new to pain management forum

[Nez37]

it was suggested in substance abuse forum that maybe i should try here for answers. i dont really have a question as such but here is me. i had a fall off the back of a lorry 5 years ago and in the last 5 years i have all sorts of medical intervention from injections, relaxation, steroids, exercise right through to finally a spinal fusion ( 4 years after my accident ). i have had a bad time with doctors as i have had 2 broken vertebrae at seperate times and when i have been to the hospital to say that i have more pain but in a different place on my back i have been told that it's just radiating pain from lower down and then an MRI scan some months later have shown up the fracture. i was initially put on a cocktail of painkillers to start with that after about 6 months i ended up in hospital with ulcers in my stomach and about 4 other problems. i am now on very strong painkillers and lots of it. i take, morphine s/r tablets 150mg twice a day, 20ml oramorph solution every 4 hours, baclofen 4 times a day, 2 tramadol  twice a day, 1 x arthrotec ( which is a diclofenic ) twice a day, 1 x ramapril for high blood pressure, 1 x amlodopine for high blood pressure, 1 x adcal D3 ( chewable calcium tablet ) for severe osteoporosis which i have developed since the accident but thats all i take for this as i am still ( 3 years since diagnosed), waiting to see the bone specialist. i also take 2  x paracetamol twice a day. when i was sent to pain management a couple of years ago at one of my local hospitals it was 4 x 1hour sessions in a group of about 8 people and to be honest if i was to sum it up it was in my opinion " not the lightest bit helpful". i go into these things with a totally open mind as i am willing to give anything a go to get out of daily pain but i felt that i was being told to think i'm not in pain and therefore i won't be in pain. also the other things which where suggested i had already tried prior to the meetings without success. i am interested to hear any views or comments that anyone has and look forward to communicating with people that understand my pain.

[sandee1818]

Hi Nez,
   I want to welcome you to the Pain Management community. We are glad to have you here and look forward to getting to know you. We all here suffer from chronic pain so we do understand what your going through. Living with Chronic pain really affects every aspect of your life. The life we once had is not there and we have to work at making a new life and learn to deal with this monster called pain every single day.
Support is so very important and we are all here for you and will help you and support you in any way we can.
I am very glad that you are in pain management and getting some relief. What other treatments have you tried? there are many different approaches to pain management, medical and alternative treatments.
Different treatments work differently on everyone. What may work for me may not work for you. I have been to bio feedback and the various support groups that teach you to visualize your pain gone and to keep that frame of mind and you will not be in pain. Picture yourself on a beach having frozen margaritas doesn't really rid my pain and while it may work for some people I don't think it is a recognized treatment for us CP sufferers.
I hope you do find some treatments that will help you along with your medications:)

[Tuckamore]

Hi Again Nez,

I did respond to you other post. I am glad that you have found us. We are delighted to add you to our community where we share thoughts, suggestions, information and view points. I am sure you will be an asset to our forum. You are in good company.

I would guess there are more than a few of us that feel like it has been suggested that if we think we don't have pain, we won't have pain. Silly really. That's like telling a diabetic is they think they do not have a problem with insulin production than they won't have one. The apparent ignorance of some medical providers when it come to chronic pain never ceases to amaze me!!  

We'll look forward to hearing your thoughts and insights.

Welcome,
~Tuck

[melissaky]

Hi and welcome to this forum .We are glad to have you here .We are all pain patients here and most of us are on narcotics to control our pain .I don't recognize some of your medications .Are you from the UK ? It is easy to be frightened of addiction when we are taking narcotics .I know at one time I was scared of addiction myself .I have learned since then that I am dependent on my meds not addicted .I am so sorry you have had such a bad time of it .This is a great forum for support .We all are suffering with pain so we understand  how it is .I hope you will continue to post and let us know how you are doing .There are a lot of caring people here .
Take care
Melissa