Hope all goes well at the pain clinic tonight Paula (bear)
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Hope all goes well at the pain clinic tonight Paula (bear)
I love the title of this thread it always makes me smile :) wish I'd come up with such a quirky and innovative thread title ;)
Hope it goes well tomorrow x
Pain consultant thinks that the evidence of contra indication of opiates with IIH is not strong enough at the moment to take me off Tapentadol and risk the strain it puts on my mental health and pain.
He told us that our local hospital is in a mess and it may be months before I see neurology so he’s recommending we go privately. He’s also seeing a neurosurgeon on Saturday so will run it past him and call me
It's not a good state of affairs when you are being told that you should pay for private treatment - but if you can then maybe it's worth it.
I'm so glad that they've said to stay on it. How do you feel about it?
I'm glad that you have spoken about your meds hunni x
How do I feel? I could have kissed my consultant, I was so relieved. As I said to him, tapentadol is the difference between me functioning or not functioning. I know I’m not out of the woods yet but it is a reprieve. We can’t really afford to pay privately so we’re hoping I’m covered on Si’s medical insurance (but it’s fuzzy whether my diagnosis was before the insurance started)
He was telling us that the view of a lot of doctors is that the nhs will become solely for emergency medicine or cancer treatment because the funding is not there, there’s not enough doctors or nurses. Scary
It's terrifying.
So relieved for you love.
It sad that the NHS is having to put back operations and is just so short of funds these days :(
I'm glad the outlook is looking better for you regarding tapentadol in that you can still take something with pain relief and mental heath benefits (bear) (panda)
Been for a check up and blood test with the nurse. My BP, even on medication, is 164/108 so the doctors going to call me. I feel like my body’s giving up ....
I know this sounds stupid but, for the first time ever, I’m not excited about my birthday tomorrow - it’s just another day of being ill
Oh sweetheart (hugs)