The Pain Relief Network

Is this blog actually functional now?? There are regular docs who can help, but you just have to keep at it. Believe me, after 26 years I know!

Ian

Consider yourself fortunate. In WV family docs are in short supply. Mine who is part of the largest group in my city answer the phone with ”if you are a new patient who needs pain treatment, we do not prescribe opiates” I was in shock to hear that. I’m one of the lucky ones. I’d been with my doc for ten years before I needed treatment for degenerative disks. But no meds for nearly a year, 2 trips to Cleveland Clinic, seeing 4 specialists, xrays, MRI, painful nerve testing, and a visit to a.shrink, and only then would he prescribe pain meds. He referred me to one of the only 2 pain clinics. Had to wait 2 months to get in. Then the office wait was 5 hours. I had to endure a diskogram which is barbaric and full on human torture. Then endured 3 separate injections into my back done in out patient hospital over a period of 3 months which didn’t help at all. Plus even pain clinic wouldn’t prescribe pain meds. He made my fam doc take care of that. Without insurance I would have faced thousands of dollars for basically worthless tests and $1000 a pop for injections.I referred or rather tried to refer my best friend to my doc but he refused her as a patient due to her legit need for pain management. Her own quack of a doctor won’t treat her pain and won’t refer her to pain clinic. Regardless of insurance or not, one cannot get in a pain clinic without a doc referral. My adult son was hit by a car which rolled into him on a hill 9/09 and his appt with testing required prior to injections at pain clinic is still a month away! He had to quit his job as a personal trainer and drop out of EMS training until he can get his neck/shoulder injury addressed. No insurance. We’ve taken him in and it has cost us over $8000 for his med care so far. The $1000 per injection fees are still to come. Won’t mention paying all his bills. Lucky he doesn’t have a family which we’d be supporting too. My fam doc would not give him pain meds until last month. He had to see several specialists and go through expensive testing first. My point is that pain care here is nearly impossible to get and the wait time is outrageous. He’d not even have a doc without my having mine for nearly 20 years now because he came here from florida and being young + healthy didn’t need one. I had to beg my doc to take him due to pain issue. I know so many people/friends in pain (in our 50s) whose docs will not give pain meds. Pain is a disease and no docs want to touch it. It’s an epidemic. In my opinion doctors should be prosecuted for undertreating pain. Lawyers are, as usual, to blame too. Docs are running scared of DEA and lawsuits for fools who overdose and then blame docs. WV has a high rate of drug diversion and a high rate of drug addiction. The bottom line is people in pain are being victimized by being undertreated and forced to suffer beedlessly

Consider yourself fortunate. In WV family docs are in short supply. Mine who is part of the largest group in my city answer the phone with ”if you are a new patient who needs pain treatment, we do not prescribe opiates” I was in shock to hear that. I’m one of the lucky ones. I’d been with my doc for ten years before I needed treatment for degenerative disks. But no meds for nearly a year, 2 trips to Cleveland Clinic, seeing 4 specialists, xrays, MRI, painful nerve testing, and a visit to a.shrink, and only then would he prescribe pain meds. He referred me to one of the only 2 pain clinics. Had to wait 2 months to get in. Then the office wait was 5 hours. I had to endure a diskogram which is barbaric and full on human torture. Then endured 3 separate injections into my back done in out patient hospital over a period of 3 months which didn’t help at all. Plus even pain clinic wouldn’t prescribe pain meds. He made my fam doc take care of that. Without insurance I would have faced thousands of dollars for basically worthless tests and $1000 a pop for injections.I referred or rather tried to refer my best friend to my doc but he refused her as a patient due to her legit need for pain management. Her own quack of a doctor won’t treat her pain and won’t refer her to pain clinic. Regardless of insurance or not, one cannot get in a pain clinic without a doc referral. My adult son was hit by a car which rolled into him on a hill 9/09 and his appt with testing required prior to injections at pain clinic is still a month away! He had to quit his job as a personal trainer and drop out of EMS training until he can get his neck/shoulder injury addressed. No insurance. We’ve taken him in and it has cost us over $8000 for his med care so far. The $1000 per injection fees are still to come. Won’t mention paying all his bills. Lucky he doesn’t have a family which we’d be supporting too. My fam doc would not give him pain meds until last month. He had to see several specialists and go through expensive testing first. My point is that pain care here is nearly impossible to get and the wait time is outrageous. He’d not even have a doc without my having mine for nearly 20 years now because he came here from florida and being young + healthy didn’t need one. I had to beg my doc to take him due to pain issue. I know so many people/friends in pain (in our 50s) whose docs will not give pain meds. Pain is a disease and no docs want to touch it. It’s an epidemic. In my opinion doctors should be prosecuted for undertreating pain. Lawyers are, as usual, to blame too. Docs are running scared of DEA and lawsuits for fools who overdose and then blame docs. WV has a high rate of drug diversion and a high rate of drug addiction. The bottom line is people in pain are being victimized by being undertreated and forced to suffer beedlessly

