It’s a real pain

[PapaG62]

Hi im a 62 YO male who’s suffering chronic pain due to osteoarthritis in hands wrist knees and foot . Trying to get pain under control for last year and still trying to get referred to Pain Management Clinic. Does it really take this long ?

[Hzhr7]

Took 2 years for me to be accepted into pain management with stenosis , osteoarthritis after a major back operation 12 years ago. Where i live you get 2 appointments & then are discharged & have to go through the whole rigmarole again . I've now been waiting almost a year again for nerve block injections , hope you don't have to wait so long .

[Konagirl60 in reply to Hzhr7]

I’m so sorry the waits are just too long. When someone has significant body pain they should be treated quickly. Kerp calm and carry on.

[TotoMimo1984]

I wish I had a better answer for you... but yes, it takes an age. Ive had osteoporosis close to all my life, but it really started causing huge pain in my thirties.

The entire pain clinic process took just over a year for me, and honestly speaking, it was lacklustre. I wasn't expecting magic, but a large portion of what they provided was just common sense, things id been doing anyway.

I hope you have a more positive outcome than I did, bud. Best of luck to you!

[OSTEOARTHRITISRA]

As above ,some pain management are good and found some not so good ,A good doctor is better and maybe see if any pain doctors or nurses in the surgery ,they tend to be good ,Specially for the the right meds and tweeks etc ,if available ask doc for referals To Occupational therapy they are good and better than pain management I found ,they have add ons and courses to attend ,physiotherapy shoukd have these referals and some docs ,id keep at docs if not done so already ,

Sometimes a God few meds mixed helps with Paracetamol the first port of call then the add ons the stronger pain meds,got told this by good pain nurse and doc ,,the Paracetamol helps the other meds work better ,id discuss with doc about the pain again

[PapaG62 in reply to OSTEOARTHRITISRA]

I have a review on 10 April

[OSTEOARTHRITISRA in reply to PapaG62]

Hope it goes well ,if in severe pain still call docs for emergency appointment if the case ,if you can hold on until the 10th do that as well ,

[kev60]

Hi, I have been to pain clinic 3 times and usually takes a year, but this year I was referred at the end of January and my appointment is next week. I must admit I am a bit jaded and not expecting to much. I have OA of the thoracic spine with bone spurs growing inwards this causes the most pain and also suffer with chest pain this is either reflux or COPD and then my third pain area is my abdomen (small intestine) this has been diagnosed as medically unknown! I use to give them a percentage for pain but was told best to score out of 10, so in my case abs 7/10, back 8.5/10 and chest 6/10. I was on pain patches 30mcg which made the pain manageable but had to wean off as it was found to stop me breathing at night (a lot) now on nefopam 90mg x 3 per day plus paracetamol 500mg x 8 per day. I don’t know if it’s me but things seem to be speeding up this year I have been to audiology, sleep clinic, gp cardiac and respiratory, so very busy and that’s just one month. Hope you get the help you need. Kevin

[PapaG62]

thanks so much for your reply .

[Nontoxic]

Most chronic pain is not due a physical issue, it's typically a mind/body issue. Regardless how pain begins, the transition from acute to chronic comes with big changes. It's believed that the brain has a memory for pain pathways. The more often a certain type of pain is triggered - often by fear, stress or perceived danger- the easier it becomes to replicate that experience, regardless of whether there's a reason to create pain or not. Check out podcasts and YouTube videos by Nicole Sachs, LCSW.

[auntysue in reply to Nontoxic]

Absolute rubbish!

[Loramay in reply to Nontoxic]

this is absolutely twaddle

[auntysue]

Hi I'm in England our average wait time is 52weeks! Then you wait another year for next appointment and so on. I've turned to massage and heat therapies once a week ontop of all my meds.

[DogHospiceMom]

Depending where you are it can be. However, I invested in an infrared sauna and in one session 30% of inflammation is relieved.