I'm fighting a battle with the whole chronic pain management thing. It only recently occurred to me that one likely reason I'm not getting the relief I *should* be getting is becase I had gastric bypass (about 11 years ago).
Also when I got switched to another doctor in the pain management practice I'd been going to, I thought he was an actual pain doctor and just found out he's a Doctor of Osteopathy. I can't even talk about my last appointment without crying. I tried explaining that there possibly were factors like gastric bypass malabsorption etc that weer the cause but he wasn't interested in listening.
He suggested I try going to church to help with pain relief since I have so many chronic pain variables (hips, knee, spine) that nothing will give me relief and I need my hips replaced. End of story. He also said he should probably take me off everything since nothing really provided good relief.
I'm about to cry, need to stop this but I wondered if any GB patients with chronic pain issues had ever had issues with medication absorption and relief? I feel like I could just crawl into a ball and stay there forever I feel so badly. Physically, mentally, emotionally. I feel so devalued and angry