Hey Tony second response as I just saw yours to me.

I don't hate needles. I've done all that years ago. I was recently referred to.anpain person who had pages.and pages of contracts for me to sign about drugs and I don't even take opioids. No beer. (I have a pony beer about once a month and not being only any.lain meds, at 69, nobody is going to threaten me if i have 6 oz of beer.

2 docs wanted to inject two different places recently without a clue what was wrong. And I have CRPS from the groin down. Even a blood draw can make it spread. I have.it in my colon and ribcage and larynx too after covid. So for me there are other things to consider.

Some of the five pages of contracts were written in all caps bold and direct threats. If you for any reason broke any of the contracts you had to sign that it was okay that they would notify every doctor in town that you were fired from a chronic pain clinic without telling them why which makes everybody think that you are drug seeking.

And then I was very traumatized by a pain doctor about 10 years ago. When I went in it was an hour and a half of filling out no word of a lie 50 pages of my medical history and again contracts. I was ushered into this little tiny room and the doctor comes in carrying needles. I had not even met him. I had already had four back surgeries. I was gassed that he walked in assuming he was going to inject my back never having even examined me. One of the contracts was that I had to allow a friend to come in day or night and count my pills. I wasn't on pills.

I told this doctor that I would not accept any injections right now. He had already asked the nurse to leave the room. He wanted to inject me then and there no ultrasound no anything to see if he was going in the right place. And when I tried to leave the room he got between me and the door and wouldn't let me leave.

I have a pretty serious trauma history. I've been in bad situations with MD's in the past. And the one my PCP recently referred me to was supposed to be the best one in town. I tried to cancel my appointment with them and they wouldn't answer the phone and in fact my doctor's office tried to cancel my appointment with them and they wouldn't answer the phone for them either. They had miserable reviews online. And one of them was that you could never cancel an appointment because they would never answer the phone. And if you didn't show up they would fire you and tell every doctor in town that you were fired from a pain clinic and that you are pain meds seeking and to not accept you as a patient.

I take lamictal for epilepsy, bipolar and CRPS. Same category as neurontin/gaba. I actually went on gabapentin last year and my lipids went through the roof.

So again, full transparency. The last try was 2 weeks ago. Finally my doctor ended up pulling my referral and told me that they would intervene if they tried to say I was no show. I love my PCP and her office. She even has a chronic care nurse who answers the phone or.calls back.in hours and will spend an hour talking if you need. Very very fortunate.

Last Friday they said that they would order whatever CAT scan ultrasound MRIs or whatever is needed to find out what's wrong with my hip. Because I've had the MRI and x-rays but I did it to my back not to my hip.

By the way I recently read that an Open MRI doesn't give as good a reading as it closed MRI because the waves are not as scattered. Made sense.

Anyway yes I am very very Prejudiced and I totally admit it, and Beyond me I've seen them order very questionable things for friends and for people I've met online. The one I went to 10 years ago I wasn't taking medication but they were about to make me an addict. I think fortunately for me I'm allergic to all opioids.

Thanks for the conversation good luck! Please keep all of us here in the loop. Betty