Re: anyone know new pain prescribing rules (changed to Pam's Personal Pain Med Story)

[Guest guest]

my pcp in Nashville said there are no new laws, just stricter enforcement of the

ones already on the books.

I too was bedridden for 1.5 years. Now i find that movement, (not over

exertion) cleared arthritic pain in my hips. I did just sustain another injury

to my neck. I am setback. Down, but not out.

My disability was denied again. I am working with vocational rehab to try to

get back to work.

They said only part time so now I don't know what I will be able to do with this

recent injury. I now have major depressive disorder.

No insurance - riches to rags. I am the squeezed middle class. One smart move

I did was to take all of my 401k and buy a house in the country for $30k, so I

have a roof over my head.

And I have two attorneys. one for disability and another going after my

disability insurance carrier.

In the mean time I am on food stamps and utility assistance. My church helps me

with clothes.

I'd be nowhere without my faith.

Ellen from tn

[Guest guest]

You keep pushing. I have pushed one day at a time for 25 yrs. At 75 I am not

ready to give up. I go from chair to chair and to wheelchair too. I take so much

medication: meloxicam, hydocholr, cymbalta, gabepentin, hydrocodone, mexiletine,

plus cholesterol and blood pressure drugs.

If I can get the SCS I can get off several of these. Try to look at it like

this: what can I do today that I couldn't do last week? And what is my goal for

today? one step more. Like drug rehab, you can do it. Hang in there!

Rosie

Pam wrote:

I dread a day might come when I can no longer get the meds I need to have the

mobility to independently transfer from my hospital bed to my

wheelchair, or to walk from chair-to-chair inside my house.