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I am having a problem with some manitoba doctors. I have been on a waiting list for surgery for almost 7 months now and still nothing. I understand that they are busy but I am in constant pain, I'am vomiting almost everyday and some days I can't move because it hurts so badly. I have been to the emergency room a number of times and they have given me stronger pain killers like morphine ect. I do not want to be on pain killers all the time. I just want this surgery over and done with. I want to be able to work my full time job, play with my kids and be normal again.  
 
But last week I had enough. I woke up in the middle of the night in extreme pain and was taken to the hospital. I explained the situation again and was given more pain medication and told if I am still in pain the next day to come back. So the next day I did. The doctor tried to call my surgeon but as always he is away so he tried to get me in to see a winnipeg surgeon. And the doctor comes out and tells me the he will give me some strong pain medication that can only be given in emergency and if I am still in pain tomorrow that someone in winnipeg will see me. On a side note I would like to say that this doctor is wonderful and the nurses at the hospital were amazing. Every 8 hours I was in to see them.  
 
So the next day the doctor tells me that I need to go to winnipeg. So I drive all the way to winnipeg hoping that they will get the surgery done. I sit in emergency and wait and some resident comes over and says... I am Blah I am a surgical resident.. we looked over you chart and we are not sure what we will be able to do. We will not do the surgery that you need because it should be preformed by the surgeon who ordered it and we really don't have enough time today to do it any how. But there is another option.. we can do another procedure but you had that before and it got badly infected and they had to remove it so we really don't want to do that either. By this time I am sitting in tears in the emergency room. But what can I do?? So I did end up getting the other procedure done but it has not really helped. I feel like there is nothing I can do. I feel like no one gives a dam. I want to be very clear I know that surgens are busy i get that but I don't know how much longer I can deal with this. My job is suffering because I can't make it in very much, my kids are suffering because I can't play with them like I used too. I am exhausted all the time. I can feel my self getting more and more depressed as the days go on.  
 
So my question is has anyone had any other experiences like this and how have they been able to deal with it? And is there anything that I can do about it?