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You have no productive patient-provider relationship with her right now, Jen. I’m sorry to be so blunt but look at where you are right now as a patient and what she is doing as a provider.
1. She’s not listening to you.
2. She’s not treating or managing your pain.
3. You are being forthright and honest with your condition and have not done anything to warrant a decrease.
4. You are not exhibiting addictive behavior.
5. You are not breaking any laws.
You may like her, she may like you but THAT IS NOT A PATIENT-PROVIDER RELATIONSHIP, that is a friendship.
She may be afraid of the DEA, but that is NOT your issue, that is hers. She has avenues she can take to deal with that fear or harassment. YOU are not one of them. Denying your care or making you suffer because of it, IS MALPRACTICE. She is walking a very dangerous line.
You don’t need to be antagonistic, or rude to her. You merely need to ask her to please do her job. Either that, or find someone else who will.
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@faithwalker007 Renee thank you for your frankness. I left a message at 8:30 am to schedule an emergency appt with her or increase my meds until I am helped by the neurologist she sent a referral to. She believes I need surgery now. She said if I don’t hear from him in a week or 2 to call her office and they will follow up. I did not receive a call back about talking to her (the nurse practitioner) so I will call again tomorrow. I printed out and underlined the pertinent points in the AMA 17 page letter you were kind enough to provide and hope to share that with her. My fear is that I may not be able to find another prescriber given the opioid paranoia. Then where will I be? Absolutely no pain meds and even a small amount is better than none. I admit that after my visit with her on Friday (I cried the whole time of the appt explaining because the pain I am in) my sister rescued me from a possible overdose, not of pain meds). She called at just the right moment and drove 45 min for a welfare check. I don’t remember any part of Friday when she got here or all of Saturday. Please share your wisdom to this response. I really need it. Help everyone!