Disability and Accessibility

So long story short at my original pain mgt clinic the only thing they would prescribe me is buprenorphine and tramadol. Buprenorphine made my knees and below swell. They put me on 300mg tramadol daily. With that I still can barely do anything everyday. Due to their restrictions I went ahead and went to a new pain mgt clinic.

I’ve had a couple apts there along with physical therapy but today was the day they finally got my urine test results and we were able to talk about medications. Since the max dose of tramadol is 400mg daily I do not have much room to go. She wants to try tramadol xr with ir to supplement it.

We are going to do this for a month but she is completely willing to go to stronger opiates. Even with my tramadol dose I’m at a 6 or 7 everyday. I was completely honest with her and told her my thoughts on it and how much pain I’m in even with tramadol. She is probably late 20s or early 30s and I’m only 25 so I think she is able to relate to me more and understand how important is it for me to be able to participate in life.

It was incredibly reassuring that I have finally found someone who is actually willing to work with me and give me the medication that I need even if it won’t be for a month. This whole year I’ve been stuck in my apartment only going to the grocery store. This whole time I haven’t been able to see the near future where I would be able to do anything. Now I can with her being my new doctor. I’m really excited even though I need to suffer for another month but I understand that she probably just wants to show that she did try something before going stronger.