meesterperfect
Hiliary 2020
Hi. I'm going to reveal a little about myself in this thread. Hopefully I won't regret it but as we are all friends I think it will be ok.
In late 1999 I exploded a disc in my back at work.
For several months I lived in horrible pain. The kind of pain that makes you insane.
On March 1st 2000 I got surgery and he fixed me although it took about 2 months to recover completely from the trauma of back surgery.
On a sad note the day I got my surgery my girlfriend of several months died in a car accident. She was only 20. Wasn't even her fault.
Not long after I began working out again and over the years built my body into a very nice specimen over the years.
I never had even one issue with my back since. Until a few days ago.
Over the past few years due to my big responsibilty of raising a child on my own I have let myself get kinda soft.
Not fat and I'm only 5'8", but just a regular nothing special body.
So I got kind of a flu or something last week. Sucked out all my energy.
Then it snowed and I shoveled a little. 2 days later I could barely move, even breathing hurt and coughing, forgetaboutit.
So a lady who I am close with took me to the ER. I figured it was just muscular but an xray and some pain medication and perhaps muscle relaxers would help me cope.
By then I could barely walk and every movement was severe pain. I also could barely sleep more than an hour from the pain.
So I went to the ER. When I saw the doc who had reviewed my back and chest xrays he said there was nothing noticibly wrong which basically indicates it is most likelt a muscle injury and my spinal cord is basically being strangled by inflamed muscle.
I emphasized that I am the sole caregiver to a special needs child and I really need to manage this pain until it goes away.
He gave me 1 days worth of the smallest dose of prescription pain medicine.
When asked why only one day I got the "Well there is an opiate epidemic".
What he really meant was I have private insurance and not state insurance.
Next day I went to my regular doctor and explaned my severe pain and my situation.
I practically begged. She was nice, she gave me 6 pills. And she stated the same thing.
She said to get mre pain medication I need to see a specialist and get a diagnosis like and mri.
So maybe a month or two later I might have got something to decrease my excrutiating pain.
I know people in this drug ridden county I live in . I have a friend who basically owns a drug house or crack house.
All these people have state insurance because they are disabled because they are addicts and they are rolling in the prescription drugs which they sell usually for heroin. Ive seen this same thing many many times in my short sweet life.
So in order to be able to move around enough to be able to feed my son I had to break the law, risk incarceration, and losing my child which would have destroyed his life forever. As if he already doesn't have enough disadvantages.
So I ask, all the opiate pills flooding our country which come from the opium poppy grown mostly Afghanistam, a country the USA has occupied since 2003.....where do they all come from?
How do they get on the street?
Are people robbing Merk and Phizer factories?
No. They are being prescribed by doctors to millions of "patients" who have state insurance and drug/and or mental heath problems. Thats where the come from.
So if a guy like me who is clearly in agnony and damn near in tears asks a doctor for maybe a weeks worth of pain medication they get told to hit the bricks even in my situation.
This is not acceptable and its is nowhere close to being humane in any way.
When I lived in that "3rd world country" of Colombia I could have just gone to a pharmacy and for 5 or 10 bucks my problem would have been solved. And you rarely see an addict in that country.
Anyway this type of situation needs to be addressed and corrected.
In late 1999 I exploded a disc in my back at work.
For several months I lived in horrible pain. The kind of pain that makes you insane.
On March 1st 2000 I got surgery and he fixed me although it took about 2 months to recover completely from the trauma of back surgery.
On a sad note the day I got my surgery my girlfriend of several months died in a car accident. She was only 20. Wasn't even her fault.
Not long after I began working out again and over the years built my body into a very nice specimen over the years.
I never had even one issue with my back since. Until a few days ago.
Over the past few years due to my big responsibilty of raising a child on my own I have let myself get kinda soft.
Not fat and I'm only 5'8", but just a regular nothing special body.
So I got kind of a flu or something last week. Sucked out all my energy.
Then it snowed and I shoveled a little. 2 days later I could barely move, even breathing hurt and coughing, forgetaboutit.
So a lady who I am close with took me to the ER. I figured it was just muscular but an xray and some pain medication and perhaps muscle relaxers would help me cope.
By then I could barely walk and every movement was severe pain. I also could barely sleep more than an hour from the pain.
So I went to the ER. When I saw the doc who had reviewed my back and chest xrays he said there was nothing noticibly wrong which basically indicates it is most likelt a muscle injury and my spinal cord is basically being strangled by inflamed muscle.
I emphasized that I am the sole caregiver to a special needs child and I really need to manage this pain until it goes away.
He gave me 1 days worth of the smallest dose of prescription pain medicine.
When asked why only one day I got the "Well there is an opiate epidemic".
What he really meant was I have private insurance and not state insurance.
Next day I went to my regular doctor and explaned my severe pain and my situation.
I practically begged. She was nice, she gave me 6 pills. And she stated the same thing.
She said to get mre pain medication I need to see a specialist and get a diagnosis like and mri.
So maybe a month or two later I might have got something to decrease my excrutiating pain.
I know people in this drug ridden county I live in . I have a friend who basically owns a drug house or crack house.
All these people have state insurance because they are disabled because they are addicts and they are rolling in the prescription drugs which they sell usually for heroin. Ive seen this same thing many many times in my short sweet life.
So in order to be able to move around enough to be able to feed my son I had to break the law, risk incarceration, and losing my child which would have destroyed his life forever. As if he already doesn't have enough disadvantages.
So I ask, all the opiate pills flooding our country which come from the opium poppy grown mostly Afghanistam, a country the USA has occupied since 2003.....where do they all come from?
How do they get on the street?
Are people robbing Merk and Phizer factories?
No. They are being prescribed by doctors to millions of "patients" who have state insurance and drug/and or mental heath problems. Thats where the come from.
So if a guy like me who is clearly in agnony and damn near in tears asks a doctor for maybe a weeks worth of pain medication they get told to hit the bricks even in my situation.
This is not acceptable and its is nowhere close to being humane in any way.
When I lived in that "3rd world country" of Colombia I could have just gone to a pharmacy and for 5 or 10 bucks my problem would have been solved. And you rarely see an addict in that country.
Anyway this type of situation needs to be addressed and corrected.
