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Question: I FELL OR TRIPPED ON A SMALL STAIR, BUT I HIT A WOODEN TABLE AND THE BACK OF A WOODEN CHAIR, SINCE THEY I HAVE BEEN GOING TO DOCTOR AFTER DOCTOR FOR OVER 14 YRS NOW AND NO HELP AT ALL INFACT TO ME IF JUST WILL NOT STOP, ANY POSITION I STAY IN TWO LONG ONLY ENDS UP MAKING THE PAIN WORST TO THE POINT WHERE I EITHER SHOT MYSELF OF TAKE A PAIN, PILL, BUT AFTER 7 YRS OF GOING TO ALL KINDS OF DOCTORS AND TREATMENTS, IT ENDED UP THAT TRAMDAL WOULD TAKE THE PAIN DOWN TO A LEVEL THAT I COULD LIVE WITH NOT HAPPY WITH BUT LIVE WITH UNTIL LAST NO WHEN I TRIPPED AND FELL HIT THE CORNOR OF A WALL, BROKE OUT ONE OF MY FRONT TEETH AND OH MY GOD THE PAIN IN MY BACK, AND TRAMDAL WAS HARDLY CUTTING IT ANYMORE, AND THEN I GO IN FEB AND TRIPPED ON SOME CONSTRUCTION EQUIPTMENT, JERKED MY BACK AND BROKE A TOE, AND INJURED MY ALREADY BETTER SHOULDER AND THEN THE CRAP IN THE BACK GOT WORST AND THEN THE TRAMDAL WAS ONLY TAKING OFF THE WORST OF THE PAIN AND THEN ON MAR 12, I GO AND FALL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS, AND LANDED IN YET AGAIN CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, WAS KNOCKED OUT FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONE SINCE I WAS HOME ALONE, WOKE UP BLEEDING FROM MY MOUTH, KNOCKED OUT ANTHER TOOTH IN THE FRONT, BOTH KNEEWS WERE SWELLING, THE SHOULDER WAS OH MY GOD IN PAIN AND NOW MY NECK, BACK AND HEAD, ARE JUST MAKING ME SCREAM SO HARD FOR HELP THAT I LOST MY VOICE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BUT AFTER ABOUT 9 HOURS WAS ABLE TO GET MYSELF HELP BY DRIVING MYSELF ABOUT 5 MILE TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM. NOW THAT IT IS ALL OVER WITH, THEY SAID NO BONES BROKE, NO CONCUSSION, NO TORN ROTATOR CUP, AND THE MRI ON THE BRAIN WAS OK, AND THE TEST ON THE HEART WAS OK, AND THE SCAN ON THE LIVER WHEN I HIT AND FLEW THRU THE AIR ONLY TO LAND IN MORE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, BEING KNOCKED OUT.......NOW AS THE DAYS WENT BY AFTER THEY SENT ME HOME, I LATER FOUND OUT I DID HAVE A CONCUSSION, AND THE IDIOTS SENT ME HOME ALONE TO SLEEP, AND I DID HAVE A BROKEN TOE, AND I DID HAVE A TORN ROTATOR CUP AND THE NECK AND BACK ARE JUST SO HORRIBLE NOW WITHOUT HYDROCODINE, 2 EVERY 4 HOURS I JUST WHAT THE PAIN TO END BY KILLING MYSELF, BUT NOW FOR 2 MONTHS I HAVE GONE TO 10 EMERGENCY ROOM, 5 DOCTORS,4 PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND THEN THE EMERGENCY ROOM MONDAY NIGHT THAT I WALKED INTO, I GAVE THEM TWO CHOOSES EITHER TAKE THIS FRICKIN PAIN OUT OF MY NECK AND BACK OR LOCK ME UP IN THE NUT HOUSE SINCE I WILL KILL MYSELF, I AM 64 AND IN OTHERWISE GREAT SHAPE, BUT I WILL NOT LIVE ANOTHER DAY IN THIS FRICKIN PAIN, I WOULD RATHER BE DEAD, SO THEY TOOK ME IN, MRI, ME, EXRAPED ME, AND GAVE ME A FRICKIN 12 HYDROCONE AND SAID THESE WILL HELP TAKE 1 EVERY 4 TO 6 HOURS, WELL I HAVE NOW DECIDED I AM NOT NUTS THEY FRICKIN ARE SINCE THE HYDROCONE LOWER IT TO ABOUT AN 8 AND WHEN THE PILL WORE OFF I WAS BACK CRYING AND SCREAMING AGAIN, SO THEN I TOOK 2 OF THEM AND MY GOD THE PAIN STOPPED,,,,,,,,,,,,MY GOD THE PAIN FINALLY STOPPED,,,,,,,,,BUT HERE IS THE BIG PROBLEM, NO ONE WANT TO GIVE ME ANYMORE OF THEM, AND NOW I AM FORCED TO GO BUY THEM ILLEGALLY, SINCE IT SEEMS THE DRUGGIES CAN GET ALL THEY WANT IT IS JUST THE GOOD