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Showing Original Post only (View all)An Alabama mom faces jail for filling a doctor's prescription while pregnant. [View all]
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An Alabama mom battling chronic back pain faces felony charges for refilling her prescription while pregnant in a case her attorneys say tests the limits of legal protections for women receiving medical care.
Kim Blalock had back problems before she became pregnant. She suffered from arthritis and degenerative disc disease. Surgical complications and a car accident the year before her pregnancy made her pain even worse.
Blalock, a married stay-at-home mother of six, managed her condition under the care of a local orthopedist. He prescribed hydrocodone, one of the most common medications for patients with chronic pain. It enabled the 36-year-old to keep up with her young children and two older teens.
There are days that I cant get up, said Blalock, who lives in Florence in north Alabama. There are days where Im OK, and there are days that are just horrible. It is debilitating. I have a lot of pain and limited mobility, and Ive got two little kids (and older ones) who need me all day.
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An Alabama mom faces jail for filling a doctor's prescription while pregnant. [View all]
Nevilledog
Jun 2021
OP
Why keep having children, then, if you "can't keep up" because of pain and immobility?
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#1
She stopped taking the pain pill while this case proceeds. When she takes medication for her pain,
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#3
Because she wants to have kids? She's in a lot of pain anyway. People who live with chronic pain
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#17
Not sure why you feel the need to attempt to limit the scope of my impressions/takeaway
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#42
Did I not discuss the things the way you thought they should be discussed?
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#106
Just a not so friendly P.S.A. that people's reproductive and procreative plans and decisions are
MrsCoffee
Jun 2021
#126
News stories, interviews, and court proceedings make it public business.
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#128
When people resort to personal attacks, it means they really have no argument.
Treefrog
Jun 2021
#100
She *is* able to care for them while on pain medication. Where do you get "whacked out"?
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#31
I was prescribed Percocet for abdominal surgery. Yep, I wasn't at my best.
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#35
*You* were whacked out. That was *your* personal experience on perc. That does not mean she is.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#36
For most people, narcotics make you sleepy/goofy, at least until you develop a tolerance.
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#40
+++ agree. I suffer chronic migraines and use vicodin/hydrocodone to supplement me thru the time
iluvtennis
Jun 2021
#85
My apologies to you about "buzz"/"high" - didn't mean to attach to you. Was just
iluvtennis
Jun 2021
#121
Not really. I'm relying on professional experience administering narcotics in many
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#59
Are you telling me that the most common/expected side effects of narcotics are just
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#74
I think that is a particularly cruel question, blame the victim, and not pertinent to the case.
ShazamIam
Jun 2021
#102
She chose to be interviewed by the media. So I'm going by her statements.
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#68
Outrageous. Here are the medical facts on use of pain meds during pregnancy:
Liberty Belle
Jun 2021
#5
Pregnancy hormones cause pelvic ligaments to loosen, and can indeed cause...
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#28
When there are issues with a drug or procedure, it is a doctor's obligation to determine
pnwmom
Jun 2021
#83
That's why (among other reasons) I don't think she should be held criminally liable.
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#89
There's a doctor on this thread, we should ask him if any responsible doctor
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#91
If that information was medically relevant, shouldn't a responsible doctor have asked?
Lancero
Jun 2021
#96
I agree, she shouldn't be reduced to agony/nonfunctioning status, that isn't
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#104
Big difference between "uncaring" which I did not accuse her of--and "irresponsible"
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#108
Specifically, she's being charged with not telling her doctors she was pregnant
Rocknation
Jun 2021
#118