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>Hi Tom I sure can understand your position as I have >been in the same position for over 6 yrs. I moved to a >new city to get a respected pump/pain doctor to take >on my pump filling and maintenance. It took all my >strength and money to make this move and the new >neurosurgeon did not want anything to do with patients >with pumps for back pain. He really put me thru the >ringer by first overdosing me going from 3.0 to 7.5 >and I ended up in the ER overdosed and the ER could >not do anything for me as they do not use pumps. The >pump doctor then lowered the pump from 7.5 back to 3.0 >and I went into withdrawl and back to the ER. Only the >pain/pump doctor I have has the medtronics equipent >and there are no other pump doctors here and I'm >really stuck and running out of hope to get out of >here and find a helpful pain pump doctor. I suggest >that if at possible try and find a pain doctor that >will listen and try to help you and not sit there >pretending he's listening when he really isn't and >making major adjustments that are way above medtronics >recommended treatment. I'm not sure were you are but >there is a site called "DoctorsForPain" and it lists >what are suppose to be good pain doctors that want to >help. You put in your zip or postal code and city and >it will come up with a list of doctors in your area. I >hope that you find a doctor that has time to listen to >you and keep you as comfortable as possible. "No One" >should have to suffer. Make notes or a daily journal >and take it with you to your appointments and even >better take a tape recorder and a friend and tape the >conversation so when you get home you can play it over >and you have a record of what was said. They do weaken >a bit if you take someone with you and might defulge >what his treatment plan is for You. Cheers & Good >Luck. shadowcda > > > > >>I had a doctor who beleived his patients and gave them >>propper treatment. Unfortunately, as far as I >>understand, he was lied to by one or more of his >>patients who were selling their drugs. The colledge >>took away his licence leaving all his patients in >>agony until he could find them another caring doctor >>willing to prescribe opiates.

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