Consider yourself fortunate. In WV family docs are in short supply. Mine who is part of the largest group in my city answer the phone with ”if you are a new patient who needs pain treatment, we do not prescribe opiates” I was in shock to hear that. I’m one of the lucky ones. I’d been with my doc for ten years before I needed treatment for degenerative disks. But no meds for nearly a year, 2 trips to Cleveland Clinic, seeing 4 specialists, xrays, MRI, painful nerve testing, and a visit to a.shrink, and only then would he prescribe pain meds. He referred me to one of the only 2 pain clinics. Had to wait 2 months to get in. Then the office wait was 5 hours. I had to endure a diskogram which is barbaric and full on human torture. Then endured 3 separate injections into my back done in out patient hospital over a period of 3 months which didn’t help at all. Plus even pain clinic wouldn’t prescribe pain meds. He made my fam doc take care of that. Without insurance I would have faced thousands of dollars for basically worthless tests and $1000 a pop for injections.I referred or rather tried to refer my best friend to my doc but he refused her as a patient due to her legit need for pain management. Her own quack of a doctor won’t treat her pain and won’t refer her to pain clinic. Regardless of insurance or not, one cannot get in a pain clinic without a doc referral. My adult son was hit by a car which rolled into him on a hill 9/09 and his appt with testing required prior to injections at pain clinic is still a month away! He had to quit his job as a personal trainer and drop out of EMS training until he can get his neck/shoulder injury addressed. No insurance. We’ve taken him in and it has cost us over $8000 for his med care so far. The $1000 per injection fees are still to come. Won’t mention paying all his bills. Lucky he doesn’t have a family which we’d be supporting too. My fam doc would not give him pain meds until last month. He had to see several specialists and go through expensive testing first. My point is that pain care here is nearly impossible to get and the wait time is outrageous. He’d not even have a doc without my having mine for nearly 20 years now because he came here from florida and being young + healthy didn’t need one. I had to beg my doc to take him due to pain issue. I know so many people/friends in pain (in our 50s) whose docs will not give pain meds. Pain is a disease and no docs want to touch it. It’s an epidemic. In my opinion doctors should be prosecuted for undertreating pain. Lawyers are, as usual, to blame too. Docs are running scared of DEA and lawsuits for fools who overdose and then blame docs. WV has a high rate of drug diversion and a high rate of drug addiction. The bottom line is people in pain are being victimized by being undertreated and forced to suffer beedlessly

Consider yourself fortunate. In WV family docs are in short supply. Mine who is part of the largest group in my city answer the phone with ”if you are a new patient who needs pain treatment, we do not prescribe opiates” I was in shock to hear that. I’m one of the lucky ones. I’d been with my doc for ten years before I needed treatment for degenerative disks. But no meds for nearly a year, 2 trips to Cleveland Clinic, seeing 4 specialists, xrays, MRI, painful nerve testing, and a visit to a.shrink, and only then would he prescribe pain meds. He referred me to one of the only 2 pain clinics. Had to wait 2 months to get in. Then the office wait was 5 hours. I had to endure a diskogram which is barbaric and full on human torture. Then endured 3 separate injections into my back done in out patient hospital over a period of 3 months which didn’t help at all. Plus even pain clinic wouldn’t prescribe pain meds. He made my fam doc take care of that. Without insurance I would have faced thousands of dollars for basically worthless tests and $1000 a pop for injections.I referred or rather tried to refer my best friend to my doc but he refused her as a patient due to her legit need for pain management. Her own quack of a doctor won’t treat her pain and won’t refer her to pain clinic. Regardless of insurance or not, one cannot get in a pain clinic without a doc referral. My adult son was hit by a car which rolled into him on a hill 9/09 and his appt with testing required prior to injections at pain clinic is still a month away! He had to quit his job as a personal trainer and drop out of EMS training until he can get his neck/shoulder injury addressed. No insurance. We’ve taken him in and it has cost us over $8000 for his med care so far. The $1000 per injection fees are still to come. Won’t mention paying all his bills. Lucky he doesn’t have a family which we’d be supporting too. My fam doc would not give him pain meds until last month. He had to see several specialists and go through expensive testing first. My point is that pain care here is nearly impossible to get and the wait time is outrageous. He’d not even have a doc without my having mine for nearly 20 years now because he came here from florida and being young + healthy didn’t need one. I had to beg my doc to take him due to pain issue. I know so many people/friends in pain (in our 50s) whose docs will not give pain meds. Pain is a disease and no docs want to touch it. It’s an epidemic. In my opinion doctors should be prosecuted for undertreating pain. Lawyers are, as usual, to blame too. Docs are running scared of DEA and lawsuits for fools who overdose and then blame docs. WV has a high rate of drug diversion and a high rate of drug addiction. The bottom line is people in pain are being victimized by being undertreated and forced to suffer beedlessly