Once again, Kalia. Don't tell her. Show her. Take a pain diary with you, even if you have to sit down and make it up from memory.
Microsoft Excell is excellent for keeping a pain diary. Also it's great for graphing it.
If a doctor has something they can put in the chart that documents your pain levels, they're much more likely to give you narcotics. But if you go in there demanding narcotics, the chances of you getting them are very slim. Show the doctor your pain levels. Then let the doctor decide what needs to be done. If they don't give you narcotics, say that's fine. Go home and document an increase in your pain levels and come back in a few days and show her that what she gave you isn't working. Your pain got worse. Let the doctor make the decision you need narcotics. Be reluctant to take them. Ask if there's not something else.
Believe me when I say that if you follow this protocol, you'll be much more successfull in getting the pain medication you need. Demanding narcotics makes a doctor suspicious. Drug seekers do that. We who are in pain just want the pain to go away, what ever that takes.
Yes, it's a bit manipulative. And if the DEA weren't beating on our doctors it wouldn't be necessary. The fact is, though, that the DEA is beating on our doctors and making them proove that there's a need for prescribing narcotics. So we have to help them do that.
Hugs and lots of love,
Dan
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