Getting off of Oxycontin is no small feat. I tried once before, but after a month I could not deal with the pain. Last time around I used Subutex, but it gave me horrible head aches. I will probably end up using it again to detox, but I still have some time before I get [...]
I have taken the plunge. I have decided to switch to methadone and slowly start weaning myself of opiates. During the course of my life I am going to need opiates from time to time, but while I am feeling relativity good I would like to see if I can lower my dose. I was [...]
Last month I was feeling pretty good. My Oxycontin dose had been constant for 5 months. During my monthly check up, I told my doctor that I was feeling okay. He was happy to hear that and he told me to see him in two months. He gave me two sets of prescriptions, one for [...]
Biofeedback is a relatively new and exciting treatment for chronic pain and many other conditions where emotions are involved. The best part about it is that it is chemical and side effect free. Last week I went to a psychologist who specializes in patients with chronic pain. We talked about different treatment options and biofeedback [...]
Last February my abdominal pain was becoming unbearable and my primary care physician felt uncomfortable prescribing me narcotics for a long period of time. As a result she referred me to a pain management doctor. My insurance was a little sketchy so I had to drive from downtown LA to Pomona to see a doctor [...]
I have realized during my time living chronic pain, that my mood can greatly affect the pain that I experience and my perception of the pain. When I first started seeing a Pain Specialist, he recommended that I see a therapist that specialized in therapy for chronic pain. When I first started see the pain [...]
A few weeks ago, I went to my GI doc for a checkup after I got out of the hospital. He is a very good Gastroenterologist and he specializes in diseases of the pancreas. He was very perplexed why my pancreatic enzymes were so highly elevated, but they could find no other signs of pancreatitis. [...]
The last week has been the week from hell. Last time I wrote I was waiting to get on a plane in D.C. Now I am lying in a hospital bed back in my hometown. As soon as I landed my aunt picked me up from the airport and took me straight to the ER. [...]
This week I have been on a road trip with my parents to Pennsylvania and the Mid Atlantic region. They were going to go for a 5 day back packing trip while I met up with a friend from college to head to New York. Yesterday we arrived in Washington D.C. and dropped my friend [...]
Last week at a routine doctors appointment. I had blood drawn for routine tests. A few days later I got a very worried call from my doctors nurse. She asked me how my pain and nausea was. I had been feeling pretty bad, but not much different than normal. She then told me that my [...]
