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FB Did It Again. Pissed Off While Scrolling my Feed
This is the image that pissed me off. I see so much like it from stupid RWNJs that I usually just scroll on past but this time I took the time to leave a comment. My comment in whole was this:...
View ArticleBack to Back Pain: What Can You Do When The Pain Won't Come Down ?
We have all had those day. Those oh so horrible days when the pain just keeps getting worse and won't come down no matter what you do. The pain medication isn't working. Laying down or what ever...
View ArticleI'm PISSED: Whiny Republican Who Hates ACA Wants US to Foot His Medical Bills
Thanks to Brainwrap for his great diary and the many updates seen here great story He tells us about the die hard Republican in SC who was just too darn proud to get insurance under the ACA. Or...
View ArticlePain Management Wants To Screw Me Over Again
Well just took a look at the mail from yesterday and found a letter from Pain Management. Oh well another bill I thought. Nope, actually it was more in the way of an extortion demand. I have...
View ArticleA Journey In Pain; Or How to Be Treated Like A Criminal Instead of a Patient
I have written about this multiple times. The extremely poor to horrendous treatment of pain patients. We have the DEA breathing down our necks as they scrutinize our doctors and their prescribing...
View ArticleA New Pain Here and New Pain There: Boy oh Boy The Pain Is Everywhere !
Seems like in the last week to ten days my back has decided to be even meaner. I know it doesn't have a brain and can't really control it's actions but hey it's my story and I will tell it like I...
View ArticleJumbled Thoughts; A Tired Mind in an Aching Body
I just finished 11 hours at work. In fact most days this week I have worked 10 or more. Monday I did 12. My body is rebelling and working on it's revenge. Apparently it has decided my punishment...
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Addiction: The Moral Judgement Of Society Hinders Treatment of Addiction
This diary is in direct response to a diary republished earlier in our group as well as multiple comments on posts here in our group such as SlightKC's. The topic of addiction came up and there...
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A Day of Freedom But Not Freedom From Pain
Today is Memorial Day. This is a day to pay tribute to all of those who have laid down their life in the ongoing fight for freedom. These people have given their all for us. They believed in our...
View ArticleOMG Ortho Doc was a Jerk ! CAn Someone explain it ?
GRRRR So frustrating. Just had follow up with Ortho surgeon for my cervical issues. Last appt we talked about Lumbar issues as well. He says not too bad. He sees bulging at C3/4 and 4/5 but 5/6 and 6/7...
View ArticleIt Is Time To Stand Up for Ourselves ! Time To Demand Our Rights
You all have been reading my diaries for a while now. You know I have been treated like crap from PM. You also know that I have been fed up with our treatment. Not just mine but everyone who has...
View ArticleWhy is the Religious Right's beliefs more important than mine ?
What the heck happened to the right's views that big government is bad ? You hear them repeatedly railing against government regulations of corporations and railing against all these taxes on the...
View ArticleWay To Go But You Didn't Go Far Enough: My Email To Jay Foster For Arresting...
I want to say thanks to Shaun King for sharing this story. I enjoy his writing a lot and follow him here on DK. I know a lot of people have other feelings about Shaun but I am fan. He sheds light on...
View ArticleSo Is It The New Meds or Is It Something Else
Sorry I have been a bit silent this week. I just returned to work after a weeks vacation, okay 9 days really if you count in the weekends. I had to get back into the swing of things at work and put...
View ArticleDepression Sneaks Up On You When You Live With Chronic Pain
I have written before about an earlier bout I fought with depression. It seemed to last forever but was less than 2 months. Living with chronic pain we have to always on guard against it. It likes...
View ArticleWhy do I Get a Kick in The Groin Just When I am Starting to Get Back on My...
The lat 7 odd years have been a real struggle. With my awesome wife being out of work until recently and my humongous pile of medical bills and our Bankruptcy and my back issues as well as having...
View ArticleI'm Back and I am Back to Bitchin About HealthCare !
Ok I was gone for a short time. Sorry about that. Had some medication issues which were causing some nasty side effects. Jeez didn't even get any "Good" side effects. So now my feet are back to...
