Re: Just an Update and Welcome Re: sorry to hear about your health

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Sorry to hear that you've had such a hard time with

your health, but I can relate to the way they treat

you in the e.r..

We live in Corpus Christi, Texas and the hospital that

they send all the poor or the ppl w/o insurance here

has alot of lets be nice and say that they are not the

nicest ppl in the world. Treat u like u have the

plague and are not good enough for them to tale time

out off their socializing to be of help to u.

My future husband took me there last week bcause the

fibro and all the ruptured discs hurt so bsd all I

could do was pray and cry, and I can't say with I did

the most of!

Finally the nurse with a personality like dry ice came

in to give me a shot for pain and all it was was

toredol. whoopie, like that is going to help. But

because I am in recovery, both AA and NA, they think

that I'm just there to get a free high. They judge me

for my past and fail to see me as I am today.

Downers were not the problem I had, I was into just

the opposite. A TWEEKER to the max. But I'll have 2

yrs. in recovery on the 8th of next month and I take

the program very seriously.

Anyway, to make a short story long...lol..15 min.

after she gave me the shot, I'm still in tears, the

ICE QUEEN return and says that I'm discharged! Bout

that time my mate () goes up to the nursing

station and tells them that they better do something

more for me, to which the ICE QUEEN replys that we'd

have to wait as the Dr. was on

break...#$%$#%$#% & * & *@^!!!,sorry for the cuss words

there, after 6 hrs. of lying there in pain, the dr.

finally gives me another cheek(not the one on the face

either) full of this time phenabarb & demerol. That

did take the pain away, for about 5 hrs. is all.

My family Doc looked all over Corpus for another

Doctor to give me the IM trigger point injections that

I want so much, but no-one here in Corpus, which is a

pretty big place, treats Fibromyalgia. Now I've been

search for places that are from 1 and 1/2 to 3 hrs.

drive from here. So in closing, (I know yall are

saying it's bout time she shut-up), I can really

relate to how you feel and know what you are going

thru.

Also know that u along with EVERYONE else in this room

r in my thoughts and prayers. Hope u get 2 feeling

better soon.

Good luck AND

GOD BLESS,

SUNSHINE

[Guest guest]

Hi Sunshine,

You are experiencing the same treatment I had many years ago. See, I too am

in recovery, 171/2 years. It took me many years after my diagnosis' to accept

treatment with opiod drugs, but my choices where limited.

My primary care and pain doctors are the only ones who are privy to the

knowledge of my recovery now. I refuse to be treated as a second class citizen

because of bad choices I made many years ago. It does not negate the fact that

I

have many illnesses that cause debilitating pain daily. There are some

friends of mine that are in the same situation as me being recovery and having

to

take medication and we even have our own little meetings. It's a difficult

situation. Doesn't matter what the drug was that you took in your " other life. "

We still need treatment now!

I hope you find a doctor to treat you soon. I know that desperation. It

took me many years to find mine. Someone is out there to help you.

And congratulations on your upcoming 2 years!

Kathleen in Calif.

PS

Sorry if I was ranting. It just makes me so angry when people in recovery

are denied adequate treatment.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

That's sad to hear about your dad. The disease of alcoholism and addiction

is horrible. It ruins families. I have been so blessed to have so many years

of recovery. But I work hard at it. Statistics are not great for long term

recovery. I pray for all of those who have had the luxury of being given a

chance at recovery and for whatever reason have not stayed with it. There are

many who never get the chance.

Kathleen in Calif.

[Guest guest]

Sunshine and Kathleen:

Congratulations to you both for what must be a very hard situation to be in

considering your past and being able to control your problem and still stay

clean even with chronic pain. I am proud of both of you.

My father is an alcoholic. I would say recovering but he fell " off the

wagon " several years ago and I had to sever ties with him completely because

of my two daughters. He is and continues to be a violent alcoholic. He did

so well for about four years then I lost him to the bottle again. It is a

shame too. My brother still speaks to him but he, like me, will not let him

around his wife nor their children because of his behavior when drinking.

We have given him the opportunity to see the children on a limited basis if

he was sober but he won't even stay sober enough to allow us to let him

visit with his grandchildren. My brother's two youngest children have never

seen him and my youngest daughter was so young when we parted ways that she

assumes that my father, her maternal grandfather, is " in heaven " like her

paternal grandfather. My mother is remarried but for some reason my kids

have always called him uncle instead of grandfather. I think it is because

they spent more time around his nieces and nephews where my brother's

children, who are considerably younger than mine, have spent time around our

step-father's biological grandchildren.

Keep up the great work. You are both in my prayers not only so you can

continue having the courage and strength to do what needs to be done but

also that you will have more good days with your chronic pain than bad days.

Again, congratulations. You both should be proud.

Blessed Be,