PEOPLE THEY WANT TO FORCE THEM INTO SO MUCH PAIN THEY KILL THEMSELVES, AND YES I HAVE PROOF OF THAT SINCE I PUT ALL OF THIS ON MY FACE BOOK AND OH MY GOD THE MESSAGES AND COMMENTS THAT FILLED UP MY PAGES WHEN APE CRAP,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LOVE ON AFTER LOVE ONE WROTE ME HOW THEIR LOVE ONE ENDED UP KILLING THEMSELVES OVER PAIN, THEY ALL SAID IT TO ME AND I NOW HAVE OVER 4,000 MESSAGES, AND COMMENTS ALL SAYING THE SAME THING FROM ALL OVER THE U.S.,,,,,,,,,,,,AND IT SEEMS IT IS MOSTLY PEOPLE KILLING THEMSELVES OVER PAIN AFTER A FALL,,,,,,,,,,,,,OR OTHER KIND OF INJURY OR SICKNESS IF THEY WERE COLLECTING SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT , SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILED AND COLLECTING MEDICARE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ALL THE LETTERS ARE FROM THOSE SORT OF PEOPLE, GOOD, HONEST, LAW BIDING PEOPLE, ARE KILLING THEM SELVES OVER FRICKIN PAIN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NOW I AM TICKED AND SO THAT IS WHY I PURCHASED THE ILLEGAL HYDROCONE TO SAVE MY LIFE, NO ONE BUT NO ONE IS GOING TO FORCE ME TO KILL MYSELF JUST BECAUSE NO ONE WILL GIVE YOU PAIN MEDS,,,,,,,,,,I WILL BREAK THE LAW FIRST, AND SO I SIT HERE TODAY A CRIMINAL, BUT HELL I HAVE ALREADY BEEN TREATED LIKE ONE, AND TREATED LIKE AN ANIMAL, AND TREATED LIKE A LOW LIFE, AND HALLED OFF TO THE NUT HOSPITAL FOR AN OVER NIGHT VISIT ALL BECUAE I SAID EITHER GET RID OF THIS PAIN OR I NOW IT IS GOING TO TAKE OVER MY BRAIN AND I WILL END UP KILLING MYSELF, NOW THEY ARE MORE HAPPEY TO HAVE YOU KILL YOURSELF THEN TO GIVE YOU TWO FRICKIN LITTLE HYDRODONE EVERY 4 HOURS AND SO NOW I SIT HERE TONIGHT THINKING, WHILE TAKING ILLEGALLY GOTTEN DRUGS, HOW LONG CAN I BUY THEM AND WHEN I CAN NOT GET THEM ANYMORE, HOW SOON I CAN KILL MYSELF AND PUT MYSELF OUT OF THIS HORRIBLE, PAIN, SINCE MY MAMA IS 88 AND DADDY IS 100 I WILL BE LOSING OVER 40+ YRS OF MY LIFE ALL OVER FRICKIN PAIN,,,,,,,,,,,,,NOW THIS IS SO WRONG ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS, BUT ALL I WANT IS A DOCTOR TO STOP THE FRICKIN PAIN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BUT ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS SEND ME TO THE NUT HOUSE FOR ASKING AND SAYING IF I DO NOT GET ANY I WILL KILL MYSELF, WELL F THEM,,,,,,,,,,,AS LONG AS I CAN BUY THEM ILLEGAL I WILL ,,,,,,BUT NOW AT 64 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I HAVE BREAKEN THE LAW AND MY HEART IS IN PAIN OVER DOING THAT,,,,,,,,,,BUT A WOMEN WITH 4 COLLEGE DEGREES, RUNS HER OWN BUSINESS NOW FOR 14 YRS AND WORKED FOR 22 OR THE BIGGEST COMPANIES DOING CORPORATION TAX IN THE U.S. SHOULD NOT BE FORCED INTO BUYING ILLEGALS OR KILLING HERSELF JUST TO GET RID OF THIS HORRIBLE , HORRIBLE PAIN THAT MAKES TEARS COME DONW MY FACE AND I DO NOT EVEN KNOW IT UNTIL THE TEARS LANDS ON MY PAPERWORK FROM A CLIENT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE PAIN IS IN MY NERVES AND MUSCLES IN MY BACK THEY KEEP WANTING TO SEND ME TO BONE DOCTORS AND THE BONE DOCTORS TAKE ALL THESE TEST AND SAY ONE THING YOUR BONES ARE GREAT, AND NOW TODAY I TOLD THAT FRICKIN DOCTOR NO SHIT IDIOT, I KNOW THE BONES ARE GREAT THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT WITH EVER FRICKIN TEST, DOCTOR I HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST 4 YRS