Funny that. In fact hilarious. Just deserts.I have had chronic upper back pain for seven years,it got worse after a cervical spinal fusion. My primary care doc handled my CP very well for 3 years,then sent me to a pain clinic simply to see if they could do better. The pain doc was horrible, treated me like a criminal, was rude and abusive. I told my primary care doc about the pain doc and my PC took me back as the pain doc was making things worse,anxiety,depression set in under his "care". I am a retired police officer,the some officers look down on folks taking narcotic pain meds, so naturally I felt horrible,it went against my learned instincts to use "narcotics",one officer was friends with me for 25 years, and dropped me as a friend when he learned I was taking pain killers, refused to answer emails,phone calls,etc. I've moved to a new city,my primary doc is continuing to treat me with narcotic pain meds, but isn't very friendly. What am I supposed to do? I tried physical therapy, Botox, steroid injections. My current primary may have poor bedside manners,but he's honest and say's pain clinics are "practically useless" (and he's correct). I cannot tolerate the pain w/o some meds,period.
Why Practitioners Dislike Chronic Pain Patients
People in chronic pain chronically take pain relievers.