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  1. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    "Vital signs will always show some reaction to pain." Not necessarily. I've been a chronic pain patient for a few years, and in addition to opiate therapy I use self-hypnosis to keep me out of the hospital. I've seen too many nurses look cross-eyed...
  2. MUMFORD PROCEDURE - Distal Clavicle Resection

    knoxvegas wizard nailed it. I had a mumford a few years ago and it took a full year before all the pain finally resolved. It was worth it though. The rehab is extremely painful and the polar care unit was my best friend for many months. As with a...
  3. Home Care for Compound Tib/Fib

    My good friend's 16 year old son suffered a compound tib/fib fracure in a football game yesterday afternoon. Surgery was done early this morning and he just got home sprouting 9 pins and a couple of plates holding his leg together. His mother has ha...
  4. Fentynal patches

    Having used the patch myself for over three years, I've found that the gel patches (generic or brand) dispense too quickly the first two days and withdrawal begins some 12+ hours before it's due for replacement. The Mylan generic is hands-down the b...
  5. Complete and total disregard for Visiting Hours! (vent)

    Yes, I am deadly serious. Of course, this was back in the Dark Ages in 1981, but at a very well-respected, large teaching hospital. I still remember the nurse looking me in the eye saying, "I just got to RELAX in this place you know. I can't get t...
  6. Complete and total disregard for Visiting Hours! (vent)

    From a patient's perspective, I have never wanted visitors other than my husband while I was in hospital. My sister seems to think that bringing her 4 children in the room with her is a good thing. Wrong. It's not good for me, and it's not good fo...
  7. Question about Fentanyl/Durogesic patches

    I am a chronic non-malignant pain patient (severe abdominal adhesions and numerous bowel obstructions) and have been using the fentanyl patch for a little over a year. It has been a Godsend for me and is the only reason I'm even walking around any m...
  8. Munchausen's by Proxy?

    I got the Patient Advocate involved on Thursday, and she was fantastic. Finally got all the specialists on the same page so the right hand and left hands are actually communicating. When the Mother found out a social worker was getting involved, she...
  9. Munchausen's by Proxy?

    GAG! I'm with you on the Susan Smith case. I lost track of it since I'm not in that state, but it was obvious from the start she killed her kids in order to try to keep a man in her life. "Evil" doesn't begin to describe that woman!
  10. Munchausen's by Proxy?

    Wow. Some sites look at Munchausen's as an "illness", others... well, don't... like this paragraph: MBP Confirmation-Disconfirmation Process MBP is a recognized kind of maltreatment (abuse/neglect) - it is something someone does, NOT something someo...
  11. Munchausen's by Proxy?

    I'm wondering if anyone can direct me to a FACTUAL website regarding this syndrome, if anyone has had direct contact with a Munchausen's patient. A 2.5 year old nephew who has been 100% healthy since birth, got an ear infection over 2 months ago and ...
  12. I have to disagree on using bp as an indicator of pain. My bp is naturally low - most days 90/60. When I'm in pain, it runs around 130/85. So you're going to tell me I'm not experiencing "real" pain? Gimme a break! Also consider patients who re...
  13. Topamax

    I couldn't take it. Tried it for 2 months and couldn't feel a thing in my hands and feet, and as already posted, everything I ate or drank tasted like... well... arse. :-) Since it wasn't even touching my pain, the doc agreed it was useless to con...
  14. Rules for Med-Surge

    Glad you started this thread. Having been a patient myself too many times, I find myself avoiding that call button like the plague. I know how busy all the nurses are, and further, am so afraid of being labeled as a "drug seeker" that I'll lay ther...
  15. Very Important Pain News

    What a horror story! It brings to mind a question I've had for many years, being a chronic pain patient due to abdominal adhesions for so long. If a patient presents with mental problems, he/she is referred for counseling; a patient with cardiac is...