Cheryl Cole wrote:
> At Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Hchalm@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >Dear Cheryl:
> >
> >Did you find this wonderful pain specialist through ASAP? If so, I'd just
> >like to let them know that they should get rid of his name. False advertising
> >(Doctors of Compassion). About the withdrawals from the patch, I don't know
> >anything about it, but he should give you some advice regarding this or keep
> >you on it for awhile so you won't have the withdrawals (gradually reduce the
> >dose) or as I said earlier keep you on both the patch and the oxycontin.
> >
> >Love,
> >
> >Hell-yun (Helen C.)
>
> --
> I am ashamed to say I don't remember where I got his name from. I
> tried looking thru my info and can't seem to find that letter with
> the IAS recomendation for a pain doc. Ginny might remember. My
> organization skills are lacking! LOL He is listed in the phone book
> as a pain specialist and there aren't that many in Michigan.
> I haven't noticed any withdrawal symptoms so far so I guess I'm good.
> He did tell me to leave my last patch on past the 3 days you would
> usually change it and that would help. You would think a pain
> specialist would understand frustration of pain and be compassinate.
> you would think he would want you to help in your treatment and would
> want feedback. I would hate for anyone to stumble across his name and
> go to him for help and waste time and suffer for 6 or 7 months while
> he plays around with your meds. When I would look up the meds he was
> trying, most of them were mainly for epilepsy. I understand they work
> on receptors in the brain and could possibly work, but when they don't
> I don't see the sense to keep trying meds in the same catagory. The
> months of needless suffering he put me thru to try these things is
> shameful. I seem to be getting some minimal relief from the oxycontin
> (knock on wood). My pain seems to have went from an 8/9 to 6/7 on
> most days. I am so happy and pray that it will last.
>