I go to the Cleveland Clinic for treatment of my 24/7 headaches. I called yesterday TWICE (and only the second time because I waited 8 hours and still had not received a call back.)
The nurse that called me back today, after 2 calls to them, told me they were prescribing Fioricet (Tylenol, caffeine, and butalbital--which is an built-in anxiety med). Btw, tylenol does squat for me. When she called me to tell me this, she said "Please don't keep calling 4-5 times, I will call it in when I get a chance." She was so rude and I told her I didn't appreciate her talking to me this way. She then went on to chastise me and say that I was being over-bearing and rude to her for constantly calling. I called TWICE. Not to mention I am a patient at a level 10 pain.
When I got off the phone, I just started crying because I cannot get these doctors here to help me! I just cut out 3/4 of my stomach in hopes that my headaches will just ease up a little. I'm still hoping they will. I told myself today that if I have to get down to 90 lbs to see if it works, I will. I am just that desperate. I hate feeling desperate. I want to call her superiors and talk to my neurologist about the way she spoke to me but I also want to learn to let things go because it is causing me such stress and thus making my pain even worse.
Any suggestions on what you guys might do, I'd appreciate it. I am not looking for validation but just venting and not understanding why most of the doctors I see just don't want to help. They look at me like, "Oh well, it's just something you have to deal with." I have even been told "Lose weight and your headaches will most likely get better." I've also read medical studies to support that. I don't know where to go from here except to try to lose this weight as quickly as possible....Sorry for the long post. Thanks to everyone who takes time to read it.
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