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  • Unknown Member

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    August 31, 2016 at 4:15 am

    Pain Diary

    Just an update. As I may have mentioned before, I have been diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in the pelvic region secondary to the nerve damage caused by my spermatic cord denervation surgery.

    My pain management doctor has recommended a Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulator, as this is the last known surgical procedure that could possibly help me.

    Unfortunately, this procedure has been denied by my HMO as being “not medically necessary.” The “physician reviewer” actually had the gall to state that my pain “is not severe enough to warrant this procedure.”

    Words cannot express how incredibly soulless and stupid I find this statement to be. My groin feels like it’s perpetually being stabbed by hot pokers and my skin feels as though it’s being burned in acid.

    I am so thoroughly disgusted with the medical profession. It was a doctor who did this to me, and it is clear to me now that many doctors are not in the medical profession to help others, but rather to make as much money and kill as many innocent people as possible.

    There is no help out there for me. No one cares about what has been done to me. It makes me sick to my stomach.

    I realize that there are good doctors out there who truly care for others. Unfortunately, they are overshadowed by soulless, uncompassionate monsters like the ones who continue to willfully hurt me.