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Has anyone else experienced issues with a newly implanted pain pump?
I just want this pain pump out of me!! I've only had it about 3 1/2 weeks and it has been a nightmare. It is pinching a nerve somewhere, and my lower back hurts now. I now have a serious pain in my hip and leg on the side the pump is on when I bend over and stand back up. The pump itself is placed under the skin on my left side near the area of my kidney. I know my doctor doesn't want to, but I want it out of me!! I want to be the one in control of my body! Not to mention I told him 3 times not to use Morphine because of the way my body reacts to it. I came out of surgery and found out although he agreed to use Dilaudid he put morphine in the pump instead. So on top of all the newly added pain and restrictions I'm itching like crazy and nauseous all the time. Can I just insist he remove it? I know he will refuse to help me if he removes it. He has been my pain specialist for several years since my back surgery in 2012.
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Hello: Yes, I was on Dilaudid and even had it raised once and all it did is make me hurt more. It’s been more than 20 years since surgery and have lots of bone growth and scar tissue Started out with Oxycodone 5 mg every 8 hours which helped with pump at beginning. As time went on from 10 mg to 15 mg’s of oxycodone. My pump at the very start was on fentanyl. Made me burn more in legs. Now I am back on Methadone in my pump along with the oxycodone. The oxycodone is what helps me. I have been on it for so long it only last about four hours now for me. Allowed to take every eight. Does help me stay sane from so much pain. That break I get from it helps my life big time. Suffer a lot though if I been my back to do anything and legs are very weak and burn most often with feet. Constipation is a problem and I have to work on that with different stuff to take every day. To tell you the truth I wish I never had the pump put in. When you have my issues you need meds. Once you get all the shots and the pump your really messed up and now they own you. Should have never had the first back surgery and the second one really made me worse. Now that I am not doing well they don’t give a dam. It’s all about the money. They make me fill out the paper work to cover their ass. I have MRI’s and draw them their pictures all the time and they could care less. Even I can see why I hurt now. In MRI. No one even mention my last MRI after having one. I’m 70 and am on my third pump. If I live long enough I won’t have the forth one put in. Most days I hope I don’t. Sorry I have no good news for you. Best of luck to you. Keep the Faith.