Re: i cant even do this right, im so angery

If it helps, I'mangry for you. They probably had to get their quota of
addicts ssomewhere. but, the good news is, yoou can wait on that tumor.
Or does it hurt by itself? Hope not.

If it does, you'll just have to ask if you'd be better off without the
tumor, or if you cn go on taking the pills.. Sounds like the Mayo has
gone down in quality, and you'd be better off going somewhere else, if
and when you do have the surgery.

But if you do elect to not have surgery now, keep having it checked. I
know of a couple of people-one quite young-who had malignant tumors
WITHOUT pain.

just take care of yourself.


Legend


PAINxtreme wrote:
ok, this time i hit tab instead of
return.....now......deeeeeeep......breath..........The nurse just
called me today with the pathology report on the needle biopsy of my
tumor. the good news is that its a nuro-fibroma which is non
malignant.....now for the part where they turn back into mayo.....the
nurse told me "since this tuumor is benign, we do not believe it is
the cause of your pain, and we would like to put you through our "pain
program" to get you off of all those narcotic pain medications that
youre taking before even considering surgery"

now i have no idea about what their pain program is or how it is run.
the "pain medicine" doc i saw the other day seemed gestapo like in is
saying that 'i dont see anything here that indicates a need for pain
medicine, and dont worry, narcotic withdrawals only last a day or 2" i
can only imagine his approach to pain management. a couple of docs have
talked about bio-feedback, which like anything, i am willing to
try....but werent there some studies de-bunking that?

my best guess about all this is two-fold first....mayo clinic believes
no non-terminal cancer?...no pain relief, and second....after listening
to 2 of their neurosurgeons and one general surgeon, this tumor is in a
touchier place than they like to deal with.

all i know is that as a result, ive wasted nearly 3 months now trying
to get this treated, and nothing to show for it, other than a mountain
of medical bills and a bunch of stern looks. now i have a call in to
the neurosurgeon in kansas that my original family doc had recommended
(how i wish i had done that in the first place, id probably be 3 weeks
post op by now, sans all the self righteous speeches about adequate
pain management) now i worry....i know my ks family doc is a
compassionate, good man, but what if this neurosurgeon is no better
than the rest......now ive reached the point of paranoia that i dont
know if i can trust any doc to give me treatment.

now i most certainly need my psychiatrist, even though i dont want any
ssri's


is there just no hope in this world?

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