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I haven't been able to work in over a year. And according to my surgeon, I won't be able to work in the field I am trained in-I am a geriatric nurse.
I just feel sooo frustrated right now. No one seems to have any type of awnsers as to what can be done to help control the pain.View Thread

On a bright note...the school district my kids are in is hiring for a school nurse..say some prayers, it would be an ideal job...same hours as the kids and off when they are off!! I also interviewed for a postion at the Methadone Clinic near where I live...it is PRN right now, but can lead to full time. They are totally aware of my physical condition and still offered me a job!!
Hope everyone is hanging in there! May ur week be as pain-free as possible.
Peace,
LisaView Thread

I go back to my PM doc on the 17th...I am going to have to ask her for something else for the pain...the vicodin is giving me problems-headache,nausea,EXTREME lethergy...so we will see.
The ortho sugeon just "can't understand why I am in SO much pain" even though the EMG,myelogram and CT ALL show nerve damage and a bone spur that is causing nerve root impingement. So go figure.. I guess all those tests are lying!
I have started to walk again(even tho it hurts like hell)...gotta do something to help myself.
My pain is staying about a 5-6 most days. I do have a TENS unit. It truly has been a blessing-I use after I walk and it is WONDERFUL!! Takes my pain from a 12 to 5 in about 30 minutes!
My wish for everyone is to find the PERFECT combination of meds and dr's who understand!! Wouldn't THAT be fantastic?!?
Peace,
LisaView Thread

He also told me to "push pass the pain-push the limits of what I can do" And to "let the pain build a little-don't take a pain pill at the first sign of pain" Now as a nurse I am taught NOT to ignore the pain...don't let it build up because then the pain med will have to work harder to be effective and it will take longer for it to work...thus being in pain linger than needed.
My PM doc is just the opposite-she says that I DON"T have to live with the pain-she is willing to go to whatever needs to be done to ease the pain. She IS talking about PT-next visit(in May) she wants to set up a schedule.View Thread

I am just sooo tired of the runaround I am getting from the surgeon. He is good at the surgery part,but the rest of the recovery stuff sucks!! It seems to me that he has a set protocol for his patients after the sugery and if you go outside of that protocol, whatever the patient says doen't register with him. His solution for the increased pain I had AFTER the surgery was more pain pills-not a different strength-just more of what I was on(5mg vicodin). I finally went to my PCP and SHE adjusted my pain meds. And SHE was the one who sent me to pain management. She also was the one to send me for a CT scan after my surgery...it was after THAT that the spine surgeon got on board and sent me for the EMG...
I know that there are others who are far worse off than I am-and I truly am grateful for what mobility I do have. I am just tired of this stupid merry-go-round the surgeon has me on. I have to finish the ride with him so my ins. will continue to pay...if they start denying me, I am SUNK!!
As for disability-I have been told that I have a "marketable" skill and for SSI, they look at the total income in the house-not what I used to make. My hubby-God love his heart-does make a decent living and I wouldn't qualify for SSI. What other kind of disability is out there?
Thanks for the Vent!!
Peace,
LisaView Thread
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