I had a lovely visit with my pain management doctor. My appointment was at 2pm and I arrived just before 2. The waiting room has flat bottomed chairs with little or no cushion. I have severely deteriorated lumbar discs which manifest themselves as a source of incredible pain. I take hydrocodone, as provided by the pain doctor. I also take ibuprofen at a dosage of 800mg. Before I left home today at 1pm, I took the ibuprofen. At about 1:45, I took my dosage of hydrocodone. I sat and sat and sat at the doctors office. It was 4pm before they took me back to get my vitals and then I sat in that waiting room till 5:40, when I got my 5 minutes with the doctor. I got my prescriptions and left at 5:50pm. The pain relief that I took wore of by 3:15; so the remaining time I was there, I was in severe pain from sitting on the GD chairs.
It is like this everytime I visit this office and I would like to go to another doctor, but I have been to the other local doctors and they are horrible. This doctor is reasonable, but his office is way overbooked and poorly managed, to say the least. He gives me cortisone shots every 3 months, but they only help for 2 months, which is why this visit was so painful. The time spent is is out of control. The wait is usually 3 hours. Today was the all time record. I just hope that others here do not have to suffer through this kind of situation. Pain is serious and today was as serious as it has been in a long time. Be well.