very well put. just another real life experience.
one of my family Dr's told me to research things and if i find anything that we haven't tried to tell her and she would do anything that I wanted to that we might find relief. she is one of 4 family Dr's that i have other than the neurologist and of course my sis-n-law RN. I appreciate your vent because it is about the same story all over the world. I pray that you/we find things that make even a small difference. you know the precept:"man born of woman is of a few days and full of trouble." I pat you on the back and say do what you can as hard as you can when you can and rest when you have to. I'll send ya a bill for my expert medical opinion.. oops,,,,I oue you still for yours! rest my friend --- On Wed, 8/11/10, Rev. Craig Crossman <revcross...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Rev. Craig Crossman <revcross...@gmail.com> Subject: [TMIC] RE: tmic-digest Digest V2010 #364 To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 8:32 PM John, Welcome to the club of “pharmaceutical non-responders.” I take 12-16 50mg doses of Tramadol and 6-8 hydrocodone daily, and I might as well be taking either aspirin or sugar pills. And the only thing that helps me sleep at all (albeit only 2-3 hours/night) are 6-8 Tylenol PM’s each night. And yes, I am aware I am probably damaging my liver. I have tried taking just the sleep aid diphenhydramine HCl 25mg in the same number. It just does not work for me. Going to clinic in the morning. I can no longer walk at all without my cane, and even then I am very unsteady. I cannot close my hands in order to grasp things. And my lips and other parts of my face have numbness. Of course I really expect my PCP to say “Hmmmm, wellllll, I just don’t know. Let’s run a lot of unnecessary tests that won’t prove a darn thing but at least it makes me feel like I’m doing something.” Of course, at the only clinic we have in town all you can see is a nurse practitioner, not a physician. For a doctor you have to travel 2-3.5 hours. Nothing against NP’s; but since most doctors don’t know anything about TM, I find NP’s and PA’s even less likely to have any positive solutions. OK, nuf ranting for one day. Craig From: tmic-digest-requ...@eskimo.com [mailto:tmic-digest-requ...@eskimo.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 4:57 PM To: tmic-dig...@eskimo.com Subject: tmic-digest Digest V2010 #364
