My Journey May 15

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When the Dr said, "Older patients don't need as much pain medicine" I lost it. I just sat there and wanted to slap him.

I have RSD, Fibro, Ankylosing Spondilitis, Nerve damage due to broken neck and back (difference accidents) plus other conditions, and unfortunately they all cause pain.

Many days I have all I can do just to get up from the bed, and sometimes I have to use the motorized wheel chair just to go three steps. The pain is extreme and it never stops.

When Drs make stupid statement like that, it's just too much. Like adding insult to the pain. Many times I don't even sleep for days and when I do manage to sleep, the pain wakes me up.

Opiates are the best choice for pain control, unfortunately some people use them for recreations. We need those meds to survive. We are not addicts, not liars and we are people in pain who deserve to have that pain treated.

I don't expect to ever be pain free, that's impossible, but at least I should have enough pain relief to be able to function in some sort of way.

When the politions make "War on drugs" what they are really doing is making it harder for people who live a life of agony to get any sort of decent pain relief.

Addicts will always find a way to get what they want, but people who have to live like this are made to feel like criminals because we are in pain.

This is not right. We are only trying to get some relief and have some kind of life other than writhing in agony.

Many of us decide to stop liveing because it's just not worth the agony that we live with day by day. Horrible when this happens, but I cannot find it in my heart to blame thos who chose to stop living this horrible life of pain


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