Chronic back pain and Rheumatoid arthritis

[CynthiaB12]

My problem is I do suffer from chronic pain. I do have a Pain Management Dr. I've had 4 back surgeries. I was a teachers aide in special ed and one of my students attack me resulting in fracturing my L4/L5/S1 also I have rheumatoid arthritis anyway I was put on 60mg morphine er twice a day and for the breakthrough oxycodone 15 mg every 4/6 hours. I was doing fine then he started lowering my meds. He put me on 1 60mg of morphine er and oxycodone 15mg every 6 hours. My pain is horrible and put me back in bed. I told him that I'm hurting so bad again now and at least with the morphine er twice a day and oxycodone 15 mg I could at least do some things. Again he wants to even lower me more to morphine er 30mg once a day and lower my oxycodone to 10mg every 6 hours. I told him I can't even do the 60mg of morphine once a day he then told me to find another PM Dr. Why are these Drs scared to write prescriptions for you i have current MRI results that show my fusions never healed right so that's why I'm still in a lot of pain and also I now have problems in my L3/L2. What do I do? Can I turn him in to the medical board for doing this to me? I now have a new PM Dr that I will start seeing this middle of this month. But I don't understand why these Drs are doing this to people that have a legitimate problem. I know the PM Drs are scared of addicts but I AM NOT ONE OF THEM!!! and he knows that but he's treating me as I am. He even told me that he's trying to get me completely off opiates? How is that going to help me? I have the results that prove I didn't heal so that should tell him if my surgeries didn't help or fix my problem, I still have a problem? I don't get it. If anyone is going through the same thing please respond what you're going through and if MedHelp can answer my question PLEASE tell me.

[backhurtz]

Have you consulted with a spine surgeon recently? Or a physiatrist? If not, you may want to consider doing so.
It may be that there is surgery or other interventions they can offer, as well .

[CynthiaB12]

Yrs, I do have a spine surgeon. But as of right now I don't go to a psychiatrist.

[backhurtz]

A PHYSIATRIST is different than a PSYchiatrist.
A PHYSIATRIST is a Physical Medicine and Rehab doctor, who manages pain but also toward getting your ability to function/rehab to the best level you can obtain.

[monitorp]

in the DailyMail.uk i've read that in England, some people had minimally invasive procedures for their backs, such as DIAM, TOPS and FehrFix. I found that intriguing. Those are inter-spinous devices, and FehrFix is like "expandable-spaghetti" inserted into degenerative discs.

It's something to discuss with doctors (as if they care that in England, medicine might be more advanced... Do they care what is and what's not available to non-wealthy Americans?

[monitorp]

P.S. I made a bumper stick stating:

PAINtients Not Addicts!

"PatientsNotAddicts" is a hashtag for chronic-pain facebook members and/or twitter members.

They go on the premise that just as a lie repeated often enough - gets acclimated (Goebbels)
...likewise, why not give TRUTH a shot?

[CynthiaB12]

I forgot to add. I also suffer from nerve damage. From my right buttocks to the right front thigh I have a tingling, electrical current sensation, numbness all the time. On my left front thigh I have a jabbing, hot poker type sensation, and numbness all the time.  Also horrible muscle spasms in both of my calves which I take Tizanadine for that.