IT IS THE FRICKIN NERVES THAT BRING ON THE MUSCLE PAIN, BURING, STABBING, RIPPING OUT OF THE BODY PAIN, IN FACT ALL I WANT TO DO IS EITHER KILL MYSELF, OR CUT OFF MY BACK,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SO NOW WHAT YOU POP UP HERE AND YOU ARE GOING TO TELL ME WHAT, SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP AND LIVE WITH THE TEARS , SCREAMING, OR BUY ILLEGAL DRUGS, OH HELL WHY NOT JUST SAY HELL KILL YOURSELF, SINCE IF I WAS A HORST THEY WOULD OF ALL READY SHOT ME,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SO NOW WHAT,,,,,,,,,I KNOW SEND ME TO A NUT DOCTOR, BEEN THERE DONE THAT AND ALL THEY SAY THE NEXT MORNING IS WOW YOU ARE THE SANIOUS PERSON I HAVE HAD THE PLEAURE OF TALKING TO IN 42 YRS THE LAST ONE TOLD ME WHEN COPS PUT ME IN CUFFS, AFTER THROWING ME TO THE FLOOR LIKE AN ANIMAL, A WILD ONE AT THAT AND DRAGGED ME BEARFOOTED ACROSS THE ROCKS AND ACTUALLY THREW ME INTO HIS COP CAR,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LIKE A FRICKIN ANIMAL, HE OR THEY DID,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THIS HAS BEEN NOW DONE TO ME TWICE IN 2 MONTHS AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WELL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN SINCE I NOW HAVE A GUN AND THE NEXT FRICKIN COP THAT WANTS TO DO THIS CRAP TO ME WILL CARRY ME OUT IN A BODY BAG, BUT HELL WHY GIVE ME 2 LITTLE PILLS EVER 4 HOURS TO STOP ALL OF THIS NIGHTMARE, HELL YES, MAKE HER KILL HERSELF INSTEAD. SO I HAVE LOADED UP MY CAR, DRIVING TO REND LAKE, TAKING OUT MY BOAT , AND WHEN THESE ILLEGAL PILLS RUN OUT SUNDAY NIGHT WILL PUT ON MY WEIGH BELT AND JUMP OVER AND DROWN MYSELF, BUT HELL WHY NOT ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SINCE I WILL NOT LIVE ONE DAY AFTER THAT IN THIS HORRIBLE PAIN THAT TAKES OVER MY ENTIRE BRAIN AND NOW INSTEAD OF TELLING EVERY ONE, THEY CAN JUST FIND MY BODY AND ONCE AGAIN THEY HAVE WON, SUICIDE BY PAIN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,AND NO ONE BUT YOU WILL EVER KNOW ALL OF THIS, OR WHEN I AM GOING TO DO IT, SORRY FOR PUTTING THIS ON YOU BUT YOU ASKED ME WHAT MY PROBLEM WAS ,,,,,,,,,,,SO DO NOT ASK IF YOU DO NOT WANT THE TRUTH SINCE NOT ONE FRICKIN DOCTORS KNOWS HOW TO FIX ME,,,,,,,,,AND THEY REFUSE ME TWO LITTLE FRICKIN WHITE PILLS, WHAT A BUNCH OF EVIL THEY ARE BUT I WILL GO TO HEAVEN AND TO ME THERE IS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL FOR THEM....................DO NOT BOTHER SENDING THE COPS SINCE I WILL FORCE THEM TO SHOT ME AND THEN THE COP WILL BE TORNED UP FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE AND I NEVER WANT TO HURT ANYONE BUT MY PAIN IS JUST TAKING OVER AND BY SUNDAY I WILL GLADLY JUMP IN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BESIDES I ALWAYS DID TELL GOD IF HE IS GOING TO TAKE ME PLEASE TAKE ME IN WATER SINCE THAT IS THE LAST THING I WANT TO FEEL BEFORE I DIE AND NOW I WILL, DEATH BY CHOICE,,,,,,,,,,,,,MY LATE HUSBAND HAS BEEN IN HEAVEN NOW FOR 40 YRS AND NOW TO ME IT IS TIME TO JOIN HIM,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THANKS FOR LISTEN DR,,,,,,,BUT NO ONE WILL HELP ME NOW,,,,,,,,,,
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Detailed Answer:
I read your question carefully and I am sorry about the obvious pain that you seem to be in, due to that long list of unfortunate events.
