Migraine

I wondered about that too, but ERnursey seems to really be on the up and up, and she links to him. My guess would be that he's a young doctor who is especially full of himself (among other things).

I do think that he said much of what he said just to annoy us. The post on his blog about ERnursey allowing him to "highjack the comments" is interesting. Read down through the comments. He really had time on his hands. He found and has been reading this discussion. From the comments on that entry, I suspect there's more to come. Now MonkeyGirl is going to be blogging about this, and I suspect she's not going to be very nice about it.

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Originally posted by Migraineur:
At some point you've got to question whether this guy is really a doctor or just some smart-alec with nothing better to do but sit on his computer day and night. I don't see anything particularly medically interesting about his blog. Mostly just a rant about drug seekers, but anyone could have written that. Honestly, I'm just starting to think this guy is playing make-believe. Seriously, what doctor has this much time on his hands??

I'm assuming that James actually posted that comment. He's trying to move on with his life, and most likely won't follow the comments or dignify them with a reply because that would be counterproductive. I guess scalpel doesn't give anyone else any credit for not writing an article on something that was fake. I don't know anything about a court case or settlement. Just read that in the comment James posted. He stopped emailing me some time ago. That, I felt, was normal and healthy. He needs to not forget Janice, but put that whole thing behind him, heal, and move on with his life.

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Originally posted by EileenHOST:
So I'm on my lunch and I decided to go back through and read the blog again....now I see that James posted his story there....the same story, I believe, that is in Teri's book. I cannot believe what a SOB this guy is. His responce.....I can't even...... I still can't even bring myself to comment there. If this guy really wants to "educate migraineurs" why is he not using his real name? I have a few names for him........

Is he really going to keep on giving the issue his time of day? Why, as a so-called "good" doctor, would you provoke people who are truly wrestling with a disorder that causes us to lose days out of our life? It's like banging away at a hornet's nest and having no clue what you're banging away at.

In one of his blogs he apparently had dental problems that caused him a lot of hell. Yeah, well, buddy, take that almost every day of your life and apply it to migraineurs, and then think about what it's like to NEVER get relief, no matter what you try. Maybe you'd understand, then.

This guy has me in such a tizzy I don't even know where to start...I think I will take it over to my own blog so that I am keeping the personal, well, personal.

He talks so much on his own blog about drug-seekers and this patient with kidney stones who put a pebble from his yard in the sample to get narcotics.....Ok this is just me but I work for a very large hospital "campus" (2 hospitals, one outpatient facility). I have never heard of drug-seeking being such a huge problem. It really pisses this guy off! Do you really have to worry so much about these types of people? I never thought that! I know they exsit, but they can't all be at his hospital in Texas!

Hi ladies and gentlemen!

Here's my take on all of this. Let's consider this a personal victory!! We got a man--one who states he is a doctor, nonetheless--to come to our forum and read around a little bit! Let's hope that while he was here he learned a bit about life with migraine disease! He obviously read a bit while he was here--He even indicated that he thinks Teri knows her stuff!! (We've known that all along, now, haven't we??? )

So I say, let's think of this as a positive! And let's let go of the negativity Scalpel has brought here. It's really not good for us. We need all the positive feelings we can get!!!

jenny

jennyc! girl! you've got a masters in great attitude!

Maybe he did learn something. And I did feel a whole lot better about little miss nursey in any case

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Originally posted by jennyc:
Hi ladies and gentlemen!

Here's my take on all of this. Let's consider this a personal victory!! We got a man--one who states he is a doctor, nonetheless--to come to our forum and read around a little bit! Let's hope that while he was here he learned a bit about life with migraine disease! He obviously read a bit while he was here--He even indicated that he thinks Teri knows her stuff!! (We've known that all along, now, haven't we??? )

So I say, let's think of this as a positive! And let's let go of the negativity Scalpel has brought here. It's really not good for us. We need all the positive feelings we can get!!!

jenny

Where did he say he's been here? Someone link me? I can't navigate those blogs for some reason.

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Originally posted by jennyc:
Hi ladies and gentlemen!

Here's my take on all of this. Let's consider this a personal victory!! We got a man--one who states he is a doctor, nonetheless--to come to our forum and read around a little bit! Let's hope that while he was here he learned a bit about life with migraine disease! He obviously read a bit while he was here--He even indicated that he thinks Teri knows her stuff!! (We've known that all along, now, haven't we??? )

So I say, let's think of this as a positive! And let's let go of the negativity Scalpel has brought here. It's really not good for us. We need all the positive feelings we can get!!!

jenny

Yes, he said he was checking out the forum - right before he said that Teri made up the story about James in her book. This guy is just not worth the time. I hope he learned something, but I doubt it. He is just way too full of himself and is probably happy as a pig in . **** that he has gotten us all steamed up.

