Missi7

I cannot understand how anyone can feel better by not having pain meds to reduce pain to a bearable state. I absolutely was in agony before I decided to take the pain meds. Sure there woul dbe less of the effect the drug has but the pain. IF ONE is really in pain the getting off of pain medicine is like committing suicide. Having a ever progressive spine disease and joint disease, among other pain problems. I can NOT live without the power of pain meds. I thank God fro pain meds! If I am not worthy of healing from Him at least there is pain meds to ease the suffering, albeit they do have consequence on the body. So sorry I can not see feeling better by not taking pain meds. Id rather die than live with that pain again.

Have to say that the picture of your profile is one beautiful doggy! Is that yours? I breed Standard Poodles and show too when able. This site has been encouraging to me. It hurts to be treated so callously by doctors. I hate it when someone puts in your record tested postive for opiates when DUH your prescribed opiates! That just irritates the pee pee out of me!:( ( Maybe THAT is why I lose my bladder from time to time not my back:P ( Sorry) If they want to test for drugs should they not test the level and say the patient is prescribed this and the test is consistent to what they are prescribed? Those little notes they put in files are not harmless. Someone commented about notes put in vets files. I get my record copy of it every so many months to keep up with my own file. And look through it as I have seen some tacky stuff put in it. Weird stuff too.Like commenting on private parts to food items! Good grief! I have never signed a pain contract. That sounds like a legal avoid liability thing to me. I do beg to differ that VA cannot be sued. Malpractice when a va doctor is sued in their individual capacity CAN be effective. Injunction requests depending on the situation also can help. But the vet has to make sure they fill out a Standard form 95 to avoid violation of FTCA ( Federal Tort Claim Act) which gives VA 6 months to respond. If they don"t it is a denial. Yet I do believe a request for injunctive relief can be filed outside the form 95. I appreciate your comments about vets being poorly treated when docs act like those taking pain meds are dopers. Yikers. I waited for years to not take pain meds. Only when I could not bear it any more and my spine was in such bad shape with every single disc now either abutting the cord, herniated with stenosis, some just bulging, bone lesions, bone cysts, and of course they do nothing but give meds. BUt hey at least I cna walk! When I take the meds I have some active life. Not bedridden wishing I could just die already oh please God take me take me! SO in 2003 I started pain meds on my birthday of all days. Yippee! Pain free day for my birthday! Now I take 10/500 every six hours for pain as needed. Always have some left at end of month. Careful to wait out when pain comes and not time yet for a pill. Use heat tens unit and some ibuprofen. So today sep 13 I get this letter saying the ONLY vets now that can have pain meds are ones who have surgery or acute injury and only for 4-6 weeks. They are transitioning to un pain med vets everywhere is what my doctor told me. Of course she called after I left a message that it was cruel to not even discuss such with patients just send a letter and say your cut off and oh by the way the last few years I gave you pain meds you did not need them. ( That is my , in essence she is saying...interpretation)