others attitudes toward our pain meds

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Hi Jen Z.

I DO understand how you feel regarding your meds. MOST do NOT

understand about oxycontin and will freak out if they know you are

taking it. Only a few people know, my immediate family and thats

all. Even then I feel funny about it but my therapist said only

people who are not educated about these drugs feel this way about it.

If they KNEW what a blessing it is to us who use it to improve our

quality of life and not to get high!

I think said it well, to sit your duaghter down and really explain it to

her in a calm setting. Maybe she could hear some of OUR stories and how much it

has helped us to LIVE!

I also " feel " the stigma that has been attached to these meds, and a lot of it

is in my own head, in that the medical community is mostly educated to respect

this drug and KNOW it is a very useful tool in controlling chronic pain. I hope

this helped a little. I helped to remind myself! hang in there.

Together we all can get through this.