just got back from trip to NYC...got botox shots in thoracic from pain doc
picked up a few prescriptions...but when i went to see my rheumatologist, whom i've known for 20 years, he was upset with the fact that i am back down to 92 pounds...i was 87 a while back, and 97 when i saw my surgeon, who said he could operate on me if i am thin, but would have to see a nutritional profile (blood work) first...
long story short, though i swear i can't eat because of all the pain meds i take, the doc thinks i have an "eating disorder" and wants me to see a shrink...wont settle for me seeing a licensed social worker (i am one) or a psychologist...has to be a shrink...
i told him if he could take my back pain away, i could gain 20 pounds really fast, but he doesn't believe it...
nothing i said made a difference...i know he wants me to have the surgery....he has a daughter who had scoli surgery with Dr Boachie...but i know she didnt need rods all the way down her pelvis!
he said if i had the surgery years ago, when i weighed more, i wouldnt have the problem i have now...
i could weigh 20 pounds more now and STILL not be scheduling surgery right now, but he didn't want to hear that, either....
he thinks i am on too many pain meds....but without surgery, what else is one to do??????
QUESTION: does anyone else who has NOT had the surgery run into these appetite problems on pain meds...? any one else losing weight due to no desire to eat (caused by pain medication)?
thanks
jess
picked up a few prescriptions...but when i went to see my rheumatologist, whom i've known for 20 years, he was upset with the fact that i am back down to 92 pounds...i was 87 a while back, and 97 when i saw my surgeon, who said he could operate on me if i am thin, but would have to see a nutritional profile (blood work) first...
long story short, though i swear i can't eat because of all the pain meds i take, the doc thinks i have an "eating disorder" and wants me to see a shrink...wont settle for me seeing a licensed social worker (i am one) or a psychologist...has to be a shrink...
i told him if he could take my back pain away, i could gain 20 pounds really fast, but he doesn't believe it...
nothing i said made a difference...i know he wants me to have the surgery....he has a daughter who had scoli surgery with Dr Boachie...but i know she didnt need rods all the way down her pelvis!
he said if i had the surgery years ago, when i weighed more, i wouldnt have the problem i have now...
i could weigh 20 pounds more now and STILL not be scheduling surgery right now, but he didn't want to hear that, either....
he thinks i am on too many pain meds....but without surgery, what else is one to do??????
QUESTION: does anyone else who has NOT had the surgery run into these appetite problems on pain meds...? any one else losing weight due to no desire to eat (caused by pain medication)?
thanks
jess
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