Chronic pain is one of the main health problems these days, it is very difficult to cope with both for patients as well as for doctors. The problem with opiates like hydroxycodone is that they carry a very high potential for dependence and abuse. These days in professional journals there is a lot of talk about an epidemic in their use which has led to many patients suffering from adverse effects, health issues due to medication are in themselves one of the leading causes of suffering and death. That is why health authorities are constantly reminding us to keep opioid use to a minimum and as our first duty is to do no harm, we try our best to keep prescription of medication such as hydrocodone to a minimum. So you should try to understand the point of view of your doctors, believe me no doctor, whether good or bad, wants to see a patient suffer.
Regarding your pain control, it is a little difficult to make suggestions without the MRI reports. Generally speaking for chronic pain due to vertebral column trauma medication for chronic pain is necessary such as gabapentin or duloxetin. These medication help with depression as well, a common accompanying feature of long standing pain, so might be beneficial in that regard and may avoid the need for hydrocodone in the future, or at least not at high doses. I suggest you ask your primary physician for a referral to a proper pain clinic though rather than trying only emergency rooms where doctors are overloaded with other acutely life-threatening issues and are reluctant to start long term treatment from chronic issues. Another option you might have for your pain might be spinal injections of corticosteroids and anesthetics to relieve the inflammation and pain.
So you should try to calm yourself, think about the fact that there may be other therapeutic options and seek for help. Please do not think to go through with what you say to be planning, or if you can’t help it ask for psychiatric help. I know that things seem desperate now, but there is always a way, just try to have faith and cooperate with your doctors so that they build confidence in you and evaluate how much of hydrocodone you need as well as additional treatment.
I hope you will feel better soon.
Read below.
Detailed Answer:
I read your question carefully and I am sorry about the obvious pain that you seem to be in, due to that long list of unfortunate events.
Chronic pain is one of the main health problems these days, it is very difficult to cope with both for patients as well as for doctors. The problem with opiates like hydroxycodone is that they carry a very high potential for dependence and abuse. These days in professional journals there is a lot of talk about an epidemic in their use which has led to many patients suffering from adverse effects, health issues due to medication are in themselves one of the leading causes of suffering and death. That is why health authorities are constantly reminding us to keep opioid use to a minimum and as our first duty is to do no harm, we try our best to keep prescription of medication such as hydrocodone to a minimum. So you should try to understand the point of view of your doctors, believe me no doctor, whether good or bad, wants to see a patient suffer.
Regarding your pain control, it is a little difficult to make suggestions without the MRI reports. Generally speaking for chronic pain due to vertebral column trauma medication for chronic pain is necessary such as gabapentin or duloxetin. These medication help with depression as well, a common accompanying feature of long standing pain, so might be beneficial in that regard and may avoid the need for hydrocodone in the future, or at least not at high doses. I suggest you ask your primary physician for a referral to a proper pain clinic though rather than trying only emergency rooms where doctors are overloaded with other acutely life-threatening issues and are reluctant to start long term treatment from chronic issues. Another option you might have for your pain might be spinal injections of corticosteroids and anesthetics to relieve the inflammation and pain.
So you should try to calm yourself, think about the fact that there may be other therapeutic options and seek for help. Please do not think to go through with what you say to be planning, or if you can’t help it ask for psychiatric help. I know that things seem desperate now, but there is always a way, just try to have faith and cooperate with your doctors so that they build confidence in you and evaluate how much of hydrocodone you need as well as additional treatment.
I hope you will feel better soon.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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