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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 3:28:26 GMT -5
Things went to hell in a hand basket lately. Jimmy's first surgeon would not believe that Jimmy was still having pain (Jimmy has lots of tattoos) so he kept dragging his feet on the pain meds either under subscribing them or saying he couldn't get around to it. He finally got into a pain management place and they could not believe that he went through all of that surgery and recovery with the little bit of pain meds he was getting. Workers comp finally agreed to sending him to a surgeon in Billings and do an MRI. The surgeon was stunned because his leg was a total mess because the first surgeon did a really terrible job of putting the leg back together. There was a 3/4" cube that had no bone in it and where the knee was split vertical the micky mouse brace that was put in let a part of the bone slip down. Where the bone splinter was moving it had healed without being connected and had to be ground off then stuck back together so it would grow together. The surgeon warned him that this would be the absolutely worst thing, as far as pain goes, that he would ever endure. He did not lie. They had him on three opiates and could not give him more because they were afraid his heart would stop. He was begging them to either kill him or cut his leg off for about 48 hours. A pain management doc came in to talk to Jimmy and ended up switching gears by focusing on muscle relaxers and calming meds. He finally started to relax and in a few hours went to sleep for a long time. He got out of the hospital on Monday and the last I talked to him his pain level was down to 5 or 6 which was a huge improvement. He figured that on a one to ten scale from past pain he was at 14. He suffered bad for a while but he is not in a brace of any kind and he can do anything except put weight on it now. The x-ray pics of the metal in his leg looks like it would hold up a house and looks a hundred times better than the old stuff. We were told that this surgeon spends a lot of time fixing other surgeon's screw ups and now that the pain is dropping some Jimmy has a lot more confidence in getting to a point where he can walk normally with a lot less pain. He is having a problem now with swelling and some syndrome that makes his brain turn the pain way up when the skin is touched. I hear that they have some physical therapy that tricks the brain into turning that off. Hope ta hell it works. The pic is kind of gruesome so if you have a weak stomach don't look. Jim > > > > > > > > >
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Post by bcrockhound on Aug 28, 2014 4:13:28 GMT -5
Wow. Sorry to hear that. It sounds absolutely horrible. Good on him for surviving it all. Best wishes for the future!
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Post by chassroc on Aug 28, 2014 4:19:24 GMT -5
wow...that really sucks...hope they get it right this time. Sounds like these pain med specialists are giving Jimmy some hope.
I can tell you from experience that Pain Mgmt is a huge problem in this country. Doctors do not want to prescribe (enough) pain meds to decent people. As a result many people suffer and when you are suffering you cannot think straight. When it comes to meds doctors treat every patient like a potential druggie. They are so afraid of getting someone hooked on drugs that they undermedicate and threaten to withhold medication when you need it the most. It is a situation that keeps getting worse. Many men make it worse because we are raised in a macho society where we have incentive to man up and eat the pain.
When you have that type of surgery your nerve endings are severely damaged and spliced and when they sew you back up, who knows how the nerves are connected and how they reconnect in strange ways. You can end up with severe nerve damage causing sensitivity that's off the charts in places that do not seem logical. Surgeons are mystified and push you to PT and that may be the only path that gives some relief...but you still need meds
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Post by kk on Aug 28, 2014 4:59:05 GMT -5
All the best to your son. Hope it works out this time. I never understand how qualified doctors are able to mess up that much. There are tons of guidelines and double check procedures in place, so how could that still happen. Chassroc: you got a very good point there. But what doctors trying to do? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ? If someone really wants to feed an addiction; there are hundreds of ways to get around it. We have a similar problem here with Antibiotics. The doctors are hesitant to prescribe them, the government controls them, yet you can easily get them under the table in virtually any drugstore. Its gotten so bad, that we now have 4-5 people dying of infections simply because the strongest antibiotics don't work anymore, and its getting worse by the year. The sad thing on antibiotics is, that even people who do follow the rules could be affected by that s$^%t. ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 7:54:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the well wishes.
