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BEWARE
of
this
pain
clinic!!.
I
waited
4
years
to
get
into
this
pain
clinic,
and
the
care
is
really
sub-par,
and
the
doctors
donāt
seem
to
care
about
their
patients
at
all,
and
they
just
want
to
rush
you
out
the
door
and
be
done
with
you
so
they
can
move
on
to
different
patients
on
the
waitlist.
And
if
you
have
a
complex
case,
forget
about
it.
Theyād
rather
kick
you
out
of
their
clinic
rather
than
taking
the
time
to
truly
help
you.
Like
I
said,
I
waited
4
years
to
get
into
this
pain
clinic
at
the
hospital,
and
when
I
finally
got
to
see
a
doctor,
it
was
obvious
that
she
didnāt
care
about
me
right
off
the
bat.
It
was
obvious
how
incredibly
judgemental
she
was
from
the
start.
I
came
in
with
an
already
existing
diagnosis
of
CRPS.
At
the
first
and
second
and
third
appt,
she
said
I
definitely
looked
like
I
had
CRPS,
and
met
the
criteria,
but
wanted
to
rule
out
everything
else.
Another
doctor
even
took
a
look
at
my
foot/leg
and
said
that
I
met
criteria
for
a
CRPS
diagnosis.
But
she
absolutely
refused
to
make
a
diagnosis.
She
did
a
bone
scan,
and
that
was
negative...
and
then
she
said
I
didnāt
have
CRPS
(despite
all
the
signs
and
meeting
the
Budapest
criteria,
and
already
having
a
diagnosis
from
a
different
doctor).
There
is
no
single
study
or
lab
test
that
can
confirm
or
exclude
CRPS
-
itās
all
based
on
meeting
the
Budapest
criteria,
which
I
do.
.
She
then
labelled
me
with
āopiate
use
disorderā
(which
I
donāt
have,
according
to
many
other
doctors,
I
donāt
have
any
of
the
signs).
She
immediately
took
me
off
of
all
opiates,
right
before
Christmas
break,
which
sent
me
into
severe
withdrawal
and
increased
my
pain
dramatically
(which
was
being
controlled).
I
couldnāt
reach
a
doctor
for
WEEKS,
and
I
was
too
scared
to
go
to
the
ER
for
help.
I
attempted
suicide,
and
then
when
I
saw
her
next,
she
was
very
dismissive
of
me
and
basically
said
that
she
ādidnāt
know
how
else
to
treat
meā
for
the
pain,
despite
having
tried
NOTHING
to
treat
my
CRPS
pain.
She
clearly
just
labelled
me
so
she
could
kick
me
out
of
the
pain
clinic.
I
had
about
6
appointments
in
total,
she
wasnāt
willing
to
treat
me,
and
then
when
I
called
to
book
another
appointment
the
next
month,
I
was
told
that
I
was
no
longer
a
patient
there.
The
last
I
had
heard
was
that
she
was
going
on
vacation
for
a
couple
of
weeks,
and
that
I
would
have
a
follow
up
appointment
with
her
when
she
got
back,
at
which
point,
I
had
arranged
to
hire
a
patient
advocate
to
come
with
me.
Well,
I
guess
she
didnāt
want
this,
so
she
labelled
me
with
an
opiate
use
disorder
so
she
could
kick
me
out.
Iāve
seen
3
different
doctors
since
then,
and
all
3
have
CONFIRMED
that
I
do
in
fact
have
CRPS.
They
have
all
stated
that
I
definitely
DO
NOT
have
āopiate
use
disorderā
and
I
am
back
on
opiates,
which
are
managing
my
pain
well
and
have
lowered
it
from
8/10
every
day
to
5/10
on
a
good
day.
The
Ottawa
Hospitals
pain
clinic
is
the
ONLY
pain
clinic
in
my
city
that
can
do
Ketamine
infusions
and
Sympathetic
blocks,
etc,
and
she
absolutely
refused
to
try
anything.
Ketamine
infusions
are
the
standard,
#1
treatment
for
CRPS,
and
if
done
early,
they
can
even
send
CRPS
into
remission.
But
since
she
refused
to
treat
me,
labelled
me
and
more
or
less
called
me
a
liar,
all
so
she
could
get
away
with
dropping
me
as
a
patient
(and
not
get
sued),
my
CRPS
may
never
go
into
remission.
I
will
probably
have
to
live
with
this
pain
for
the
rest
of
my
life,
all
because
of
this
doctor
who
didnāt
care
about
me,
who
doesnāt
seem
to
care
about
anybody
but
herself.
I
canāt
figure
out
for
the
life
of
me
why
she
became
a
doctor...
it
definitely
wasnāt
to
help
people...
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