Author: rule62
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:14 pm
I tried to explain the Sub problem and pain management to this surgeon but he is a brainiac and wouldn’t listen to anything he doesn’t already know. Really had no choice in the matter as he is the best there is and if he couldn’t do it then they were going to send me out of state. This doctor is so busy due to his reputation that the wait to see him is 3 hours if you can even get an appt.
My Sub doctor only told me to stop the Sub and use the pain pills after surgery. No, he did not call my surgeon. Between my new ENT, surgeon, and Sub doctor, not one of them will call the other physicians for any information. IMO it’s an ego thing.
Other patients have told me that the radiation doctor will give you whatever you need for pain so at least I won’t worry about that.
BTW, I’ve had three shoulder surgeries in the past and the pain was quite manageable. I guess it really depends on what you’re having done. My sister in law who had breast cancer with a mastectomy never once took a pain pill. Go figure.
