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justine wrote:

I've yet to find a doctor that will give me any pills without jumping through fiery hoops and selling my soul to the devil first.

Boy what doctors do you go to?
Mine come in look at me for 30 seconds write a prescription and are gone.
In the last 5 years I have never spent more than a minute with any doctor i have been to.

SpacemanSpiff wrote:

And don't forget:  Physical dependance is not the same as addiction.

So then, what kind of pain do you have?

justine wrote:

SpacemanSpiff wrote:

So then, what kind of pain do you have?

Tendinitis, bursitis and an as yet unknown knee problem. I'm was actually getting meds for the knee, but it wasn't helping, so we discontinued using those.

Ahhhh and OOOOuch... I get/have bursitis in my right knee.  If I don't have my car seat adjusted just "so", it can get pretty bad in a hurry.

I have never advocated "doctor hopping" until just recently.  Two weeks ago I made the switch to a new primary and so far, so good.

Of course, in case you've forgotten, I had already jumped through the "fiery hoops".  Three rounds of physical theraphy, two specialists, a bevy of different exercises, chiropractic and just plain old "rest".  At first, I welcomed each new idea, until it became clear that my doctor was actually trying to get out of something.  The "something" was writing a prescription for pain medicine.

She wanted to send me back to the pain specialist.  It was the only time that I was visible "mad" at her:  "Are you kidding.  I'll get laughed out of there just like last time.  He doesn't feel that my sitiuation requires his expertise."

In other words, the amount of pain medicine I need is still low in the big scheme of things.

After one too many trips to the urgent care for a shot of demerol, a doctor there simply said "She's known for her personal bias on this matter.  I don't even have your complete chart in front of me and it is very clear that you need a different doctor."

Oh.

So I switched.  I finally don't have the same foreboding about me: "Can I do this?  Am I going to be out of commission for the next couple of days? "  I would actually not play with my kids for fear that I might get hurt (I'm sure there is a snide comment to be had in there somewhere...).

So far, so good.

jeff-o wrote:

C. Ives wrote:

Did you pop a pill to heal it?

The first time I broke it, I took a single Tylenol 3 the day after.  After that I didn't take any more, and suffered through the pain like a real man.  The second time I broke my wrist I didn't take anything at all, and kicked pain's ass once again.

Hmmm, methinks to prove your manly manliness, you should have waggled your wrist every 15 minutes.

sturner wrote:

jeff-o wrote:

C. Ives wrote:

Did you pop a pill to heal it?

The first time I broke it, I took a single Tylenol 3 the day after.  After that I didn't take any more, and suffered through the pain like a real man.  The second time I broke my wrist I didn't take anything at all, and kicked pain's ass once again.

Hmmm, methinks to prove your manly manliness, you should have waggled your wrist every 15 minutes.

In a cast? 

SpacemanSpiff wrote:

jeff-o wrote:

sturner wrote:

Hmmm, methinks to prove your manly manliness, you should have waggled your wrist every 15 minutes.

In a cast? 

Well... are you a man or aren't you???

Well, it's not very manly to have a twisted, disfigured wrist, is it?  People would think I spend too much time looking at online porn!

it's a business first.

a complete cure doesn't allow for repeat trips.