Re: Getting Nervous

From: Kellydou@aol.com
Sun Apr 1 20:56:46 2001


Dear Missy, Do you keep a pain journal? If not, start one now to bring to the pain clinic. It will help you describe every detail and help the Dr understand the pain. My Dr asks me to rate the pain 1 - 10 ( ten, unbearable pain) and be sure to describe it, burning, throbbing, etc. and the things that make it better and worse, triggers etc.

It was hard for me to do it, I wrote in it morning, noon, and bedtime. It makes you think about it and sometimes that makes it worse, but you will be asked all these questions at the pain clinic, this will make it easy for you to fill out all those forms.

Do not let them intimidate you, or blow you off. Stand strong and let them know exactly what you have been through and make them help you. You are so strong, you just don't feel it right now, but you ARE. Call if you need to, love the ex New Orleanian:) KellyD


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