Where to begin? I think with my husband, for several years he has been receiving treatrment for type 2 diabetes by taking metformin and a daily injection of laraglutide (spelling probably wrong) alongside this he takes a host of pain medication including anti depressants. For the last three years he has begun to feel ill at around 11am every day, it doesn't seem to matter what time he gets out of bed, takes his meds or what he eats. The Doctor seems baffled, they have tried adjusting his blood pressure meds as his BP swings from low to high, also they adjusted and changed other meds to see if it was a conflict caused by the mix. Many blood tests have been done again at various times of the day but there seems to be no reason for his feeling so ill. Some days it is so bad all he can do is go back to bed and hope he falls asleep.
He has chronic back pain spreading into his left side groin and leg. The pain is caused by a host of spine problems and his treatments have included aqupuncture, tens machine and nerve endings being cut, all to no improvement. He says the drugs he takes only slightly remove the pain.
So where do we go and what do we do from here?
At the end of the rope.
Asking on behalf of Dad - 75 years old, bad pain in neck due to 'wear & tear' - doc says nothing more can be done
Does the NHS not provide pain management?
