Friday, March 13, 2009
Hi...I'm new here. My name is Kiona, and I'm about to start the trial for the Morphine Pump. Has anyone here done this before? Did you have to go to the hospital for the trial or did you do it on an out patient basis? When my doctors office called to set up the date for the trial, I forgot to ask these questions. Iv'e been fighting for 8 years with my Work Comp carrier to have the pump approved, and I was so excited that I finally got what I wanted, I forgot to ask a bunch of stuff. Anyone with any information, please contact me or post on this site. Thanks!!!
P.S. When the office set up the trial appt. she said to make sure I had a driver. Does that mean outpatient?
The best place to get answers to anything related to pain pumps is on our forum. There is an excellent ongoing thread entitled “Willing to share experience with intrathecal morphine pump implant” that was started and is maintained by Bob Englebardt. If you don’t find an answer to your question already there, please feel free to post your question.
http://forums.healthcentral.com/discussion/chronic-pain/forums/a/tpc/f/7251032/m/8491036
(Note: If you've never been to the forum before, you'll have to register separately from your registration here on ChronicPainConnection. You can, however, use the same e-mail address and password if you like to make it easier to remember.)