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Severe chronic pain and Intrathecal pain pump
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Mar 24 9:25am | Replies (60)Comment receiving replies
@kaki068 That's terrible! The pain pump was originally developed for cancer patients. That's true. But its use has expanded to include patients who have severe pain that is not well-controlled by normal means. It seems almost cruel for this doctor to refuse to schedule you for the pump. Especially seeing the pain you are in. If you look around this blog, you will find many people who have the pain pump for severe, chronic pain. You need to hustle to find another doctor who DOES the pain pump for non-cancer patients. Do an online search immediately. I wish you well.
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@heisenberg34 Thank you. I can talk about it now without crying. I’m going to get this MRI and see my pain doctor where I live (who prescribes my pain medicine.) We’ll talk to him about a referral to a neurosurgeon. We’ll talk to my primary care doctor and catch him up, as well.
To say I’m so disappointed in most of my doctors at Mayo is an understatement.