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Originally Posted by Avaritia
Superb use of irony in the phrase "not a patient person"
I hope they figure out what it is. My mom had severe migraines for years and she'd get about 5 sentences in with a doc before they auto-prescribed pain meds and sent her on her way.
Yeah I almost typed "patient patient."
As far as the migraine thing I can tell you that it is sometimes tough to deal with chronic illness and focus on it as if it is fresh and acute. It is hard when your thought process is "ok so let me get this straight, you have had this for 5 years and seen multiple neurologists, pain specialists, had 3 negative MRIs, 5 negative CT scans, had a 4 day admission to Cedars last month, been treated with triptans, narcotics, beta blockers, nerve stimulator, botox, antidepressants, and narcotics?" ..."yes that is correct." At this point saying "ok lets start fresh, where is the pain located" just seems silly and presumptuous like somehow I am better than the last 20 doctors who saw this patient. That is when things get real brief and the goal becomes symptom management.
My situation is very different and the kind of thing that just about all doctors get interested in. "WTF you have never had anything like this and now all of a sudden you have something for 6 days that keeps you out of work, surf, and all things you enjoy in one fell swoop. You took 5 percocet in one day and your total number for the last 20 years combined was 3 even after 2 orthopedic surgical procedures. Hmmmm"