Wednesday 13 August 2008 – Pain Clinic

Yet again I have been to the pain clinic just to be told the same as I was last Wednesday that nothing could be changed or done with my current medication until after the results of the Colonoscopy. The nurse did intimate that the pains I am feeling in my lower back may be related to problems in the stomach and may go away if treated accordingly, let’s hope so.
I did manage to secure the loan of the TENS machine for a while longer and have used it extensively of late.

Tuesday 27 May 2008 – TENS machine usage

It has been a week now since I have been using the TENS machine, sometimes it has been quite effective, however without the use of Tramadol, which I have been taking again now for a week, I would be in total agony.
I have begun to resign myself to the fact that I probably never will be rid of the pains in my back and since I had put great store in the Pain Clinic being the answer to all my woes I have no idea where to turn to next.
I will be seeing my own doctor within the next week or so and the company doctor on June 2nd so I am hoping either one of them will be able to point me in another direction soon.
In the mean time it has been intimated that I may be offered acupuncture at the hospital, it has got to be worth a try.

Tuesday 20 May 2008 – TENS machine appointment

Two days after taking Amitriptyline I was once again agonizingly poorly and it was then that I realized I had been prescribed this medication previously in January and it was stopped then because of its affects on my system.
I have also stopped the Tramadol as this is also affecting my well-being and may be reacting badly with my Gastro-Resistant capsules.

I now have an appointment arranged for today at the Pain Clinic for the TENS machine and I have spoken to a Sister Nurse [Helen] on the phone about the problems associated with the medication mentioned above as she will be fitting me with the TENS machine later.