Missy Anne,
I'm so very sorry your husband is dealing with this cyst and the pain and other symptoms. I'm glad that you were at least able to get an appointment when you did, though it's so incredibly frustrating when someone you love needs treatment NOW.
Let me ask you something about when you go to the hospital. It sounds like you and your husband know what pain medicine works for him, but the hospital gives him something else that "drugs him up." Am I reading you right? If you are assertive when you go, and say "That does not work for him and has made him feel worse in the past, can we try XXXXX instead because we know it works," what do you think their reaction will be?
You might also call the prescribing doctor on your husband's pain medicine and tell the nurse there that your husband has an appointment with a neurosurgeon on March 3 but he needs enough pain medication to get to that day. Sometimes they will call in a refill if they know you are seeing a doctor.
It is amazing, isn't it, that something can be so life-altering without being life-threatening? How long ago was your husband diagnosed? And was he diagnosed in the E.R. or by a specific doctor?
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Missy Anne,
I'm so very sorry your husband is dealing with this cyst and the pain and other symptoms. I'm glad that you were at least able to get an appointment when you did, though it's so incredibly frustrating when someone you love needs treatment NOW.
Let me ask you something about when you go to the hospital. It sounds like you and your husband know what pain medicine works for him, but the hospital gives him something else that "drugs him up." Am I reading you right? If you are assertive when you go, and say "That does not work for him and has made him feel worse in the past, can we try XXXXX instead because we know it works," what do you think their reaction will be?
You might also call the prescribing doctor on your husband's pain medicine and tell the nurse there that your husband has an appointment with a neurosurgeon on March 3 but he needs enough pain medication to get to that day. Sometimes they will call in a refill if they know you are seeing a doctor.
It is amazing, isn't it, that something can be so life-altering without being life-threatening? How long ago was your husband diagnosed? And was he diagnosed in the E.R. or by a specific doctor?
February 23, 2010 - 9:59amThis Comment
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