I couldn't believe my ears

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After taking Oxy for almost 4 years now (Feb. will make 4), my

oldest, Keeley, has just started making comments about it, and they

aren't pleasant ones, and I have a fairly good idea where she's

getting her information.

Today, we took the girls shopping to spend their Christmas money and

gift cards. And of course, as time dragged on, and with them having

no thoughts or concern for me, I got pretty worn out and sore. I

didn't have any medication on me, so when we got home, I needed to

take some, a Soma and an Oxycontin.

She asked me what I took, and I said " pain medication " . She asked in

kind of a snotty voice " Oxycontin?? " , and I said " Yes, that is what

I've been taking for quite a while now. " Then she made the comment

that every time she turns around I'm popping one in my mouth, and it

was all I could do to keep from getting so angry. I just turned

around and calmly said " You have NO idea what I'm taking or when. "

To that she replied " Your probably going to kill yourself taking all

that stuff! " She has no idea, and doesn't even care to know, what

all is wrong with me, or that each medication is very different, and

that I don't want to take them either!

My niece, who is a real troublemaker, has it in Keeley's head that

I'm some sort of junkie, that all I do all day long is pop Oxy's.

She even told a lot of my family that I'm a coke head. If I thought

it would even sink in her head, I would tell Keeley that I still have

probably 40 pills left of a ONE month script I had filled in early

November, and even though my back has been in pretty bad shape, I'll

more than likely still have over half of THAT left by the 11th of

January.

It just makes me sick that my niece has put all this crap in her

head. Keeley even said to me that I probably begged the doctor to

give me my disabled parking placard, even though she was right there

when I told him my temporary one was about to expire, and that I

needed a new one, and when he wrote it out. I hate to say this, but

if she was grown and off at college, I wouldn't have even half the

stress in my life that I do now. I'm going to ask her psych to re-

evaluate her, and maybe try her on a different medication. Heck, I

have serious doubts that she's really taking her med when I give it

to her now!

I'm sorry to vent on all of you, but you're the only people that I

know would truly understand all of this. When I told my husband what

Keeley said about how I'm always popping Oxy's, he said " Are you? " .

It just infuriated me, because he knows better.

I hope you all are having a better pre-holiday Eve than I am! I even

ended up spending some of the money I got for X-mas to buy some new

clothes on HER, and she never even said thank you! So frustrating!

Happy New Year's Eve-Eve to all!

Jen Z.