Re: Dr. Moore

From: Lori Mountford (lorimountford@hotmail.com)
Sat Jan 18 06:11:59 2003


Thanks... Its just soo frustrating to me to hear a DOCTOR say things like this. I am just getting to the point of enough is enough yanno

Warm painfree hugggz to all

Lori

>From: "Tonya Fleming" <rainchild_35@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Subject: Re: Dr. Moore
>Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:30:53 -0600
>
>Dear Lori,
>
>YOU GO GIRL!!!! I'm right here in line behind you...your response was
>accurate and appropriate. Thanks for taking the time that you did to vent
>your soul. That's what I'm finding out is the best medicine ever
>sometimes.
>
>New Friend,
>Tonya
>
>>From: "Lori Mountford" <lorimountford@hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
>><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>>Subject: Dr. Moore
>>Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 03:39:28 -0600
>>
>>There are acouple things I do NOT agree with in your posts.
>>
>>You said:
>>I am disturbed by the number of posts on this site that deal with narcotic
>>use. Some of the posts almost have an "exchanging recipes" feel to them. I
>>prescribe narcotics regularly for patients with real pain, but am always
>>worried about addiction. And someone with poor bowel motility surely
>>doesn't need to be on chronic narcotics.
>>
>>I think the number of reasons why we have this forum is for support.
>>I know ALL too well how doctors can treat patients badly. Adhesions
>>is a HORRIBLE pain that no one should have to deal with. And then for
>>most of us, we have gone to the doctors only to be told that we are
>>making this pain up, and that we need a shrink and not medical help.
>>We come to this place to get opinions of what we have heard from doctors.
>>So at least we are takin it into our own hands instead of SOLELY trusting
>>these doctors that have time and time again not helped us, gave
>>us poor dianoses and have made our pain be prolonged!
>>For the longest
>>time I was told to take motrin for my pain, while I laid in bed and
>>cried and cried cause I could not even get up to go to the bathroom
>>myself. Do you know how it feels to be 33 years old and to have to
>>ask help to go to the bathroom? Or to tell your kids that no mommy can
>>not go outside to play with you today cause I cant get out of bed?
>>And the worst part about all of that is having a doctor tell you, that
>>what I am experiencing...In your words, is not a REAL pain!
>>One doctor that I have talked to that did understand that I had a REAL
>>pain told me the equilvent of this pain to a man is supergluing your
>>testicles to the inside of your leg and telling you to do jumping jacks,
>>and to run around like that 24/7. And lets see if you have a REAL pain.
>>Even though you would know something is wrong with your testicles, every
>>CT scan you have, every blood test, xrays...you name it, every test
>>comes back and says you are fine. Are you still going to try to convince
>>them that you have a REAL pain? Damn straight you are.
>>
>>I am just now starting to get help with getting some pain relief (after a
>>year of constant chronice pain), but
>>it still amazes me that there are people, let alone Doctors out there
>>that does not think we have a REAL pain.
>>
>>I'm sorry if this came off hostile, its just sooo frustrating to hear
>>a doctor say that they will treat someone with a REAL pain, but not us
>>We do have real pain. Trust me, I know, my family, my husband and two
>>children, we ALL know. There are soo many doctors out there that are
>>trying to tell us that we are making this thing up. Why in the world we
>>would want to be bedridden??
>>
>>And as far as getting addicted to narcotics, Helen has posted many
>>wonderful sites about this. And you as a doctor SHOULD know them.
>>There is a difference between addiction and dependence. If you are taking
>>the narcotics and you dont have a valid pain, or if you do have
>>a valid pain but abuse the narcotics, then yes they are addicted. But
>>for all of us on this board it would be a dependence not an addiction.
>>Without medication none of us would be able to function, myself i would
>>have to use a bedpan to go to the bathroom cause I would not be able
>>to walk to the bathroom by myself. At least the meds make me able to
>>at least get out of the house with a wheelchair. Am I addicted to the
>>meds? No I dont abuse them, I take them as they are to be taken. Am
>>I dependant on them? Yes I am, I need them to be able to stand upright
>>on my own without doubling over in pain.
>>
>>Sorry if this issue has been resolved on this board, I have to have
>>my husband read me the postings in here because I have been having
>>a hard time lately. But I felt that I needed to respond to you
>>
>>>From a very beatdown adhesion sufferer
>>
>>Lori Mountford
>>California
>>

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