Comments on: Can someone recommend a pain clinic or doctor in the Denver Area? Advice for severe pain? http://www.acupuncture-andfertility.com/can-someone-recommend-a-pain-clinic-or-doctor-in-the-denver-area-advice-for-severe-pain.html About Acupuncture and Fertility, Infertility, Treatment, Success Stories, Research, Pregnancy, Fertility Center, Fertility Clinic, and Alternative Medicine Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:33:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: juliefannin@yahoo.com http://www.acupuncture-andfertility.com/can-someone-recommend-a-pain-clinic-or-doctor-in-the-denver-area-advice-for-severe-pain.html/comment-page-1#comment-1067 juliefannin@yahoo.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:56:31 +0000 http://www.acupuncture-andfertility.com/can-someone-recommend-a-pain-clinic-or-doctor-in-the-denver-area-advice-for-severe-pain.html#comment-1067 Hi, I know how you feel although I don't have children, my spine was injured before I was able to have them. That knocked my dreams away permanently. I know how hard you can be on yourself, I've done it too, but that pain is real and as I'm sure you would agree you wouldn't wish it on anyone and would do anything to be 'normal' again. So you have to stop thinking of yourself as a failure! You're not doing yourself any favors by thinking that way. I can't help with any suggestions for a doctor since I don't live in that area. What I will suggest is to go ahead and give the oxycontin a try. It gave me my life back (to a degree, I have really severe spine problems). I've been through 3 surgeries, 1 laminectomy, 1 spine fusion, and then the biggie, reconstructive surgery because my first surgeon horribly messed up my spine with the fusion. The surgery was over 8 hours and left me in critical condition in ICU for 4 days. A low dosage of the oxy could give you a great deal of relief and help to get you off of so many of the other medications. By taking Aleve, or Naproxen, on a daily basis you are hurting your liver and kidneys. Too much for them to filter on a regular basis. That's why when you will be in long term pain they (doctors) prefer to put us on the pure stuff that won't harm our organs. Stay on the antidepressant though, that will help with both the pain and the depression. You could try more therapy, strengthen your core muscles to help take the burden off of your spine. Plus when you do find a good pain management doctor he should have even more ideas for you to try. I highly suggest you do NOT allow them to give you the steroid epidurals. You are of childbearing age and I had 4 of them. They had such severe side effects because of my gender and my still young age. I ended up having to see an Endocrinologist for all of the terrible things these did to me, plus they gave me no relief at all. Not many people ever get relief from these injections. You could also try deep tissue massage and acupuncture. This is a hard life to deal with, I can't lie. But eventually you will learn acceptance and learn to deal with what your new capabilities and limitations are. I can suggest a great support forum for you to join. The people on there are like you and I and have been through literally everything. It's a great resource and a great place to get advice. Just type in 'Spine Health' and it should take you straight there, look to the left side and you should find a small column that is the actual forum. Try it, you may find it very helpful. They helped me get through my darkest days. Oh, and I still visit there every now and then, I go by 'Cateyes' on there too. P.S. Someone on there may know of a good doctor in Denver! Hi,
I know how you feel although I don’t have children, my spine was injured before I was able to have them. That knocked my dreams away permanently. I know how hard you can be on yourself, I’ve done it too, but that pain is real and as I’m sure you would agree you wouldn’t wish it on anyone and would do anything to be ‘normal’ again. So you have to stop thinking of yourself as a failure! You’re not doing yourself any favors by thinking that way.
I can’t help with any suggestions for a doctor since I don’t live in that area. What I will suggest is to go ahead and give the oxycontin a try. It gave me my life back (to a degree, I have really severe spine problems). I’ve been through 3 surgeries, 1 laminectomy, 1 spine fusion, and then the biggie, reconstructive surgery because my first surgeon horribly messed up my spine with the fusion. The surgery was over 8 hours and left me in critical condition in ICU for 4 days. A low dosage of the oxy could give you a great deal of relief and help to get you off of so many of the other medications. By taking Aleve, or Naproxen, on a daily basis you are hurting your liver and kidneys. Too much for them to filter on a regular basis. That’s why when you will be in long term pain they (doctors) prefer to put us on the pure stuff that won’t harm our organs. Stay on the antidepressant though, that will help with both the pain and the depression.
You could try more therapy, strengthen your core muscles to help take the burden off of your spine. Plus when you do find a good pain management doctor he should have even more ideas for you to try. I highly suggest you do NOT allow them to give you the steroid epidurals. You are of childbearing age and I had 4 of them. They had such severe side effects because of my gender and my still young age. I ended up having to see an Endocrinologist for all of the terrible things these did to me, plus they gave me no relief at all. Not many people ever get relief from these injections. You could also try deep tissue massage and acupuncture.
This is a hard life to deal with, I can’t lie. But eventually you will learn acceptance and learn to deal with what your new capabilities and limitations are. I can suggest a great support forum for you to join. The people on there are like you and I and have been through literally everything. It’s a great resource and a great place to get advice. Just type in ‘Spine Health’ and it should take you straight there, look to the left side and you should find a small column that is the actual forum. Try it, you may find it very helpful. They helped me get through my darkest days. Oh, and I still visit there every now and then, I go by ‘Cateyes’ on there too.

P.S. Someone on there may know of a good doctor in Denver!

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