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Cass - Apr 24, 2011 3:03:55 pm PDT #5031 of 30001

Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

The doctor refilled my albuterol inhaler; I actually had thought I shouldn't use it, but he said it would help and it does.

I called for that refill yesterday. I only fill it every few years so I need a new script every time. Thankfully the clinic just did it. Except today is a holiday so I can't pick it up until tomorrow. Should have planned that bit better.

SuziQ - Apr 24, 2011 3:07:34 pm PDT #5032 of 30001

Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

The doctor refilled my albuterol inhaler

I have been using my nebulizer AND inhaler. And I have Prednisone that I'm going to ask my doc if I should take.

Theodosia - Apr 24, 2011 3:09:01 pm PDT #5033 of 30001

'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"

The problem is that severe-pain-relief-seeking behavior look to the casual observer much the same thing as drug-seeking behavior, and the legal/moral presumption is that it's the latter, especially when it's something (migraine, back pain, fibromyalgia) that doesn't look like the patient is sick. So patients like ita get screwed over.

Hil R. - Apr 24, 2011 3:12:24 pm PDT #5034 of 30001

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

The problem is that severe-pain-relief-seeking behavior look to the casual observer much the same thing as drug-seeking behavior, and the legal/moral presumption is that it's the latter, especially when it's something (migraine, back pain, fibromyalgia) that doesn't look like the patient is sick. So patients like ita get screwed over.

I know that there have been several times that I wouldn't have gotten the pain medication I needed if I hadn't known how to casually insert "My father is a lawyer" into the discussion with the doctor.

brenda m - Apr 24, 2011 3:12:35 pm PDT #5035 of 30001

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Casual observer /= pain clinic. In a sane world.

Jesse - Apr 24, 2011 3:18:31 pm PDT #5036 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, I feel like that should be the point of a pain clinic.

Dana - Apr 24, 2011 3:19:06 pm PDT #5037 of 30001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Right? It's been how many fucking years for ita?

Zenkitty - Apr 24, 2011 3:26:11 pm PDT #5038 of 30001

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

ita, it's beyond my understanding how the pain management clinic won't try to help you with the pain you are clearly in.

Yeah. WTF are they there for, then?

sarameg - Apr 24, 2011 3:51:37 pm PDT #5039 of 30001

Got a call from the vet: looks like he's brewing a UTI, which could have caused a cascade. Liver and kidney numbers are up. That could be in response to UTI/sugar crash, or just indicative he's old and diabetic (looked it up, earliest record I saw referencing db was 2003, but that was a boarding receipt, not diag. So at least 8 years.) And he's been around since '92 or so.

Calli - Apr 24, 2011 4:50:48 pm PDT #5040 of 30001

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I hope they can cure the UTI quickly, sarameg, and get Mr. Kitty back on his feet.

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