AmyLSmall

wanderer.
lover of music and nature and naps and all things water.
intractable pain patient.
advocating for access to care for all.
be kind. always.
#resist

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@Kpascuch @Mica__Metal @snelling_kim @RyanWithAK @headdock @dorenegriggs1 @MrPetesonality @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @LelenaPeacock @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @US_FDA Unfortunately, there isn’t a single med that works for everyone. Kratom helps many but also doesn’t help many. I truly believe that pts should have access to any meds that help. We need to decriminalize - it’s clearly isn’t a deterrent & only helps the prison industrial complex.

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@AmaraAdvocate Some classic examples of correlation =/= causation, courtesy of @rubinsteinmd 🤣🤣

https://t.co/1y2lzizDZu

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@AmaraAdvocate Some classic examples of correlation =/= causation, courtesy of @rubinsteinmd 🤣🤣

https://t.co/1y2lzizDZu

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@headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @LelenaPeacock @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @DrSeanMackey It’s definitely outside my lane!

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@headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @LelenaPeacock @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @DrSeanMackey I totally get it 😉 And I knew enough to be dangerous when it comes to IT. I’d work with the ops teams to develop requirements and then translate for IT. I could speak their language but couldn’t do ANY of their work. But I had an understanding. I have zero with research!!!

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@headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @LelenaPeacock @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah I totally trust you — this is my non-researcher “seems easy enough” comment 😉 Kinda like the ops folks used to ask me to tell I.T to just “turn off a switch” in our claims system....lol doesn’t work that way, not as easy as you’d think!

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@joanieLeeT @EqualityCouple @PainPtFightBack @LelenaPeacock @headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah 2) when they did the spinal in the OR, it went too high & I couldn’t feel below my shoulders. Ended up hyperventilating and passing out. Woke up to midwife w a BP cuff around IV bag pushing fluids. After she was born, anesth wore off and I could feel them. I then went under.

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@joanieLeeT @EqualityCouple @PainPtFightBack @LelenaPeacock @headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah Yeah, my first was 8lb 6oz and the second was a whopping 11lbs 1oz 😳 Neither one wanted to come out. Got stuck at 6cm with each and ended up with c-sec with both. After 18-24 hours of increasing pitocin every 30min, and non-working epidurals, I was DONE!! 2nd csec was SO scary

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@headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @LelenaPeacock @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah I think it would need little funding. MRIs are available for hundreds of thousands, if not more pts who have previously undergone an ESI. It really shouldn’t be hard to sample them. Even better would be to look at MRI pre and post MRI. I have two such MRIs & the diff is shocking.

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@libro_amare @kellydmiller6 @LeoBeletsky @ASAMorg @jenndoliva @MicahLBerman @SLandP It’s honestly amazing how parallel the treatment issues are in both pain and addiction. If you replaced rehab with pain management, the entire tweet is still 💯 accurate. Legislators and (it would appear) many administrators have NO idea what they’re doing.

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@EqualityCouple @PainPtFightBack @LelenaPeacock @headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah Unfortunately, neither one of my epidural injections lasted more than an hour, so I underwent dangerous procedures...for nothing.

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@EqualityCouple @PainPtFightBack @LelenaPeacock @headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah Agreed. Personally, I was fine with both of my labors without an epidural....until they started the pitocin. I swear, it’s the devils juice. Such horrendous pain that didn’t relent. So, I think medical interventions do sometimes cause women to need an epidural.

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@headdock @LelenaPeacock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah Lolol!!

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@LelenaPeacock @Deeenst @headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah You most certainly are not a bad daughter!

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@headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @LelenaPeacock @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah I’m willing to bet there are enough MRIs already on file at major health systems. It shouldn’t be too hard to identify patient samples. Although, that those who have MRIs after ESIs may have a higher likelihood of AA as the MRI is usually only done if symptoms continue...

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@LelenaPeacock @headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah The extortion of patients has got to end!!!! Withholding scripts until you undergo procedures is beyond unethical 😡

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@headdock @LelenaPeacock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah I honestly am not familiar with RFA or the technique but always assumed they weren’t done that close to the spine cord. A quick google and it appears they do target nerve roots but it’s still unclear to me how close to the cord they generally get.

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@headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @LelenaPeacock @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah Honestly, I don’t think we’ll ever have true stats until someone looks at post-ESI MRIs on a wide swath of patients.

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@headdock @graceofmyheart @EmpressNorth @joanieLeeT @SierraB101 @Chronic_FLKeys @Deeenst @djwilliams35 @newhickschick @SpicyPurritos @karrij75 @JoeAllenNewman @StarvinLarry @fightpaindaily @VOpioids @PainPtFightBack @louisanamom @earthgodess48 @TheSarge11 @Chi_Curmudgeon @ThomasKlineMD @Angelsgal02 @StopBadDocs @AuntTritsy @JillPiggott @Kelly @Enough212 @LelenaPeacock @Calibamamami @AvaSkovdottir @Mica__Metal @RogueWolf2001 @mlvanbrit @Katamac1967 @pleasure_ryland @shelley_bean60 @Forensicman @NefarusContrara @EMPRESSROOTSGAL @EqualityCouple @pteet1 @AdvocateAr @totochaos @CanadaPain @AndrewHohentha2 @Shasta77777 @aander1987 @1baldchick @xxxIvyRosexxx @MaKyah And of those diagnosed, I would wager that an extremely small percentage is actually reported to the FDA. I know that mine wasn’t.

Additionally, Pfizer asked the FDA to ban depomedrol from being used in ESIs due to the high volume of adverse effects. This itself is telling.