I have been having horrible headaches and pain in my legs and am
frustrated. I have been working on getting sugars lower and am doing
pretty well on that front. I have started going back to gym despite
pain wot walk in pool and sit in hot tub. I have pushed myself to
clean up house a bit and help mom more. And pain clinic doctor still
not willing to give me anything stronger than zanaflex...which helps
with muscle spasms, but I have so much more pain!!

Questions:
1. How do you describe pain feelings to doctors when you can't find
the words for the different pains you have?
2. How do you get a doctor to listen to you?
3. Every time I talk to a dr. I am told 'o, you are on cymbalta,
nuerontin and nortriptyline, that should be helping!' Ummm yea it
helps, but what about break thru pain???
4. They are having me take tons of classes, right now i am in a
depression group for 6 -10 classes, i will be going to a pain class in
oakland for 3 hour chunks at a time. I am supposed to go to anxiety
classes and I forget the rest. Some days I dun want to get dressed and
most days going out without someone there next to me is hard.
5. what works for breakthru pain? in legs and joints and ughh??
6. oh yeah, i finally had enough of pain in middle finger and went to
dr. and was told i have tendonitis in it...what helps with that?

Ok, sorry, I think I will await answers on the questions I remembered
to ask...don't mean to bother y'all. thank you, melanie