I Was Shamed by My Doctor for Being Black

[jwirr]

112. And are you going to pay for the funerals our here this year? I am not lobbying regarding ERs

mostly I am dealing with drug treatment centers that do the same thing as the doctors. However since you ask about busy body drug-o-phobics.

My grandson is one of the addicts. He was run over by a car and had his hip broken in 7 places. The generous doctors were told that he was trying to quit using a pain certain medication - what did they do - they gave him the drug he was already having trouble with and they raised the dosage. Today he is still trying to fight this addiction. And they not only gave it to him in the hospital but they gave him refills for 3 years. They were really "helping" him.

My SIL had his spine injured in the military in Turkey way before the Iraq war had ever been started. The VA did surgery but it did not help and he has been living with pain continually. It has been getting steadily worse. He did not want to get addicted so he lived with the pain - this last surgery he had not choice. So as you see I am no stranger to pain.

The way to get drugs legally is to go to a regular clinic that knows you and your problems. ER has no way of knowing which client comes there just to score drugs for a habit and which one has real pain. One of the problems is that no one can see pain.

BTW I have severe arthritis in my hips and back. So I am no stranger to pain myself. I am just tired of watching my family and friends, including children with SUD, die around me all the time because they are given drugs by the very people who are supposed to be helping them. One of my neighbors is supplying her whole family (parents and 7 brothers) with drugs by both going to a treatment center to get her daily dose and then hitting the ER room for an additional hit. God only knows what she is scoring illegally on the side. When I say we are trying to deal with an epidemic I mean just what I say.

We are lobbying for better treatment methods and I am not lobbying for myself alone. I am lobbying for every tribe in the state. It is happening all over our state. There has to be more records kept and they need to be shared with doctors who do not even know the their patient is in treatment etc. An old lady I knew years ago hated druggies but she had a window sill full of drugs all scored from different doctors. She did not even know she was one of the druggies.

Get yourself a regular doctor who will deal with your real pain. He will not only deal with it but he will look for the causes. The ER does not do that. If you do not have medical coverage then yes if that is the only way you can get help apply for disability. That is what it is there for.