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Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself

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@greenjean269

Good Afternoon, My 88 year old Mom is the one with chronic pain and some dementia. She has arthritis and a torn rotator cuff that makes her ache. She shuffles through the house not picking up her feet - I don't know if that is due to the arthritis, lack of movement or what. She is on hydrocodone in the am and pm. She says it doesn't work. I feel so bad that sometimes she just groans when trying to move. She sleeps a lot - says it hurts less when she doesn't move but understands if she did move and exercise a bit it would help. Rock and a hard place. We go in in a week to re-assess pain meds and I would like her to see a pain specialist or pain clinic. We lost our favorite Gerontologist who understood the dementia and was so wonderful.
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JK | @contentandwell | Apr 4, 2017

@greenjean269, Hi. It must be very difficult to be the caretaker for your mother. I hope the reassessment will help her.

Just curious, at what age generally do people go to a gerontologist/geriatric doctor?

JK

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Justin McClanahan, Moderator | @JustinMcClanahan | Apr 4, 2017

I would like to add my welcome to @contentandwell's. It sounds like you are dealing with a lot yourself, thank you for sharing your situation with the other members of the Chronic Pain group.

Here are a few conversations taking place on Connect that I think would be worth your time to explore and share with the other members who are experiencing things similar to yourself:

- Caring for someone with dementia/alzheimers, http://mayocl.in/2ccA0jO.
- Falling with Chronic Pain, http://mayocl.in/2oFTY9a (this discussion is about using a walker and living with arthritis, among other things)

We have many members talking about shoulder pain but they are spread across Connect. I would be happy to help you start a new conversation specifically around shoulder injuries so that we could bring members to one location if that is something that interests you. I hope to see more posts from you in the future and I hope these discussions help get you started.

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