okay -- here's a dilemma. you know a BOTL who is in extreme pain. he's been fighting it, and his current doctor gives him a pittance of pain meds (narcotic). the meds help, but they're not nearly enough to get him through the day. he has about 4 hours of not being in agony out of 24 hours.
the good news: he FINALLY got referred to a pain mgmt. specialist, and will see that doctor in 10 days or so.
the bad news: he has 10+ more days to try to make it through with just 4 hours a day of relief for what (trust me; i know) is hellish, tortuous pain.
what can be done? any ideas at all? (email me at BBELTRISI at ec.rr.com if you want).
i feel so awful about this. i have been in a pain mgmt. program for 2 years. i have adequate pain medicine, thank god. but i remember being exactly where he is now, and i remember how it made me wish i'd just die rather than to face another day of that bone-crushing pain. *sigh* it's driving me up a nut to know that a brother's out there suffering through this right now and having no idea what can be done to help him. well, i DO have one idea, but that's not exactly legal or without risk.
seriously, if anyone has any ideas, please let me know. i've been where he is, and it's absolute torture. a man should NOT have to "live" like this -- not for a day; i don't know he'll make it through ten. i DO know that he WILL (finally) get appropriate treatment when he sees the specialist; i just wish there were some way he didn't have to live in agony until then. :/