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do you have a doc that treats your pain? (Original Post) mopinko Mar 2015 OP
Thanks for posting, mopinko. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #1
fibro. and creeping arthritis, especially my spine. mopinko Mar 2015 #2
He's a keeper! Not many docs like that! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #3
not just a keeper, a sharer. mopinko Mar 2015 #4
Uh, the fatigue, UH. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #5
yeah. mopinko Mar 2015 #6
PS I love your urban garden. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #7
thx. i love it too. mopinko Mar 2015 #8
I just got a new rheumie last month. He seems pretty nice NightWatcher Mar 2015 #9

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
1. Thanks for posting, mopinko.
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:45 AM
Mar 2015

About ready for an 800 ibuprofen. Lupus. What about you?

Will thank my rheumo too!

mopinko

(70,104 posts)
2. fibro. and creeping arthritis, especially my spine.
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:53 AM
Mar 2015

this guy is THE most responsive doc i have. send him and email, and he will likely respond in less than half an hour. sometimes faster.
he never judges.
i have overheard him thanking staff for good work.
he hounds insurance companies and pharmacies.
he works with your other docs.
he wants to you to feel better.
if there is a med you want to try, he will write it.

and he LISTENS. he is not about what he thinks you need. he takes the time to find out what you think you need.


in short, he CARES.
(not too hard on the eyes, either. lol. what blue eyes he has.)

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
3. He's a keeper! Not many docs like that!
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:58 AM
Mar 2015

Fibro too, sore sore sore all the time. Stay relatively pain free, mo

mopinko

(70,104 posts)
4. not just a keeper, a sharer.
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 12:03 PM
Mar 2015

i have steered a couple friends to him, and they are equally in love.

i'm doing ok. the fatigue is more crippling to me than the pain. if only i could sleep worth a shit.

hope you have a good doc, too.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
5. Uh, the fatigue, UH.
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 12:13 PM
Mar 2015

I have a decent doc, not a jerk at least. Does the job without having an arrogant god-syndrome.

mopinko

(70,104 posts)
6. yeah.
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 12:27 PM
Mar 2015

kinda funnie thing about this guy.
he is yale, yale, yale. he could be an arrogant ass, but he just doesnt have that bone in his body.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
9. I just got a new rheumie last month. He seems pretty nice
Sat Mar 21, 2015, 09:09 PM
Mar 2015

My previous Dr was very impersonal and commanded me around.

I don't get anything prescribed for pain anymore, besides a rare muscle relaxer. I am however self medicating with cannabis and it's working wonders with my peripheral neuropathy, muscle pain and other issues.

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