Hello, i have a question for you. You will have to excuse any typing errors as i am waiting to have reangulation surgery for a bone in my left arm/wrist and it pains me to type.
On that note, ill start with this. I recently started seeing a doctor X. I really like him and hes extremely easy to talk to but just busy naturally. Unfortunatly his office is about an hour and a half drive from my house. (a friend referred him.) When i went to see him back in 8/07 he exrayed my left arm/wrist and determined i needed to have it rebroken etc as the angle of the bone is 36 degrees off and pains me extremly bad to bend at all. In 3/05 i broke it i guess they called it a colles fracture? not sure of the name but it was a fall backwards on an outstretched hand/arm. A typical break for that type of fall. It was delayed union from the get go and i was in constant
pain and continue to be. It has healed but has healed abnormally. Anyway, history aside of the arm here is my problem/ question.
Dr. X has been understanding in my treatment/
pain management and was prescribing Vicodin ES for the
pain. I took about 3 a day maybe 4. In the process of his
pain management, he found me a really good orth. surgeon that will do the reangulation surgery after the first of the year so im awaiting that date (its not set yet but def. going to happen.) Hopefully soon i cant wait. Recently Dr. X informed me that he needed to change my
pain meds because some people were caught selling the
pain medication on the street and he said it was making him look bad so he wouldnt be writing the prescription for vicodin in the clinic any longer. I said o dear and expressed my concern for him and agreed that i would def. try whatever he suggested. He then stated he would try me on Tramadol and darvacet. In the past few years of trying to get help with my wrist/arm
pain different doctors have tried me on bextra, celebrex, darvacet, lyrica, ultram , ultracet (some of these are generics of the same meds but im not sure so i will just list what i know/ remember bear with me) amitriptyleen, advil 800mg and a few others as well. They work for about a week before i can no longer stand the
pain. the vicodin naturally worked wonders for me and for once it would make it stop hurting completely. The darvacet is working but it is making me sick ever time i take it even with food etc. even taking phenergin (spelling sorry ) with it helps a bit but the
pain is still unbearable. I asked my orth. surgeon who is going to do the surgery the other day if he could give me anything different to take. he said vicodin def. would be good to take in my condition until we do the surgery and for 3 to 6 weeks after the surgery (before switching
pain meds so they will continue to give me
pain releif after surgery) but that it would be unethical for him to give me anything until he does do the surgery. the orth. surgeons office is only a few minutes away from my house and there fore much easier for me to get to then my family doctors office (1 hour and a half away) anyway. Im wondering if i talk to Dr. X (the one that dosent want to write vicodin pres. anylonger) would it be possible for him to give permission to the orth. surgeon to write me
pain med prescriptions? would that be ethical (spelling sorry) or what should i do? Im to the point were i am thinking i need to try a different doctor just to get the
pain releif i was getting before.... after all dr X while he said he wasnt going to write the prescription for vicodin in his office anylonger didnt say i shouldnt /cant take it anymore.. he just said because of the recent events of people selling it on the streets and whatnot that he dosent want to look bad. Any suggestions as what i could or should do ? Im so close to having the surgery that it seems silly to suffer a couple more weeks so badly when i could get releif. Is there a way to delicatly talk to the two doctors and over come the ethics part of this problem between the two? any help at all would be very appreciated as i do not want to step on any toes when it comes to my
pain releif. it seems i have a spur of somekind as well on the missaligned bone that constantly with every movement tears the scar tissure around it and causes so much
pain... to even type this is excrutiating but i do need help :( ty so much for your time and speedy resonse!!!!
larinda s.
