re: Legit chronic pain people

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what do legitimate chronic pain sufferers do to deal with their conditions?

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Well for one I never go to the ER looking for narcotics. I politely request totadol/keterolac because I cant stand the pain and don't have time for the dr to play the "is she drug seeking" game. I'm not! Please give me my toradol or do me a favor and shoot me, the pain is that bad.

Even at that, some ahole DRs get indignant and tell me not to tell them what to do. Geez i am not telling them what to do, I am telling them what work well for me that isn't a narcotic. hell if they could give me a shot to numb the entire area, I'd be so thankful for that. I just want the pain to stop.

I never have a problem at the small rural hospital I go to because they know in all my years there that I have never requested narcotics for my kidney stone, migraines, broken foot,severe chest pains etc. They happily give me toradol and know I am not drug-seeking.

So I "live" my life in pain. i can no longer work because when the pain gets too bad I pass out. I should not be driving because of this. I get no disability check or help, i pay cash for my dr and meds and only have one doctor.

Thanks to my "Ginger Gene" not all pain-meds work for me anyway and i need double or triple the amount to get the slightest relief. I even woke up when i was under anesthesia having kidney surgery. There are no words t describe the pain of being cut open like that. i still have nightmares

I live a life in severe pain but luckily it won't last forever. The way things are going, I have about 5 years of life left.

So thanks junkies and paranoid docs who make my life a daily living hell.