Is there not an actual Pain Management Dr. on MH?

[Weathergirl21]

I was just curious about having an actual Board Certified Pain Management Dr. to post on a few threads once in awhile...

No offense to the other Drs....but I see that their backgrounds are things like Pediatrics or OB/GYN....so it seems strange that they are the ones answering questions on here...

Obviously I also enjoy the other members and their thoughts...but I think that many come on the boards to ask an actual Dr. a question that refers to Pain Management specifically...

[omhome]

i agree----i don't get it either.  Wrong place for it and mh hasn't told them? I'm with you on this one weathergirl!   Omhome

[Weathergirl21]

Nope....no one seems to respond about this and as you can see on this page....the same two Drs. who are both non PM Drs. or have any background to chronic pain (that I can see) continue to blast the page with responses.

I found one response that was completely off base with regards to the Fentanyl patch so this goes back to my concern that people coming to this board think it is a "Dr. centered" board and will accept their "advise" as gospel and follow to a t.

So...I just don't understand why these Drs. keep responding here?

[omhome]

did you ever get any answers or hear from drs. weathergirl? In notes---other threads etc.? om

[omhome]

hey weathergirl :  sorry to go way off track here ---i seem to do that often--0---
    I get your point now and i can see how if a new person saw all the dr responses stacked up they would think we are dr place.  
    Something else is afoot though. Everytime i have asked a dr or one of the posters of an "iffy" question to share more about themselves etc. they never Never have responded! I even ask hey prove to me you are a real person and nothing.   I don't know. Seems suspicious and i wish they would just come clean with the good old truth.
   Alright---sorry again weathergirl.    Omhome

[TheMadMan]

I have got to admit, my orthopedic surgeon has the 'God like complex' and I was rather surprised but his bedside manner was great and he never mentioned the word 'paralysis' He did not feel that was an issue. That caught my attention and although I could see that he was full of himself, he built up confidence in me and did the surgeries I requested. Two surgeries failed but the third helped and 5 years later they had to take out the metal implant due to nerve impingement which was a good thing for me (I didn't want that damned thing but agreed it would help and it did for a time but had to be taken out because my nerves were growing back) This was all explained to me along with scar tissue and the like. This doctor would not operate on me unless medically necessary and I trust his judgment in spite of his 'god complex' he did a great job. I give him credit and trust his judgment and would return to him in a heartbeat. Every other doctor I had been to said I could wind up with paralysis.
My orthopedic doctor is a VERY friendly man who is honest abut what he is going to do, what the side effects can be and what future treatments are needed including the physical therapy which I am finally doing almost 5 years later.
The pain management doctor he recommended turned out to need more patient direct care on handling her patients. It seems I have intimidated her with my questions and she called me up to ask if her and I would be a good fit together. Any doctor worth their salt would not be intimidated by a patient who knows the medical field. I worked in this field for 11 years at an ER and see what doctors do on a day to day basis. Apparently that is what intimidated this pain management doctor when I asked her how many times she has performed this procedure and questions like that. I finished my treatment with her and it will be the last time I trust her 'ego'. I can now move on to someone who knows how to treat patents with procedures instead of drugs and I know they are out there.
Now I am doing physical therapy and moving on to the second stage of accomplishment and let me tell you...I have the EGO now and the devil with the doctors.....!

[omhome]

ok--so i am not being paranoid---or i have a lot of company! HA!  
     thanks    you folks are awesome.
Now. How is your practice of breathing and focusing going or did it get lost somewhere. If it did someone please take responsibility for putting the instructions together so all can see them and start doing them. We really could build something of value for all of us here. But we need all of us.
Please help me get this going---i have been trying for months (that's right --months)  to energize this baby---and baby it is=---and it takes a Community to raise it!!!HA!     Omhome