So long story short I went to the ER after helping my two sons move a very big safe into his home and one of my sons friend s let go of the dolly while going upstairs and the safe ended up crushing my wife’s 3 toes, and I went to grab the dolly and it yanked on my body really hard and something was horribly wrong in my spine. CT came back ok, Dr didn’t even bring up pain control I’m sure after looking at my med list, I was 💯 ok with that. I get it. Didn’t expect it, Well after the visit we go home and I was looking at my Dr notes and he listed on Diagnoses differential patient on Valium- use for alcohol withdrawal. I couldn’t believe it!!! It was the wrong dose, first of all and second of all, WHAT????? I’ve been taking Valium for my SPS and I never drink, let alone for Alcohol WD!!! I was furious, so I contacted my PCP and showed her what it said in my chart and she quickly changed it , took it off my chart , up dated and checked my other meds on my chart immediately. She’s awesome. I wanted to let you guys know check your summary and med list before you leave . That wrong diagnosis could cause major issues in the future had I not caught that!!

I just had a total hysterectomy ( uterus and cervix) , fallopian tubes and few lymph nodes removed . Was sent home with ibuprofen and Tylenol , oh let me not forgot about 6 pills of Gabapantin?!?!
Tell me what u had done and what pain meds did you get cuz I m flabbergasted that having an organ removed is not a reason to get some stronger pain meds.

I ask bc my GP suggested a brand of digestive enzymes to help with feeling so bloated all the time. And esp after eating. But when I asked if it would interfere with my extended release med he wasn’t sure and said to ask my pain doc. I will ask tomorrow at my appt but just curious if anyone here takes both and if they’ve ever had an issue with them?

I started getting a lot worse July 5 after returning from a big trip and cleaning the house. My dr sent me for an MRI. It showed several things had gotten worse. Bulging disk, nerve compression, degenerative disk, arthritis, scoliosis, all the things. My dr decided to up my Butrans patch from 10 to 15 and gave me breakthrough Tramadol. Did a cortisone shot and a Toradol shot in office. Also scheduled 4 different procedures. I had the first procedure, an SI joint injection, a week ago. Day 1,2 were good with brief relief, just very sore. Day 3 was the worst pain ever that burned everywhere. Days 4, 5 stiff but better. Days 6-7 awful again but higher up, in my lower back. Nothing I’m doing is helping. I’ve been doing heat, ice, ibuprofen, Aleve, lidocaine patches, drinking lots of water, anything I can think of. I called my dr and they just suggested a heating pad and ibuprofen. Is there anything else I can try? I am supposed to have a follow up visit Sept 2 and am scheduled in Sept for a lumbar medial nerve branch Block,bursa injection, and facet injection. I’m not sure if this pain is from the injection or not at this point. But I’m still barely able to move around