Jenn,

I know you've been through a lot and you're scared, but I honestly think these people will be of more help than you've gotten from others.

Here's why:

They are PAIN SPECIALISTS, and so will not discount you when you tell them of your pain.  They will very likely know of avenues you've never heard of and may be able to make recommendations far better than a IBP, etc. and will likely be the best step you've taken so far to deal with your pain.  Pain specialists, by the very nature of their specialty have to be multi-disciplinary specialists.  They cannot have a narrow focus as a neurologist or orthopaedist would.


Kat


"St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,

Could you please say some prayers for me that I find the right people to
help me. I am going to the Pain Clinic in about a week and a half (Easter
Monday,ironically), but I have just become so scared that no one will want
to help. That is all that doctors have shown me in the past year. I guess I
am feeling in some ways like a victim, and I recognize that this is not
good, But I NEED TO TRUST AGAIN, and that is very hard for me. I AM GOING TO
DO MY BEST TO GO INTO THESE APPOINTMENTS IN TORONTO WITH AN OPEN MIND, BUT
IT IS SO HARD WHEN I FEEL LIKE HELPFIL THINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM ME--
BOTOX, INTRATHECAL BACLOFEN, ETC.
Maybe there is something else that will help, and I know I must keep an open
mind but I AM SO SCARED.
Thank you.
Jenn