Posted 10/16/2013 3:51 PM (GMT 0)
A few that have followed my past post may Know my situation. Changing States and Doctors. Things seem to work much differently in this State of Virginia than most states. Before I would find an orthopedic get an appointment he would look at my Xrays we would have a discussion on the type of pain. Aching stabbing burning ect.. then we would discuss what has worked for me in the past and Away I'd go with my meds. Not anymore not in Virginia anyway. The pain program I'm in, in this State, demands I get a PCP and it's up to them to write the prescriptions. So the pain doctors at a large university teaching hospital don't want to take responsibility, So I'm on the phone yesterday trying to find a PCP in my area, I called over 20 different practices and all but one shot me down on the phone. 3 even had on the phone prompts that they are not accepting pain patients. What has become of the medical profession that they just let a whole population of people in tremendous need suffer because it has become politically incorrect to treat them? Yet the Doctors caused this themselves because of greed, and writing prescriptions for people with the money and not the need! And us who truly need this therapy are left in the cold and looked at as drug seekers. I know it's a bad thing to say but I think I'd rather have cancer, at least I would get treated and I know it will end soon. This is too much like a life sentence.