Pain Clinic

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So tomorrow I start assessments at the Pain Clinic. They specialise in dealing with cronic pain through medications, physiotherapy and assessment for surgical options. I have been unemployed since January, and actually gave up the drugs last March. But I am still in some pain every day and I think maybe if I could just feel normal again, maybe the PTSD wouldn't be as bad.

It's only a 3 day assessment, so I don't suppose they are really going to get to far into this. At the end of 3 days I'm suppose to receive a report with recomendations as to how we could most effectively deal with my issues, as well as a report of what types of work my physical limitations would allow me to do. And they intend on doing a psyciatric assessment too. My last psyciatric assessment took 8 hours over 4 differant appointments. Not sure they really understand what they are dealling with here to be honest. The clinic specialises in civilians that have been hurt on the job. However, any treatments that they suggest are suppose to be covered by the DVA so it really is in my best interests to go and give it my all.

So this is step 2 on the road to recovery. I hope someone has a plan out there. we'll find out tomorrow.

zipperhead i hope that you did better than i did there. they said " we don't do meds here" i waited nearly 9 years to get into that damn clinic just to hear those words and be given a damn back brace and sent on my farking way. damn nards! nothing with my neck, nothing with physical therapy, nothing with anything for that matter. they didn't help my problem at all, and now it's become so severe i can't sleep on top of not sleeping. if that makes any sense. *meaning if insomnia doesn't keep me up, the pain does, so i sleep even less than before.