I liked Ron right away. I had the feeling he was a "good guy". And right from the start I knew, and asked and was right, that he'd been doing this forever so he would know what to look for.
I later found out, after complimenting him to someone else after the MRI, that he is former military, Marines she thought. or did she say maybe USC? what is usc? It sounds familiar.
Anyway, my lower back and bum were killing me by the end because it was so painful. But it was thorough i think and took an hour and he even wanted photos of my neck so that's good. I sort of wish they'd MRI'd my brain while at it, because if there is NOTHING wrong with my lower back, I would think something is hiding out somewhere and can't be found or I would think I might need my head examined, because the pain is bad.
I think I have back cramp pain but the other pain is from the injury and it's bad.
I'm only getting Toradol, 30 mg or less, every so often and ONE 5 mg Percocet every SIX fucking hours. Any doctor knows that's not pain management. I have asked for help with pain control and this is what Dr. Davori and Dr. Henri came up with. I am hoping Davori will be considerate enough to change it, but Dr. Henri came in after the surgery and was in my face and then alternately claiming she wanted to "help" me. But then she said she was giving me only Tylenol 3s for my pain when she discharged me, and when I was relaying this to my boyfriend, after she left and closed the door, she had not moved away from the door but was LISTENING to everything and she and someone else burst into laughter when I brought up how upset I was with the Tylenol 3s when she knew I was in pain. I could see the shadows and the feet under the door when it was closed. The light shines through and you can see where people are standing if they're right up against the door. So it makes me wonder.
I would take the methergine, but I CAN'T when I'm being refused pain control. It would kill me and I've already done it before at PG and the pain was hideous. And this Dr. Henri was putting me on THREE ROUNDS of methergine, 3 doses, knowing I was cut off from pain killers that are even slightly effective.
Dr. Davori said taking Diauldid will make everything else "seem like it's not working". This is why we have pain specialists people. Dr. Davori doesn't realize it may seem like it's "not working" because it's fucking "NOT WORKING". It was working when I had 2 mgs I thought, but I couldn't tell for sure because I'd received all the other meds at the same time which they don't usually do. I know that even SOME diauldid helps a little bit. The rationalization for use or nonuse of medications cannot be that obscure to a doctor. Any doctor SHOULD KNOW, even if they are NOT a pain specialist, about pain management. And I came into ER with 2-3 percocet not helping on top of advil and they're now putting me on ONE percocet every 6 hours when it doesn't even last that long, and toradol which does hardly anything. It's refusal of standard of care, in my opinion, and after all of my requests, refusal to treat pain in a reasonable manner. I have asked since I GOT here, for better pain control and I got a bunch of lies because no one followed through. Then my multiple requests for a pain specialist were ignored.
I don't really have an issue with Corryne, the nurse--she's interesting and I like her but she seems to get busy and forget about my room sometimes. I have some nice nurses right now, Marlene and Isabella. Marlene is really sweet and has been here since yesterday and I really, really have A+ positive feelings about her. She is a good woman and I don't know what has happened in her life, but she is also a strong woman and has empathy for others because of it. I don't know where she's from, I'll have to ask, but she's always watching but is quiet and you forget, and then you realize, she's really paying attention to my care and tries to do a good job. She hasn't been my nurse but is some kind of assistant or tech or nurse for others. Anyway, Marlene is wonderful and so is Isabella but I haven't been around her as much.
I also liked the transport woman Michelle.
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