Princessruby
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- Apr 12, 2017
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Hi everyone, glad I found you I have to vent and don't know where else to do it better. 8 years ago I had an accident and hurt my neck. Found out that I have cervical spinal stenosis from arthritis and the accident compounded or set it off. My old doctor ( I am a Kaiser patient) had me on 15mg of oxycodone every 4 hours and after several years of trying almost everything from injections to my spinal cord to physical therapy and going through different other meds, I finally got to the point where I had some sort of life again due to suffering from chronic pain 24/7.
My doc resigned and the new younger doctor upon me getting my refill lowered my mg's to 2 every 6 hours without so much as consulting or an examination. There was no contact between us at all before he just decided on his own to taper me down. I'm pissed to say the least! I met with him a week later and he begins to explain that he has a job that he wants to keep blah, blah, blah but he adds 15mg of Morphine ER every 12 hours, makes me sign a contract and says to "trust him." He send me to pain management and that Dr also is more concerned about the cdc and he starts incinuating that I'm abusing my meds and recommends I be put on something like lyrica etc. The last straw was when he offered me some kind of puffer spray in case I stop breathing. At that point I just walked out because he was not hearing me.
2 refills later, I see that the new dr once again lowered my oxycodone. Again without my knowledge. I found this out because the front desk called me to say he wanted a phone appt with me on Friday which I thought was odd and went to check the info on my pill bottle and sure enough he went from 2 every 6 hours to 8 hours.
My pain is back and is constant again. I used to have to get cortisone shots in my right forearm which I have not had to do in years, and that again has returned. I am at a stand still and don't know what to do or say. I told him that he is going to do what ever he wants and anything I say or do doesn't matter. At this point I want to take my scripts and throw it in his face but......
now for the kicker-
I am 52 years old and was addicted to meth but I've been clean for 22 years now. I have never been into pain meds or anything that makes me feel drowsy or loopy. I don't even like weed for that reason. The only way that Kaiser even knew about the addiction is because I told them that the proudest moment in my life was graduating rehab and out of 13 women I was the only one who stayed clean. I am in no way lying or abusing my meds I am honestly hurting but no one can hear me......................and advice is appreciated.
My doc resigned and the new younger doctor upon me getting my refill lowered my mg's to 2 every 6 hours without so much as consulting or an examination. There was no contact between us at all before he just decided on his own to taper me down. I'm pissed to say the least! I met with him a week later and he begins to explain that he has a job that he wants to keep blah, blah, blah but he adds 15mg of Morphine ER every 12 hours, makes me sign a contract and says to "trust him." He send me to pain management and that Dr also is more concerned about the cdc and he starts incinuating that I'm abusing my meds and recommends I be put on something like lyrica etc. The last straw was when he offered me some kind of puffer spray in case I stop breathing. At that point I just walked out because he was not hearing me.
2 refills later, I see that the new dr once again lowered my oxycodone. Again without my knowledge. I found this out because the front desk called me to say he wanted a phone appt with me on Friday which I thought was odd and went to check the info on my pill bottle and sure enough he went from 2 every 6 hours to 8 hours.
My pain is back and is constant again. I used to have to get cortisone shots in my right forearm which I have not had to do in years, and that again has returned. I am at a stand still and don't know what to do or say. I told him that he is going to do what ever he wants and anything I say or do doesn't matter. At this point I want to take my scripts and throw it in his face but......
now for the kicker-
I am 52 years old and was addicted to meth but I've been clean for 22 years now. I have never been into pain meds or anything that makes me feel drowsy or loopy. I don't even like weed for that reason. The only way that Kaiser even knew about the addiction is because I told them that the proudest moment in my life was graduating rehab and out of 13 women I was the only one who stayed clean. I am in no way lying or abusing my meds I am honestly hurting but no one can hear me......................and advice is appreciated.