disc and slight arthritis in lwr. back (probably from previous accident) and scoliosis. PCP stated that most people live every day w/a bulging disc and I have to live with it.. He cut me down to 2 Percocet a day, as I told him that the AM is the worst for me. When it was time to refill the script for the Percocet x’s 2 a day, they told me that he would not refill it and that I had to come in for appt. to talk about the pain killers.. I was then placed on Darvocet 100mg 1 a day in AM and this has not worked at all!! I live in chronic pain everyday and this has compromised everyhing I can do. I cannot play w/my daughter like I used to and cannot even do simple chores w/out excruciating pain. Please help w/any advice!!
I have been on methadone, made me too tired and out of it, placed on Neurontin for nerve pain,thinking it was Fibromyalgia, not helping, take Ibuprofen 800mg, doesnt help, Naproxen 500mg, no help, has steroid injection, no help… cannot get referral for Pain clinic, am trying to switch PCP’s as he is no help, he did a drug test on me w/out telling me, and to no surprise, came out NEGATIVE for all except narcotics (perc’s) I walk everyday, feel good while walking, however, when I am done,.(can only walk around my smallest block 10 min.)I am in more pain then I started with…. I am waiting for physical therapy and have my fiance massage me everyday from head to toe and that helps for the time being, however, still in pain after… I am in pain when I am awake and when I sleep and take AMBIEN but I am still aware of the pain when I sleep..
I fear that my Dr. thinks I am a drug seeker or that I am not really in pain…even though he found that I am not a drug user…. PLEASE HELP!!
I am at my wits end and feel that if I have to continue to be in this much i would rather die than continue to live this way
I have made appt.w/ pain clinic to deal with this pain, however, it is a week away and the pain is not any better w/ all the meds that i am on (no opiates) I recv’d my medical records and found that all my doctor wrote in there, HE NEVER TOLD ME!! I think that because he was getting paid, he used all my insurance money from the accident and now I have to pay for these appts out of my settlement which sucks!!!I am in the process of looking for new PCP as I do not want narcotics to be the answer due to addiction, however, I need them for now until I I see the correct dr’s….

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My husband is in chronic pain and on oxycontin. It seems he is slipping away. My husband talks about my…….

  • Posted on August 2, 2010 at 7:21 pm

daughter all the time and my mother-in-law hates me too.I am stuck living in her house and I’m so despondent. I feel like I’m losing it. I can actually feel a hindering spirit in this house. Help. It’s way worse than what I am telling.
He is on oxycontoin because he got hurt and had neck surgery. My daughter is 22 and in college.
My daughter is married and living in her own home.

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