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[Guest guest]

Howdy...I've been living in hell again for the past few weeks. I had to

have my morphine pump implant replaced as the battery was dying after 7

years. I can't complain about that as it allowed me to stand up without a

walker and all of that good stuff and my battery actually lasted 2 years

longer than average.

My problem started 3 days prior to the surgery as one of my F******

headaches from hell decided to start up. Well, long story short it jest

kept ratcheting up day by day after the surgery to the point where I

couldn't in good conscience take anymore pills. Than the teeth in the upper

right part of my mouth started to literally all feel abscessed all at once,

than my right ear started to cause me unbelievable pain. I had to call in

my Dentist after hours yet my teeth (although they are all broken/shattered

from the roids and the headaches...not to count my younger years with fist

fights/wrestling etc.) so I tried to call my PCP as I felt I could take it

no more and I had to go to the ER/resort. Well, my luck has not changed, my

PCP was not on call and the answering service would not do anything for me

other than to tell me to take tylenol and go to the ER. I swore after the

last time I had to go to the ER without a Dr calling ahead that I'd never

do it again. Once they see my medication list and morphine pump implant

they automatically label me a drug seeker and treat me worse than an abused

dog.

I have had it. Today is the first day the headache has dropped at all,

from a 10 to maybe a 9, and that may be generous. I was able to get into

see my PCP today and he is going to see if there is a way he can have

something inserted into my records for the ER exclusively so that they

don't ever do what they always do to me again. I layed in agony for 12

straight days. I had to force myself just to get up to go to the bathroom

and stuff like that. Te pain was indescribable.

Anyone know of a way to nail these " Holier Than Though " ER people who

treat many of us like shit??? I literally can not go without my Dr calling

as I know that I will KILL at least one of those SOBs the next time they

give me the " ATTITUDE " they love to show people they don't want to deal

with.

I swear a they have a requirement that you have to be a miserable

arrogant a**HOLE to work in an ER.

Just venting. My PCP wanted to know how I was able to stay out of the ER

and I was honest..I doubled my HYDROMORPHONE dose, placed ice packs on my

head and repeatedly smashed my head off of one of the 8x8 wooden supports

in my basement. I really am glad I had the original bars removed and the

8x8s installed so that my regulation billiard table ( 9' x 4.5' ) as

smashing my head as hard as I can off of those actually helps. Not by a

great amount, but enough.

He begged me to never do that again and never tell anyone in the ER that

as they'd stick me in the wacko-ward! What a life we get to live! I guess

that has to be looked at through rose colored glasses to be able to call

what some of us do as " Live " .

Later, Kirk.

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