Or else they are hundreds of miles away with me, eating thanksgiving leftovers in Olympia Washington. And certainly not beating on that asshole doctor who I guarantee you is not a pain specialist, and got her ideas about "making an addict" from the Reader's Digest.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Typo Boy - Nov 28, 2008 6:49:41 pm PST #3609 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
NoiseDesign - Nov 28, 2008 6:53:20 pm PST #3610 of 10002
Our wings are not tired
I think after this that Doc might become a specialist on pain after some first hand knowledge.
erikaj - Nov 28, 2008 7:00:25 pm PST #3611 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm concerned about the drugs, too,but not more than the incapacitating PAIN, you know?
Typo Boy - Nov 28, 2008 7:28:29 pm PST #3612 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'm concerned about the drugs, too,but not more than the incapacitating PAIN, you know?
One of the points of a pain specialist is they've already considered that, weighed one against the other. The ER docs are NOT supposed to over-ride that.
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2008 8:45:59 pm PST #3613 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks KRM. If they ask, we've never met. Complete strangers.
I've asked my GP for a referral to a specific pain specialist. Not that I haven't already had one. The ER attending was full of bright ideas for my pain management, but she didn't suggest anything I hadn't already tried.
This totally belongs on many people's Christmas as you wish list.
Shir - Nov 29, 2008 12:01:37 am PST #3614 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
God, ita. I'm sorry for people being assholes to you, and I wish you didn't have to go through this to begin with.
I also wish that you (well, and me) could electrify annoying people from distance. You know, to make them shut the fuck up or to make them feel some pain.
Just a thought. What, that doesn't make me a sociopath, does it?
Shir - Nov 29, 2008 12:28:35 am PST #3615 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh, billytea. Much ~ma to your sister, her kid and family.
Theodosia - Nov 29, 2008 2:23:48 am PST #3616 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Thinking of your family, billytea.
Barb - Nov 29, 2008 3:30:41 am PST #3617 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
Oh sweet merciful heavens-- an ER doctor gave you self-righteous crap for being in massive amounts of pain and looking for something to relieve it?
Forget it. Y'all are in Florida visiting me. And GG and Laura I'm sure would add to the alibi. We're having a Florida F2F.
And billytea, I'm so, so sorry for your family-- sending many thoughts your way.
Liese S. - Nov 29, 2008 6:37:01 am PST #3618 of 10002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
That is stupid and sucks, ita. And I'm sure she thinks she's looking out for you long-term, but it doesn't make the current solution any less asinine.
Prayers going your way, billytea.