I went to dr. Right arm not working quite right. Hurt, numb, shaking muscles, etc..... So this PA is checking over my chart and says "Don't u think this is an awful lot of Vicodine, Mary?" (3 tabs per day for fibro pain) I said, excuse me??? He proceeds to say "I have cancer pts who don't take this much." I responed with "SO...JUST B/C I DO NOT HAVE CANCER - DOCTOR - I SHOULD NOT HURT BAD ENOUGH TO TAKE THIS VERY SMALL DOSE OF VIC.? I started to cry, I do that when frustrated. I would not talk, or could not talk to him. Felt like walking out but just sat there crying like a baby. He left the room, came back w/box of kleenex and says "Chronic pain sucks." I just looked at him like, how the ... would you know. I did say to the guy, until you walk a day in my shoes, you have no right to compare my pain with that of your cancer pts. My father had lung cancer, had his entire left lung removed. Cancer spread to bone, the man never even took an aspirin for pain??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So..... anyone else had this comparison thing done to them - just curious