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Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself
Welcome to the new Chronic Pain group.
I’m Kelsey and I’m the moderator of the group. I look forwarding to welcoming you and introducing you to other members. Feel free to browse the topics or start a new one.
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I knew Tempa general hospital has a similar program. I almost went a few years ago but did not go.
Nancy, I am just beginning to try medical Cannabis, and using it in food has relieved the neuropathy pain for a few hours.
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1 Reactionyes, I tried it for 8 months. unfortunately, it made most of my other medications ineffective. then I had to start all over with my meds, waiting months for them to start working fully again. thank you for the tip, though.Clownscrytoo 🙂
Can you tell me how to contact the Pain Management Clinic in Rochester. I assume that this is in New York.
Do you mean Tampa?
Hello @dante, actually Mayo Clinic Rochester is located in Minnesota. Mayo Clinic also has two other main campuses located in Jacksonville, Florida and Scottsdale, Arizona. You can contact any of the three sites by following this link http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63 for appointment information. If you need more information, feel free to send me a personal message with questions or concerns.
Hi, my name is Terry and I suffer from chronic pain for Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, heart disease, interstitial cystitis and many more problems.
For the past year I have been having trouble with both feet swelling. I went to an Ortho and he said it's because I have diabetes and other problems is why my feet swell so much. He put me in ankle braces for both feet and on bad days I have to have my wheelchair as the pain is excruciating. He also wanted to give me steroids but I'm allergic to them she he basically said nothing can be done for me.
Has anyone had this before and what did u do for it. I also get constant bouts of Gout and am taking Allpurinol to slow it down if possible.
If anyone has any previous problems please let me know what u did. Also I have a high sed rate and severe inflammation in my body.
Thanks.
Hello Terry, thank you for sharing some of the issues that you face and experience. I believe you have already found one existing discussion on Fibromyalgia, here is another conversation taking place with ways that other members of Connect cope with the pain, http://mayocl.in/2effi2l.
Swollen feet can be a common issue with diabetes. Although some of the causes for swollen feet and legs in the following discussion, you may find other members to connect with who have experienced some of the same symptoms as yourself here, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/swollen-legs-and-feet/.
May I ask why he wanted you to use an ankle brace. I am in no way seconding guessing the Doctor but this sounds a little weird. Did he or she say why<br><br>Lorrie
Hello everyone! I am 75, a Benedictine sister. While I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia years ago, that in itself did not cause too many problems. Depression was and is the biggest problem. However, a year ago I was in a car accident and have had severe (by my standards) pain ever since. After a LOT of dr. visits, experiments, etc. it's " we don't know what's wrong, we can't fix it, manage the pain". Problem is, the meds make depression symptoms MUCH worse...but without them I'm brought to tears, can't think, etc. Is anyone else struggling with major depression and pain? How are you handling it? Thank you in advance
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