Chronic Pain - All People Who Are Interested In "Depression"

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posted 05/11/2008, comments (13)

Amazed at the Dropping of pain patients!!

Dear Dr., When I read your article, I was struck by the horrid way in which you describe some of the ways that the "Pain Doctors" chose to take final care of their patients. Give them a 30 day supply and a goodbye? Treat them like common criminals, and we all know why it is like this; those common criminals really did mess... Read more Chevron

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Starting over. A little slower this time but wiser and still ful

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posted 05/01/2008, comments (3)

Medicaid won't cover Cymbalta for Trigemina Neuralgia or Fibromyalgia

I recently had to go on DSHS medical cupons after my private disability insurance dropped me. I have been using Cymbalta with good success for the last 6 months. However, DSHS says that I have to have Diatbetic Neuropathy in order to qualifty to receive it. Help!

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posted 04/24/2008, comments (15)

My comment to an ER doctor's blog

My response to a letter posted by a chronic pain sufferer to an ER doctor's blog. To view the original letter and Dr.'s comment go to http://scalpelorsword.blogspot.com scroll down to "Archives" and click on December 2007. Scroll down to "Letter from a chronic pain sufferer." I am a chronic pain sufferer who has never understood someone... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/06/2008, comment (1)

Don't pospone treatment!

Hi! When I sprained an ankle (badly) years ago, i didn't even ice it...When I had a serious car accident in '88, I gave it sme follow-up. When I fell down a flight of cement stairs, head first, I saw it as a sign of God that I had yet an unaccomplished purpose in life for I donnot know how I survived that fall; still no... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/28/2008, comments (5)

What happens to me when my doc is gone?

Hey, I have thought about this subject alot. You know we fight tooth and nail just to find the right doctor to treat us, and then one day that compassionate doctor is gone, whether it be they have moved, died, retired ect.... I know that I am putting the cart before the horse but it is so hard not to worry about this. I also worry about... Read more Chevron

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