Found a new pain doctor

The new Pain Doctor was great - he's in private practice.  Turns out my prior doctor, the head of a Pain Clinic at a major hospital had been his student many years ago.  And apparently not one of his prized pupils from what I gathered.  So, needless to say, he wasn't surprised to see me making the move.  He thought I was on far too many medications that hadn't been working for me other than the Methadone that are all very addictive in the body -- so we'll have to work on weaning me off of those very slowly.  

He wanted to do a diagnostic nerve block tomorrow but I'm already going to Minnesota to see Dr. Stanley Antolak next week and then going to the Ma.yo Clinic and I'm going to have an MRN (MR Neurography - like an MRI of your nerves) and my guy instinct tells me to stick to the original plan.  Hopefully this new Pain Dr. will work out.  It's a relationship that when you're in pain - it's of vital necessity that it works.  You don't need to be buddies but you have to make it work.  He is definitely what I was looking for though - someone interested in diagnosis.  And interested in decreasing useless meds.