Archive for September, 2009

September 30, 2009 – The Role of Anxiety

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 [...]

September 8, 2009 – Zofran

My first experience with Zofran was in the emergency room in Washington D.C.  When I went into the ER I wanted to die I was so nauseated.  Then they gave me IV Zofran and the nausea went away almost immediately.  It was like a miracle drug. Through out my hospital stay I received IV Zofran [...]

September 2, 2009 – My Marinol Experience

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.  [...]