Should've called ambulance. They get immediate treatment and admission....
Haha I know Jim. I have that part all planned out it's just that holding something that weighed about 12 lbs and just holding that for about 3 minutes carrying it had my head spinning and me near...
Stay here, vent every time you need to. There is real support and love here. There's nowhere else I've been that I felt welcome and cared for so fast....
Grades were never a problem, I've got a 143 iq. Being a radiologist is the same difficulty and schooling as being an RN basically. And that whole "cut off" you speak of also depends on location....
Just hold on dude. You're not much younger than me. I'm 25 and last year I fell 12 feet into a concrete floor. I ended up paralyzed for a week and have been in debilitating pain ever since. On top of...
Being able to say I forgive you and mean it is a beautiful feeling. I'm glad you finally got to put that piece of your life behind you....
Hydrocodone is not a "severe pain" medication so what is your dr talking about? It's use on the controlled substance list says MILD TO MODERATE....
I'm going to go for radiology...I have a WC case and My lawyers are going to win basically whatever they go for...but I'm 25 even if I get 300k as a settlement i don't want to just do nothing for the...
To her job as a float CNA (it lets her do her school work and get paid for it, yay!) just carrying her bookload, it couldn't have been much more than 10-14 lbs, I felt nauseas, got a headache, and...
Coming here was the first place if felt total compassion and understanding since my injury. I don't know what you're describing since I'm New, but I've felt no negative vibe from anybody here....
20 mg=40 mg and I'm aware of the half life. I'll be back on the opana soon enough. And opana has worked far better for me than dilaudid....
I'm jusy worried about ssd affecting my comp case? I don't want to jeopardize my half million settlement or anything....
Good luck. I hope when my time comes i get thenpositive energy too....
I think I'll be filing for ssd in march. It'll have been a full yeah then and if not then, then next march. Have to see what lawyer thinks about the beet time for that....
I stopped taking lyrics. I'd rather not feel drunk al day and have no memory than have zero nerve pain. The cymbalta seems to be doing alright with that...but I AM worried about it raising my Bp....
I take roxi 30 right now in place of my opana. Ir is cheaper abd faster acting I feel....
Well, mostly good. The comp company appealed the judges decision, but my lawyer is as certain as before that we would prevail. Just means a bigger retroactive paycheck, and they have exhausted their...
I just talked to my lawyer. Their original offer of 30k he got, said he wasn't gonna waste my time or his with a call over a bullshit offer like that, much less start negotiations without another...
Because the compensation adjustor feels he s qualifiers to make med decisions for me and is denying me. The reason is for, I see them every 3 weeks. I was on 80 mg opana a day, 20 mg every 6 hours....
Just got the reading on my cervical MRI. There are no fractures and supposedly no herniations in my C spine, but my l4,l5, s1 are all herniated, and even with their own IME recommending me stay on...
I remember a couple weeks ago, going to my car, (handicapped parking obviously) this wretch of a woman was waiting by my car and starts yelling at me "what are you doing parked in handicapped?" I...
And oh the "friends" that want tO hang out when they find out you've got pain meds....
I've been trying so hard for so long. I feel like no matter whose with me I'm only doing it on my own....
I was burned very badly. I have blistering in my ear drum. I have been ginger to counseling as well. I just started at a new place, I had been goIng to a place for 6 months that gave me no benefits...
I remember when I first got out if the hospital after u had been paryzed for a week. One of the nurses tried telling me opiates obviously didn't work on me. I replied, "what Re you talking about...
I'm 25 and I feel like I have nothing left to hope for....
I understand that where you all are coming from. I just...I was trying to resolve it and even just get an apology out of her. Instead I get a scalding drink in my ear. I don't want her to lose her...
I was trying to read her badge. To report her peacefully. I asked four times for her identity. I understand that maybe I shouldn't ha e tried to grab her badge, but I did NOT aak her threateningly....
Lucky you, Jim. I've seen far more of those nurses that paint you as a junkie than paint younas a patient. Keep her in your life wherever she goes to practice. Christmas cards too. Her kind are a...
Let me reiterate, she cussed me out for accidentally knocking into her while walking down an aisle. How often do you bump into people? Upon asking her to repeat what she said to me, she reiterated...
In short, YOU dont talk to the insurance companies. You have the lawyers do it. If your council is not adequately representing you, you have the right to seek alternate council....
I grabbed her tag, not her. It wasn't "fight or flight" it was " oh shit I'm gonna lose my job" let me guess, younsynpathize with her throwing scalding coffee in my face too so I couldn't identify...
No, she wasn't on break. I didn't return in a threatening manner. I walked away and realized i didn't know WHO I was reporting. I demanded her name to report her. The name tag wasnt "unobservable...
I was going to shop in walmart last night, I bumped into an emPloyee in her late 40's, early 50's. She actually told me " watch where you're going you fucking idiot." I said, "excuse me? You work...
With personal I jury lawyers, you don't have to pay them until the recoup your losses +more. Fire him, find a better attorney. He doesn't have your interests in mind....
Half, addicted and dependent aren't the same thing. You have a physical NEED for it. It's not the same as running the streets looking for a fix....
I hope you contacted a lawyer in regards to your car accident. At to the toehr stuff...there is emergency medicaid etc that you should qualify for....
Retiredmok I hope you hired a lawyer and got her license revoked. That's not just negligence. That's intent to do harm....
Nurseke, it depends o the source of their pain. If the pain is actualyncaused by a spasming Muscle, no amount of narcotic will take the pain away until the spasm is managed. When I lost use of my...
More and more I see people entering the medical field without a single care for the patients, solely for profit margins. I know junkies will always be there. But having no heart for people that come...
It's sad. Our bodies have become our prisons. My father passed Of ALS and I know this is how he felt. He was an iron man too. I hoPe one day I can get 1/2 of what I had back. I'd take it over this...
Thank you. I dont know what that procedure entails, but I'm assuming that since you survived chemo and you're still in pain, you have nerve damage. I was offered to settle out of court by the comp...
Anyway, I have been dealing with a sick sadist adjustor who has been denying me treaatment for almost a year, and denying me medications the last three months, claiming that since my hand had been...
Honestly, we all have diff metabolisms and diff levels of pain...you ebing a sheet metal worker...your body wuld burn around 5000-6000 calories a day just because you were on your feet all day...that...
Former superman here. 25 yrs old, crippling back injury..lumbar, thoracic (T8-T12), cervical )C4-C7) herniations, torn rotator cuff. One year ago today I could lift 300 lbs over my head, dead lift...
crankypoet said... This is a good question for chronic pain patients. I'll limit my reply to ER visits because that's where I've had this situation come up the most. First of all, I am always polite...