Dealing with Chronic Pain

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I live in California, so not much help there!

As for my reply to your first email, I suppose you can just ignore my suggestion for the pain clinic. I had great success with mine, so they aren't all bad! I like the idea of well-rounded care. There is more to managing chronic pain than just seeking medications. Really, medications are only part of the battle. There needs to be mental strategies in place, physical stretches and relaxation techniques. There is managing a schedule and pacing activities, and don't forget support groups :) I recommend keeping an open mind. Just because pain clinics have not worked well for you in the past doesn't mean there aren't good ones out there. Keep your head up, and don't give up the fight!

Hello, Kalia. Welcome to the family. I'm Dan, one of the managers here. We're glad you found us, though sorry you have pain issues that forced you to go looking for a support group. But you found one.

Let's see if I can address your question.

Your first problem is you're in New York State. That's a state that's not known for progressive doctors. And you're upstate New York where there's even fewer doctors.

Is there a reason you're set on an internist? Is your pain internally based? Usually pain docs are anesthesiologists with a specialty in pain management, even if they're not associated with a pain clinic.

There is a web site, www.pain.com that has a search engine that searches for pain clinics, though you said you didn't want one of those. I think it searches for pain doctors too.

Over on the left is a lot of information on chronic pain. Let us know if you have more questions.

Healing hugs and lots of love,

I live in Bufalo ny, have a great pain management not sure if hes a internist thorugh. Some people do travel to see some here in ny.

In a message dated 10/30/2008 10:13:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:

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P.S. is there anyone out there who lives in or near rochester, ny? do you know of any internists who UNDERSTAND CHRONIC PAIN? one who won't say "go to a pain clinic", which has NEVER worked out well for me.....just wondering...i don't know where to start in trying to find a new internist, but i think i have to. thanks.

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