View ArticleI Think I am Back. Now if Only the OT Stays Reasonable !
Sorry all. I only have so much energy and my work has been monopolizing all of it. I have been working mostly 10 and 11 hour days which basically drains me and even working Saturdays as well so I...
View ArticleThe War on Drugs Fails Again ! Pain Patients Pay the Huge Price Daily Across...
Well I said I was back and with a vengeance ! Just saw a story in my FB feed about Ohio State Troopers making a 2nd Oxycodone bust in a week. Seems this story is about a month old but there are more...
View ArticleI'm BACK for a limited Engagement ! Or Maybe Long Term
Been gone a while. Okay a LONG while. Haven’t stopped reading DK just writing. Not so much time and my energy levels have been very low. All I want to do is work and sleep. So for an update on my...
View ArticleMy Journey to have The Spinal Cord Stimulator Implanted
Most of you know I have been living with chronic pan for a while. I have written a heck of a lot of my own struggles to get effective pain relief for my multiple lower back issues. I have tried PT,...
View ArticleHave You Been Hurt By The New CDC Guidelines ?
The new guidelines by the CDC are supposed to be aimed at Primary Care Physicians, not Pain Management Practices and yet way too many of the Pain Management clinics have decided to follow these...
View ArticleHELP ! Bills, Bills and More Bills ! When Will This End ?
Here we go again ! When does it ever freaking end ? I am so far in debt for just medical bills it is ridiculous. I could work until I am 100 and still be paying on them and this is with 90/10...
View ArticleHELP ! I Can't Take Any More of This Crap !
I have less than 6 months until I hit 50 and I am ready to quit everything. I am tired and ready to just give up. No more fighting, no more pushing myself. I just don’t have the energy to keep it...
View ArticlePolitics At Last ! I Dive into The Deep End !
You know me. I write and write and write some more about struggling with chronic pain. Here and there I might get a bit into the political arena but mostly I stay on the sidelines. Before going much...
View ArticleWelcome to SCAMALOT ! The Donald J Trump Presidency
I have been in shock from the election for a few weeks. Seeing Trump elected and the rabid response of some of his supporters has given a lot of people new meaning to fear of government. Hate crimes...
View ArticleMore Bad News from the Docs !
Just once I would love to hear good news from the docs. The latest bout actually started this summer with removal of 2 large kidney stones and then a nice little bladder cancer from my left side of...
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Here We Go AGAIN ! JEEZ What a Year !!!!!
I love roller coasters but this year has been ridiculous with it’s up and downs and I want to get off ! I started off by reaching a great high of finally getting the daily pain in my lower back under...
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When Does The Pain End ?
We have all experienced pain in one form or another. For most the pain passes quickly. For some of us it does not. Just 10 years ago I knew about pain like most people. Sure my back acted up but it...
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Thank You ALL for the Help Starting to Get My Car Repaired
Last week I broke down and asked for help. I finally realized I could not do it all myself no matter how much I pushed. My story is long so I will include a link to my last diary Here , so I don’t...
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UPDATE ! UPDATE ! Read All About It ! Pain Still Sucks ! Help Still Needed !
Well here I am again. I had thought surgery on my bladder cancer had gone well. No stent left in ( Also known as living Hell for the length of the stay ) and little pain. Okay the pain has come....
View ArticleI'm Poor, In Pain and all Republicans Want To Do is Screw Me Over!
Sorry for ruining your appetite with that picture of my Senator ! Also sorry that the citizens in my state have continually reelected this treasonous douche bag time and time again. They just don’t...
View ArticleCancer and Chemotherapy ! Chemo Scares Me !
In the last year I have been diagnosed with cancer twice. Last year in August I had surgery to remove tumors growing in my bladder. This was the 2nd time I had been diagnosed with Bladder cancer....
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The WAR on Pain Patients Continues ! Politicians Don't Care People Are Living...
I have not written a Pain diary in a little while. I have been kind of busy dealing with my own medical issues including continued pain and cancer. However I have been keeping up on what is going on...
