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Has anyone been diagnosed with Abdominal Wall Pain
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Mar 14 12:16am | Replies (282)Comment receiving replies
Hello @rritam, as @ken82 points out, Mayo Clinic uses a collaborative approach where multiple specialists and others are routinely pulled in to review possible approaches to patient care and to include the patient as a valued member of the team. Mayo Clinic Proceedings leverages the expertise of its authors (Mayo and non-Mayo experts) to help physicians understand best practices in diagnosis and management of conditions encountered in the clinical setting. You can read more about the journal's purpose here https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/content/aims.
@rritam, what treatments have helped alleviate your pain associated with your diagnosis of A.C.N.E.S.?
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All conservative treatments have failed. Mayo clearly describes the diagnosis and the treatment for A.C.N.E.S. but has repeatedly refused to identify where to obtain treatment for patients like me in severe pain. I quote Dr. Sweetser: "If patients desire treatment, multiple options exist including lidocaine patch application, local injection with local anesthetic with or without corticosteroids, chemical neurolysis, and surgical neurectomy. ... Surgical treatment with neurectomy is available for medically intractable AWF [abdominal wall pain]. ....Surgical neurectomy is an option for medically intractable, severe AWP." The Mayo gastroenterology department has repeatedly denied me information on where to obtain surgical neurectomy EVEN WHILE STATING THAT IT IS AVAILABLE. What is the point of you moderators? I have clearly asked for information on neurectomy ever since I started posting on this site. My severe pain has been ignored, and you keep responding to me with pointless messages in which you keep ignoring my request for information. NEURECTOMY IS PROVEN EFFECTIVE FOR MY (now-chronic) PAIN SYNDROME. WHERE CAN I FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL TREAT MYREFRACTORY A.C.N.E.S. WITH NEURECTOMY?
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@ MODERATOR Justin McClanahan: Opioids.The last thing I want. Diagnostic trigger point injections & TAP block worked only a short time. Neurosurgery is appropriate for recalcitrant A.C.N.E.S., as Dr. Sweetser's article also recommended. I did not ask for an appt. at Mayo gastroenterology. My request: "if one of your assistants can please tell me where to find help for neurotomy...Your CME information is what I hope for...please help me find relief." Mayo's form letter was truly an insult, ignoring my request, and stating that the care I was receiving locally was adequate. Really? How many more years of opioids would Mayo say is "adequate"?