I am so glad i found u!!!

i have me been on the obesity site for prob 6-7 months now. my fibro is at an all time high - today is the first time i logged onto the Fibro message board - I am so glad i found you all!

I have been fighting my reg dr for pain meds - i see her again on monday- its like when we are in person she gets it and then when i have to call to change or reorder she forgets

i have requested the liquid lortab - which worked - yeah! but she gave me a 30 day supply no refills and lasted 2 weeks


i was on the patch once - then she wouldnt give me the refills cause she said they were really for cancer patients

even once she suggested i call my surgeon - what -she was treating me for pain way before my surgery

so i have done lots of research on my own - i found a rheumatalogist but they dont have an opening till may and they dont give pain meds

i found a pain dr who needs to read my regular dr files to decide if he will see me or not - so i faxed them and i am still waiting...

i am also trying to find a job - the job interviews have flared my IBS and anxiety

i feel so worn out so depressed - oh  yeah cymbalta was working wonders and on monday i am asking for prozac liquid instead

my family is so done with my fatigue and depression - my friends think i am comptelelty hopeless since my surgery(and maybe i am)

seems that in addition to the fact that i used food for most everything and now i cant - my pain and depression were managed before surgery and i cant get a hold of it now - due to the malabsorption

I truly am so happy to have found this blog - i pray for monday - i had a hair appt because my hair fell out - again!!! but i couldnt get to it today - too much pain

so monday morning i hope to get new meds and i pray that monday afternoon i can throw on a wig and a smile and get to my job interview!

speaking of jobs - pre WLS and I guess pre obesity - I could do and loved to keep 3-4 high pressure never stopping always using my brain to the fullest jobs - now - i know i am capaple of a highly demanding corporate job however sometimes i feel as if being a greeter at walmart is all i can physically do - and partime at that. WTF!!!

My life verse is "I can do all things through Christ"  I can do all things through Christ"  I can do all things through Christ" I can do all things through Christ" I can do all things through Christ"

does God know about Fibro???

Welcome! That is my life verse too, I especially used it during my breast cancer.Yep God does indeed know about fibro, in fact I believe He uses it to keep me in constant contact with Him cause I sure do pray alot about the pain and getting thru it.
As for your prescriptions that are only for 30 days, I found out from my pharmacist that when it says that, I can always call and have the doc reissue the Rx. That is just so they can keep an eye on how much we are using so we don't use too much at a time. So you might try that approach.
I hope you can get into the pain clinic because they seem to be more willing to prescribe narcotic type meds. Also can you ask your bariatric doc to suggest a doc that does understand about your malabsorption. It truely amazes me how ignorant some of these docs are, especially about fibro. There is soooo much info on it yet none of them can be bothered to read it.
I'm pretty fortunate that my PCP is good about giving me pain meds and I have a pain specialist I can see if I'm still having problems. He has no hesitation to give me narcotics for pain.
I wish you luck on the job search and hopefully you'll find something that isn't too tiring.

Thanks for responding. I did see my dr on monday - she gave me the pain patch the liquid hydrocodon - wrote it out wrong so i got this tiny bottle but i will use it she gave me a couple refills - and the liquid prozac - she was comfortable with giving me the scripts since i am actively pursuing other avenues for the pain.

 

Glad you found our board. Seems like we all stumbled upon.
Pain management that is the real hard for us all. Some doc are getting afraid of giving anyone anything. For those of us that NEED it is scary. We need relief. We sure understand each other here.
So welcome and gentle hugs your way and keep us posted how you are doing.

Thank you - today is a good day - I will def keep in touch!

Reading your post made me remember that my meds for fibromyalgia probably is not working because of the malabsorption with the WLS surgery.

I"m so depressed that I am so tired all over again.  I'm having trouble getting any kind of sleep or rest.  I'm very sensitive to any kind of noise.  I'm in the middle of looking for me a new  home to purchase because of the noise level. 

I have not been to a rheumatalogist since before surgery and will have to go because I am truly wipe out.

I thought with the lbs lost that I would be able to go job hunting.  Nope, having to share helping take care of an elder parent. A job is not in the future, mom is a job of her own. She has Alzheimer's she have her days but for the most part she is gone.
She doen"t know my father and brother past during the holidays. One 3 days before Thanks Giving and father a few days before Christmas.  So there's my job
life give you a job when you think you can't go on.

GOOD LUCK WITH THE JOB INTERVIEW.

Kathleen T.