tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385285973919124831.post711348457308975697..comments2024-03-12T01:33:14.862-04:00Comments on Laughing from my sickbed...: Pain Management: The Unwanted Stepchildirene speakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15306297235592610766noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385285973919124831.post-28946593467639773142013-08-09T08:49:05.397-04:002013-08-09T08:49:05.397-04:00Thank you so much! Mama Bear is right. Hubs can fo...Thank you so much! Mama Bear is right. Hubs can forgive and forget b/c they DID save her life and her quality of life as well. But he wasn't there 24/7 (he had to work after all) and didn't see the unnecessary pain she had to undergo. And for many reasons, hubs was taken seriously, not so much the mom. Sexism was the least of it. I have awful feelings when I think about this place. Moms don't forgive, nor forget, quite so easily. ;) xxirene speakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306297235592610766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385285973919124831.post-76889389956267903612013-08-06T00:39:53.212-04:002013-08-06T00:39:53.212-04:00Very well written, kudos to you for being the b!+(...Very well written, kudos to you for being the b!+(# that the doctors deserved! God bless your daughter for being a fighter, sadly and frustratingly, she had to fight the ones who are supposed to be her allies. Nothing like a mama bear ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385285973919124831.post-67773304242839328592013-08-02T18:43:06.152-04:002013-08-02T18:43:06.152-04:00Yes he's been really great and is confident th...Yes he's been really great and is confident there's a few things he can try. He will certainly be appearing in a future blog post.<br /><br />Lottery and knowing how to work the system are words I imply for hospitals. That and MOTHERS! Do not cross one when their child is sick no matter how old. <br />All the priorities just seem so wrong. So much beaurocracy and not enough caring sometimes. <br /><br />I will let you know how my appointment goes. I hope she's not too much of a prodder. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06967049603027305027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385285973919124831.post-27850020558670704162013-08-02T17:56:34.304-04:002013-08-02T17:56:34.304-04:00Oh Sian, that double nursing bit is a total nightm...Oh Sian, that double nursing bit is a total nightmare...and I feel badly for the nurses and fault the management/executives/moneymaking/numbers crunching people for that. <br /><br />Hooray for your GP! Be kind to him as he appears to be on your side! Good luck w/ the rheumatologist and please let me know how it goes! <br /><br />"Lottery" is the right word. One day I can be in the ER or admitted to hospital with the worst team imaginable, the next time w/ a team that is kindness. Unfortunately, the more "high maintenance" we are (how I despise that demeaning term) the less "nice" our teams become. It should be the opposite since why would we be in the hospital if it were just a "boo boo"? xxirene speakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306297235592610766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385285973919124831.post-67881344450259925922013-08-02T02:48:34.890-04:002013-08-02T02:48:34.890-04:00With being in agonizing pain over the past week an...With being in agonizing pain over the past week and being but on oral morphine to help deal with it I too have been debating the whole pain management quandry. Every time I have been in hospital in severe pain they have allowed me to have it for a few days then have got extremely anxious to get me off it. Many times just cutting it down to paracetemol and sending me home. Getting oral morphine is bad enough in hospital as it is with needing two nurses to administer it and cross check your hospital number. Yet my GP has had no qualms in letting me have it at home and said he won't even consider changing it until I see the rheumatologist next week. Everything is such a lottery, which is disgusting when it's about health. <br />Great post<br />SianAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06967049603027305027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385285973919124831.post-91349051587196870252013-03-11T07:14:52.991-04:002013-03-11T07:14:52.991-04:00Hi Andrea! "Endless circles" is just the...Hi Andrea! "Endless circles" is just the right phrase. Stress? Beyond the stratosphere. I fear the stigma with the chronic pain management is just on the upswing. So much of what's going on is throwing out the baby with the bathwater, or worse. xxirene speakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306297235592610766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385285973919124831.post-18008256826798838312013-03-10T14:58:55.638-04:002013-03-10T14:58:55.638-04:00It must have been sheer hell alone just to see yo...It must have been sheer hell alone just to see your daughter suffering like that. Add in these "posers" coming around in endless circles surely added to the stress. And yes, there is stigma associated with chronic pain and its managementbor lack thereof. Thank you for sharing your experience.andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854065386196742345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385285973919124831.post-92157897591261652132012-09-10T02:40:01.240-04:002012-09-10T02:40:01.240-04:00Tuhin, thank you so much for reading and commentin...Tuhin, thank you so much for reading and commenting. I hope you get the medical attention you need.<br />Irene xxirene speakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306297235592610766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385285973919124831.post-18672378917064729722012-09-05T11:12:08.505-04:002012-09-05T11:12:08.505-04:00Thanks for sharing your own experience about pain....Thanks for sharing your own experience about pain.Thus <a href="http://specialtyremedies.com/health-care/Pain-Management" rel="nofollow">pain management</a> is so important for us if we sufferer of pain. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531931454572016543noreply@blogger.com