From what my doc says the biggest problem with the pain meds is people turning them into cash. On the black market the pills I take are worth ten bucks each. I was totally amazed when I heard that. If I was stupid enough to do that it would be nine hundred bucks a month. Things that can put me in prison are a super no no.
The antibiotics problem is pretty much everywhere now. I am not sure about now but not too long ago it was possible to buy them over the counter and they got way over used. The really sad thing is that now there is no money to fund the research to come up with new antibiotics so people go the hospital for some other reason (surgery etc) and end up dieing from a bug they picked up at the hospital that can not be killed.
The good news is that someone came up with a machine that can be put in a room, turned on remotely and it kills the bugs with some kind of ray or wave or light. It will not control person to person spread of the bugs but it would be pretty nice to know that you are not going to catch something in the hospital and die. Jim
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 28, 2014 9:04:27 GMT -5
No words can express what a person goes through on healing the body after a doctor doesn't do their job right... Jim,hoping your son gets the right care and great doctors from now on!!! Thumbs up
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Post by gingerkid on Aug 28, 2014 11:51:59 GMT -5
Very glad to hear that they discovered what the first witch doc screwed up and that your son is on the mend and the pain has lessened. Hope he's back on his feet soon, @wampidy!
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Post by braders on Aug 28, 2014 14:24:06 GMT -5
Ouch ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) I send the best of luck for a happy painless recovery !
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Post by unclestu on Aug 28, 2014 17:29:30 GMT -5
Oh my God Jim, I thought that your son was on the road to recovery from is accident last January. That original doctor that screwed up should have his license revoked and you all shoud sue his ass. I have been under the care of a pain management doctor going in 10 years now. I take two different kind of morphines 3 times a day 90mg each plus mussle relaxants ond anti inflamation meds. I found that I was able to reduce the number of pain meds I take trough meditation. I was able to cut them baclk by as much as 30%. I sort of came upon this approach on my own but I have since read that doctors from Harvard have done a study that came up with the same result as what I have had. It is very true about the fear doctors have in rx pain meds. There is a big black market for this type of narcotic. People go from one dr to another trying to get scripts for pain meds which they then fill and sell. I am now required to provide urine tests 4 times a year just to certify that the meds they rx are actually being taken by me. I hope you boy starts to feel better. Stu
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Post by whatamidoing on Aug 28, 2014 17:32:06 GMT -5
Holy cow. I'm sorry you're son went through this. I guess someone has to graduate at the bottom of their class, even in med school. One of the worst things is watching your child, no matter the age, be in pain and not being able to help. Hope healing and pain get better quick!
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Post by snowmom on Aug 28, 2014 18:03:57 GMT -5
thoughts and prayers sent for speedy recovery and for comfort in healing. (for both you and Jimmy) keep us posted and let Jimmy know we're all pulling for him!
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 28, 2014 20:41:54 GMT -5
Jim, I am so sorry that your son has had to endure so much and is still not done. I wish him a speedier recovery this time. Hang in there big guy. When your kids are hurting, it hurts us just as bad. I hope he can pull his life back together after what sounds like a more successful surgery this time. Any thoughts about a lawsuit? Sounds like there's maybe a case to be made about shoddy work and pain and suffering. I'm not the suing type, but sometimes it's warranted. My brother in law was screwed over huge time by a surgeon. Looking back on it, he says he wished he had sued. His routine gall bladder surgery turned him into an insulin dependent diabetic after they cut his pancreas, released him from hospital while it festered and then sent him home when he went back, claiming there was nothing wrong with him. That was the short version. Some docs just suck and they should be sued out of practice.
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Post by nowyo on Aug 29, 2014 0:23:29 GMT -5
Hope this fixes it and Jimmy can get back to a normal life.
I agree with what everyone says about the first doc being sued, license revoked, etc. but it won't happen. My mother broke her hip two years ago, and had a hip replacement last month because the doctor who "fixed" the broken hip messed it up so bad. Really similar deal happened to a friend's father. Doctors will say anything in an office visit, but getting them to testify in court against another doctor is nigh on impossible. Not addressing the pain issue is inexcusable.
Sure hope this all works out well.
Russ
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