So, I went to the new doctor and am very pleased with the result! The new nurse practitioner actually listened to me! She also gave me true and honest informative feedback! Amazing! I told her of my history, and of how I had been repeatedly ignored and then automatically shuttled to a pain management clinic, rather than to an orthopedic or neurosurgical spine specialist. I told her how angry and frustrated I had been, and that I didn't want any stinking pill mill/poison shot pain management, I wanted a true spine specialist that could possibly give me a cure-aka-surgery. It felt SO GOOD to be heard instead of stereotyped based on my injury, economic status, and southern accent! I also got a nice blood letting from a really good blood letter. (I hate needles, so that really is a high complement when I call a blood letting nice. I have mastered my fear so that as long as I don't look, I won't faint. Plus, I gave myself some exposure therapy in the form of several tattoos.) This lady and I conversed and she told me her own inspiring story as a productive fully functional human being after having suffered a broken back and spine surgery among other things.
I'm actually looking forward to my next visit-for a real physical-which I haven't had in years. I dodge people that have closed minds as a rule, including "professionals". I think I have no need to avoid this scene. I love the patient portal that they have set up too. I just perused the results of the latest blood analysis and I have to brag. My blood is so darn good! I won't bore you with the specifics, but all results are within the normal range. So, to date the kratom has had no ill effect on any vital organs-yay! Tomorrow, I embark on a CBT pain management strategy. This is SO much better than a potentially devastating epidural steroid injection. A little CBT truly can do no harm. I believe in the power of cognition, and in the power of modifying the way one thinks about things. After all, that is how I ended a severe bout of situational depression several years ago.
I'm actually looking forward to my next visit-for a real physical-which I haven't had in years. I dodge people that have closed minds as a rule, including "professionals". I think I have no need to avoid this scene. I love the patient portal that they have set up too. I just perused the results of the latest blood analysis and I have to brag. My blood is so darn good! I won't bore you with the specifics, but all results are within the normal range. So, to date the kratom has had no ill effect on any vital organs-yay! Tomorrow, I embark on a CBT pain management strategy. This is SO much better than a potentially devastating epidural steroid injection. A little CBT truly can do no harm. I believe in the power of cognition, and in the power of modifying the way one thinks about things. After all, that is how I ended a severe bout of situational depression several years ago.
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