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Chronic Pain Patients Vs Addicts ! Who Should Win ?
Someone touched a nerve in the comments on my last diary. Okay They PISSED ME OFF ! I follow the comments on all my diaries to see other people’s perspectives and what they are saying. I may not...
View ArticleChemo Starts ! Now The Fun Begins ! NOT !
Chemotherapy, the idea that extremely dangerous and harmful drugs will kill the cancer before they kill you. Doesn’t that just sound fantastic ? The deliberate injection into your body of some...
View ArticleI'm Tired ! I am ALWAYS TIRED ! Will it NEVER END ? or PAIN DRAINS YOU !
I have used tired before in diary titles. I have mentioned being tired in diaries before as well. That is because it is such a HUGE portion of my life. I never used to feel this tired all the time....
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BCG 2 and 3 DONE ! Not As Easy as 1 ! And Other Fun Stuff !
Okay so I am a little biased in my opinion on the above pic ! He has after all saved my dang life 3 times so far ! Currently he is on time number 4 with my BCG regimen. Six weeks total and I am now...
View ArticleMy Car Needs Help Quick ! PLEASE !
Most of the DK community knows me from my numerous diaries ranting on healthcare and chronic pain. I have used it as an outlet to help me keep my sanity as I fought my own battle with multiple health...
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Can You Help an Old Car Feel Young Again ?
No matter how much we would love it, we can’t do much once our bodies start the inevitable journey into old age ! We can diet and exercise all we want but we can’t turn back time ! Thankfully with...
View ArticleLIFE SUCKS ! CANCER SUCKS ! PAIN SUCKS ! SURGERY SUCKS !
Hmm, sensing a bit of a trend with that title. Going to be a pretty dark diary. So let’s start back just about 6 months ago when I got the word I had a couple of kidney stones oh and a side of...
View ArticleThank You All ! Plus Updates !!
Let me start off by saying THANK YOU to all who have helped in any way with me trying to get my car fixed. I also want to say a HUGE thank you to a couple of people who have really helped in so many...
View ArticleYet Another Low Blow by My Body ! Literally !
You all pretty much know my journey through chronic pain since I have written about it half a gazillion times ! (like most of my posts lol) We have been together from the start and you have helped me...
View ArticleUpdates ! Updates ! Read All About It ! Get The Latest News Hot Off my...
Well my last diary raised ZIP ! That was MY Fault ! Let’s just say that bad timing with a major hurricane and back to school and the Labor Day start of the weekend conspired to kill my hopes of...
View ArticleWill Someone Remove the Semi Parked on My Back ?
Been up since 2am from the pain. Always a FUN night when that happens…..NOT ! Seems to be happening more and more too. My hips have joined the party and they seem to start to hurt and then spread the...
View Article4 Weeks of Hell and Updates !!!! I MADE IT !!! THANK YOU !!!!
Let me restart this diary by saying a HUGE thankyou to all who have helped me out !!!! Whether it was pointing out I was being ripped off as some had or sending your hard earned cash it has truly...
View ArticleThe CDC Lies and Pain Patients Die Or Are Left in Untreated AGONY !
I have written before on the nefarious BS the CDC has foisted upon the public in regards to opioid prescribing. You have seen many rants against PROP and it’s snake like leader Andrew Kolodny. I had...
View ArticleFeeling Down, Hurting in More ways than one !
A few weeks ago I was feeling on top of the world. Well okay not the very top but close. I was going to be able to get the car fixed finally and could breathe a bit. Then the other shoe dropped....
View ArticleI Have Been Away WAY TOO LONG !! I'm Sorry !!!
My life seems to have devolved into a pretty small pattern. Wake up, stumble to the computer, put in 8 or 9 hours, log off and then read. When I say stumble to the computer it is just that. A short...
View ArticleHow We Deal With Missing Out on Life. Call for Diaries !
About a gazillion years ago I had an actual life. I would be able to do normal stuff just like a normal person. Then came my chronic pain. I know it really wasn’t a gazillion years ago but it sure...
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