Excruciating pain!!

[Bec]

I thought I was too young to be living like this so to hear your story is beyond distressing.

What sort of predictions have they made for your pain long term?

None yet because the first dr i seen just sent me away with scripts to help (he told i just pulled a muscle) But than i got all this pain all down my leg aswell and he told me keep using the meds they would have to be helping. Thats why im off to a different dr this arvo and this one seems to be very good apparantly. this first dr told me its because im not active enough. I worked up untill my leg started aswell. I have a blood clotting problem so i cant sit down for to long other wise i may get a clot so for someone with that how could i not be active enough? i have a long walk every day to try and stop getting blood clots which isnt helping with the pain at all but if i dont than knowing my luck ill have my 4th blood clot. I can handle pain from all the knee ops but this is killing me. My partner even said to me the other day ok something still isnt right because he could actually see the tears in my eyes trying to get up from the lounge. Im hoping this dr will be able to help me or if he cant atleast send me to a specialist.

 

[FlippinBirdies]

Matey I went to 8 different doctors over 4 yrs before I was diagnosed CORRECTLY this year in January. Demand a CT as every other doc had sent me for xrays and when it cam back showing nothing they made me feel like a drug seeker.

I finally got a doctor who laughed when I tried to show him my xrays and said they are a waste of time and sent me for a CT. It showed all of my issues and he started me on trials of different arthtritic meds however the pain didnt respond so he prescribed forte and some other narcotic based pain relief. I moved house and came to my new doctor and he put me onto disability payments with centrelink as I have a multitude of issues that make it hard to work and keep a job with the amount of sick days I have to take.

I hope this gives you a bit of hope that if you keep fighting and getting more opinions you'll find a doctor who will listen. You just may have to go through piles of sh it to get there. Just jump through the hoops. Do everything they make you do and be cooperative. I have found thats the best way to get a doctor on your side. Dont complain if they want you to do something youve already tried with another doctor. It has been a long and very exhausting battle but to live life pain free and to function normally is worth the fight.

I just wish it wasnt this hard for REAL pain sufferers to get help because of all the drug seekers out there causing so much skepticism in GP's

UPDATE:

I got real pain meds guys!!!! Oxycodone and endone!!!! Fingers crossed I can get some relief so I can do yoga and get on top of my fitness to help!!!!

I feel so happy and blessed to have found a Dr that didnt treat me like a junkie and empathised with me.

This is a great day for me!!!!!!!