Deb-

He didn't actually say he was here. Teri indicated he was in the quote below. (She must have the inside scoop!!)

jenny

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I wondered about that too, but ERnursey seems to really be on the up and up, and she links to him. My guess would be that he's a young doctor who is especially full of himself (among other things).

I do think that he said much of what he said just to annoy us. The post on his blog about ERnursey allowing him to "highjack the comments" is interesting. Read down through the comments. He really had time on his hands. He found and has been reading this discussion. From the comments on that entry, I suspect there's more to come. Now MonkeyGirl is going to be blogging about this, and I suspect she's not going to be very nice about it.

Well, I am probably going to get a tidal wave of negative responses for my opinion on this, but I felt it necessary to state a different opinion on this topic.

Not all people who go to the ER to get narcotics are drug seekers in the way you are describing. Many of them are drug addicts who will go into severe withdrawal without a narcotic. These drug addicts are just as sick as people with migraines. Their pain and agony from withdrawals, while not the same as the pain of a migraineur, is very real and just as horrible. Many of these people did not ask to become addicted to opiates. Many were put on narcotics by their doctors to relieve pain from surgery or other chronic pain, and now they have become addicted. Then, their doctor feels like they no longer need the medication and the person is stuck, going into withdrawals.

Yes, there are those who go to the ER to seek drugs for a quick high. And these people make it difficult, not only for migraineurs, but for any person with chronic pain, such as fibromyalgia. Let us just hope that the ER docs out there are savvy enough to tell the difference between a "drug seeker" and a person with a drug addiction and/or a true migraineur.

I once went to the ER to get help in getting OFF narcotics. I did not want them anymore and I was willing to go into detox. I was turned away by the doctor. It got so bad, that the next night I showed up at the ER, only this time it was because I was suicidal. They admitted me after this, and I went into detox under the careful scrutiny of medical professionals.

These drug addicts do not deserve your hatred. They need some kind of compassion for the situation in which they find themselves. Most people who are addicted to opiates did not ask to become addicts. They became addicts because of experiencing serious pain at some point in their lives and, now, they have become addicted.

I speak from personal experience, as I have experienced life on both sides of the coin. Both are very painful - neither one of which, did I ask for.

I hope you will give my comments serious consideration. I do not mean to minimize the effect that people seeking a quick high, have on those of us who do need to go the ER. I am simply pointing out that not all people who go to the ER to get pain meds, are doing so to get a quick fix.

Thank you for your time in reading this post.

ddrerik

Teri,
I just went back to see what had been added and I came across your comment. Yeah for you!! I second that!!


"Replying to you any further is obviously a waste of time. Good luck. Karma's a #####."

Sherry

ddrerik--

I think you make an excellent point. Some people don't choose to become addicted to drugs any more than we choose to be migraine sufferers. There are very real and legitimate reasons to need pain medications for long periods of time, and unfortunately, even when used correctly under a dr's supervision, a person can become addicted. In my estimation, this sort of situation is a legitimate medical condition that needs to be treated appropriately, not ostracized. I'm glad you perservered and got yourself into detox. It had to take a lot of courage to walk yourself back into that ER a second time. I hope things are going well for you now.

michelle

I'll throw my congrats in to. It does take a lot of courage to go against the "common knowledge" as expressed by the drs, get the proper dx and treatment to cure yourself.

Take care, bob

With all due respect, ddrerik, it's not that we don't have sympathy for people who are addicted to pain meds. It's that they are abusing a legitimate disorder as an excuse for their own gain without thinking about how their actions impact those who are really suffering with migraine pain (or any other pain disorder). People who do that are the ones who make it difficult for those like us on the boards to get treated when they are at the end of their ropes, even when their migraien specialist has called ahead to make sure everything is in order for a specific patient.

I have a family member who breaks our hearts every time she abuses excuses to get more narcs. But there is only so much pity, thought, and understanding you can extend to someone who knows they have a damaging problem but who won't do anything to help themselves.

I congratulate you on your ability to see through the fog and get help. I totally respect that and I think you're awesome for it. But since I am close to someone who is where you were once at, it's difficult for me to be objective, especially when she calls me and wants me to lie to my doctors FOR her. My doctor wouldn't prescibe narcs for me anyway, but it doesn't stop her from arguing and begging to the point that I am in tears over it. And does she stop? Nope. Even when I'm screaming at her that she has a problem, she's just down my throat that much more.

All the best to you, you've made it and I hope you continue with your success!

OK, I posted a reply to scalpel.

Teri, thanks to your book, I gave him some facts to chew on.

I also sang the praises of my favorite ER.

And, I'm up WAY too late!

Last week was my week for odd accidents, BTW: Fri, one leg of a student desk telescoped under me, dropping me onto the terrazo floor. Many sore muscles & a bruised tailbone. Poor ol' tailbone's been broken 5 times, so this is no biggie! The kids were all gone, so only Mrs. Wells saw my "graceful flop."

Y'all are the greatest!

Rebecca