I GET SO MAD SOMETIMES!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Okay. Yesterday was a BAD, BAD day. Relentless pain & nausea, &

extreme fatique. (It took all I had to read the posts made

yesterday.) But to add to it, I was blatantly reminded of how

healthcare workers treat people who take narcotics regularly. I

admit that I live in a drug infested area, & many people have no

tolerance & assume EVERYONE is seeking out drugs. I have been really

reducing my dosage, (from 90mg to 40mg a day). I've NEVER been able

to get much cooperation form the staff at my docs office when it

comes to refills or just talking to the nurse. When I told the

receptionist that I was taking 40 mgs, & I was going to run out

before she could schedule me an appt., she gave me a earlier appt &

got the nurse on the phone. The nurse actually spent 10 minutes

talking to me where before, she would take at least a day to return

any of my calls. And when she did call back, she was too busy to ask

the doc about my questions & could only leave a message on his desk.

Sometimes, it would be a couple of days before I got any response.

And if I called, they would just say the chart is on his desk.(I

worked in docs offices for a lot of years & I understand that the

staff has to be a smokescreen, but what a blatant slap in the

face.) It's like all of a sudden, I'm worthwile enough to respond to

just b/c I'm trying to get off as mauch of the narcs as I can. Once

again, I'm back to feeling defensive.

I'll be going in in a couple of weeks & I'm definately going to be

talking to my doc & whoever else I need to about this. I get so

angry sometimes.

Enough complaining. I can't think of any response to mmmber's

request for a CP joke. I guess I'm just having too bad of a day &

I'm too cranky.

Off to pray!

Deanna