I'm so far behind in responding to your notes and comments and other nice and thoughtful correspondence, I think I will faint! Over the last few weeks or really months, even though I may not have responded, most likely I have read your comments, if not I'm really trying to now.
As most of you know, I've had some fairly tough health concerns to deal with, and I hope you understand. I don't know what I'd do without my friends here on DA...you mean the whole world to me!!
I have been doing a lot of research lately on the state of our healthcare system here in the USA, I'm so very interested to know of your own experiences if you live here or in another country. Typing has been difficult for me, as it means I have to sit still in one position, and I have trouble doing so lately, so I can't write as much as I'd like to..and still have a lot of pain that I'm waiting to be seen for at the Cleveland Clinic's world renowned pain rehabilitation program, but so far I am to wait until October 25. I call everyday to see if there is a cancellation.
What I have found since having my first issues with pain is that I seem to be treated like a 'drug seeker'. I'm dismissed for the most part. I have in my experience ran into a couple of wonderful, insightful and compassionate healthcare professionals, but still I am looked upon by most as a typical junkie even though I've never been prescribed pain medicine in my life and have never had any problem with opioid medication, just until recently-the lack of! When we hurt so bad, the last thing we are thinking of is addiction. But it is the way the world wags. I have noticed within myself, more then looking outside of it, is that a chronic type of pain just makes me so depressed. I feel some days like my life is over, that there is no hope especially when I'm told to wait, wait, wait. I'm not the only one, and my suffering is no privilege. At the emergency room last week, I was turned away along with many others, an old woman and a young man with end stage cancer pain. Tonight, I'm having some respite from the pain for some reason, so I'm doing as much as I can to catch up here while I feel good enough to do so, and catching up on some other computer related matters.
I put up a few polls tonight regarding some health questions, I so welcome your feedback. In the meantime, as always, thank you for all your love, kindness, support and thoughtfulness. You are a great bunch of artists and human beings, and I love you so much!
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