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7 years 7 months ago - 7 years 7 months ago #168302 by Gordon
I think that the DM will have assumed that your prescribed pain medication adequately deals with the pain that your conditions cause, I know from personal experience that this is not always the case.
What terminology did you use to describe your residual pain?
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Annis wrote: Yeah, but you would think someone on the max dose of co-codamol and 10 anti-inflammatory tablets a day would be believed when they say the pain is significant!
I think that the DM will have assumed that your prescribed pain medication adequately deals with the pain that your conditions cause, I know from personal experience that this is not always the case.
What terminology did you use to describe your residual pain?
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7 years 7 months ago #168329 by Annis
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I said that my drugs take the edge off the pain I am in, but that my hands, for example, constantly throb and burn despite that, (at the WCA I likened it to having someone beat them with a hammer) and that most of the things I have to do day to day still cause sufficient pain to stop me doing them - eg the sharp pain I get when trying to cut food with a knife. The tablets also don't stop my back from hurting constantly, whether I am sitting, standing or lying down. I pointed out that taking the maximum dosage left me feeling spaced out. My doc is reluctant to give me anything stronger because of this. She tried me on Tramadol, but they didn't work.
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7 years 7 months ago #168357 by Gordon
You need to show that your pain limits your ability to complete the ESA activities, the key phrases are "significant discomfort", "significant pain" which is considered to be worse than significant discomfort and finally significant exhaustion.
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Annis wrote: I said that my drugs take the edge off the pain I am in, but that my hands, for example, constantly throb and burn despite that, (at the WCA I likened it to having someone beat them with a hammer) and that most of the things I have to do day to day still cause sufficient pain to stop me doing them - eg the sharp pain I get when trying to cut food with a knife. The tablets also don't stop my back from hurting constantly, whether I am sitting, standing or lying down. I pointed out that taking the maximum dosage left me feeling spaced out. My doc is reluctant to give me anything stronger because of this. She tried me on Tramadol, but they didn't work.
You need to show that your pain limits your ability to complete the ESA activities, the key phrases are "significant discomfort", "significant pain" which is considered to be worse than significant discomfort and finally significant exhaustion.
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