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Why is it OK for Dr's to treat pain patients like shit?
If a heart patient was on a specific medication for 20 years and it was successful, Dr's would NEVER dream of saying, "hey, we should take you off this medication"
or
"Don't you think you should try different a medication?
If a heart patient was on a specific medication for 20 years and it was successful, Dr's would NEVER dream of saying, "hey, we should take you off this medication"
or
"Don't you think you should try different a medication?
In Sweden, Pain Patients are treated so horribly, and, we have NOBODY to advocate for us.
Most pain clinics in Sweden are PSYCHIATRIC, as if pain is in your head, NOT your broken body.
This is downright barbaric.
Most pain clinics in Sweden are PSYCHIATRIC, as if pain is in your head, NOT your broken body.
This is downright barbaric.
I have called numerous Swedish medical agencies in this last week, and I hear over and over;
"Dr's don't like to treat patients like you!!!"
Patients like me?
A patient who has been on the same medicine, the same dose, and done everything right for 20 years?
"Dr's don't like to treat patients like you!!!"
Patients like me?
A patient who has been on the same medicine, the same dose, and done everything right for 20 years?
Patients like me?
I have been with the same Dr in Sweden for 13 years
I've been on the same medication for 13 yrs
I've been on the same dose of medicine for 13 yrs
I've never asked for an increase of my meds in 13 yrs
I've never asked for an early refill in 13 yrs
I have been with the same Dr in Sweden for 13 years
I've been on the same medication for 13 yrs
I've been on the same dose of medicine for 13 yrs
I've never asked for an increase of my meds in 13 yrs
I've never asked for an early refill in 13 yrs
I'm a pain patient who has done everything right for 13 yrs, and I get treated like shit.
Dr's act, like patients like me start on this kind of medication first, when in fact, I went through horrible pain, and side effects for 10 yrs before finding the right medication.
Dr's act, like patients like me start on this kind of medication first, when in fact, I went through horrible pain, and side effects for 10 yrs before finding the right medication.
How is that fair?
Why is it OK to treat pain patients like shit?
Pain is a legitimate medical condition caused by diseases like Endometriosis, yet... pain patients are treated far worse than any other medical condition.
Why is it OK to treat pain patients like shit?
Pain is a legitimate medical condition caused by diseases like Endometriosis, yet... pain patients are treated far worse than any other medical condition.
If I was diabetic and found the perfect balance and type of insulin, if I went to a Dr, they would NEVER suggest that I should try something different.
Yet, this is how pain patients are treated.
Yet, this is how pain patients are treated.
I am one of the rare success stories of pain medications giving me 100% relief, that is a 100% success, and no side effects.
I'm rare in that I don't need a bunch of other medications along with my main medication very often.
I'm rare in that I don't need a bunch of other medications along with my main medication very often.
Usually pain patients have many medications, I have 2 medications, a long acting, and a short acting for what is called breakthrough pain, but I use that very rarely.
Without medication, I am 100% disabled, that is why I went on this medication.
I had 5 failed surgeries, and went through hell.
I tried acupuncture, I tried antidepressants, I even tried biofeedback.
I had 5 failed surgeries, and went through hell.
I tried acupuncture, I tried antidepressants, I even tried biofeedback.
I didn't want to be on medication for the rest of my life, but, I also didn't want to be disabled for my entire life either, I wanted to live my life.
Why should a person have to live in pain, when they have found medication that is 100% successful for over 13 years?
Why should a person have to live in pain, when they have found medication that is 100% successful for over 13 years?
I have had Dr's tell me, I should just learn to LIVE with the pain.
Dr's would never suggest a diabetic just LIVE with their condition without medication.
Why is it OK, for Dr's to treat pain patients so different than other patients?
It's barbaric.
Dr's would never suggest a diabetic just LIVE with their condition without medication.
Why is it OK, for Dr's to treat pain patients so different than other patients?
It's barbaric.
I have tried MANY different NSAIDS, which tore up my stomach.
I tried so MANY different medications, I can't even list them all.
I tend to have a lot of sensitivities to some medications, and often get terrible side effects.
Why would I want to go through that process again?
I tried so MANY different medications, I can't even list them all.
I tend to have a lot of sensitivities to some medications, and often get terrible side effects.
Why would I want to go through that process again?
Finding a successful treatment for pain, can take YEARS, and many different types of medications... it is all trial and error.
I lost years of my life to that before I find the correct treatment for me.
Why should I be forced to go through that again?
I lost years of my life to that before I find the correct treatment for me.
Why should I be forced to go through that again?
I get it, these medications are quite sensitive these days... but, I have clearly shown I am respectful of my medicines, and clearly NOT abusing them... but, I still can't get help in Sweden now.
My pain Dr of 13 years closed for the pandemic, and didn't send in my refill.
My pain Dr of 13 years closed for the pandemic, and didn't send in my refill.
So, I have been forced to TRY to find a Dr in the middle of a pandemic, because I can't contact my Dr.
I talked to my local vårdcentralen/local clinic, and they said:
"I'm sorry, we don't treat patients like YOU"
I talked to my local vårdcentralen/local clinic, and they said:
"I'm sorry, we don't treat patients like YOU"
Why is that OK?
Why is it OK to treat a human being like this?
Why is it, that ALL patients have rights, except for legitimate pain patients?
Why is it OK to treat a human being like this?
Why is it, that ALL patients have rights, except for legitimate pain patients?
I have been on these medicines for 20 years, 7 years when I was in the USA, and 13 years here in Sweden.
I would think my history speaks for itself, and shows that I am a good patient, who is respectful of my medicines.
Why is it OK, to treat a good patient like this?
I would think my history speaks for itself, and shows that I am a good patient, who is respectful of my medicines.
Why is it OK, to treat a good patient like this?
@janerle2002
If anybody has ANY ideas on who I can contact, or who might be able to help me, please, feel free to tag them to this thread.
I'm hitting a point where I have to try anything, or I will have to leave the country for treatment, I don't want to have to do that.
If anybody has ANY ideas on who I can contact, or who might be able to help me, please, feel free to tag them to this thread.
I'm hitting a point where I have to try anything, or I will have to leave the country for treatment, I don't want to have to do that.
I have less than a week to find a Dr who can help me.
