Painful One
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Hey everyone! Thanks for the support. I'm sorry for ignoring this thread, but let's just say I had enough of this cruel world. I'll be 6 weeks post-op this Thursday, and am still in terrible pain. My surgeon told me the hospitals policy (kaiser) is that he can only give me 3 prescriptions before I would have to get my meds from a PM doctor. I had an amazing spine team and the operation went fine, but my doc was telling me how sorry he was and that I'm clearly not an addict abusing my meds, and that I clearly need them, but he said our pos govt is really making it impossible for doctors to treat their patients. I'm seeing a different Pm doctor this Thursday who will hopefully help me out.
Long story short, I was so miserable and in unbearable pain with nothing to take that I went out and bought a pistol 9mm. I loaded the magazine, took off the safety, pointed it out my head, and pulled the trigger. For that millisecond I heard the hammer drop it was the most peaceful feeling in the world. Unfortunately, the gun jammed multiple times, and after my third attempt my brother found me and took the gun away. He called 911 and they took me to a psychiatric hospital where I was admitted for a 72 hour lock down.
Of course at the hospital, they highly recommended I take some antidepressants to which I told them to go fuck themselves. I tried to explain to them that I'm only depressed because I'm in such excruciating pain and no one helps me out, but of course, they don't understand. I'm alive but I'm simply not living, just existing. If this doctor doesnt help me out on Thursday than I will most definitely try to end it again. What's the point of life if there's no quality to it? My surgeon validates my pain but every doctor is to scared to prescribe.
I will keep you guys updated, and again, I apologize for going MIA. At least people on this forum actually pretend to give a shit, unlike other doctors and health care providers. My last PM doc told me straight up to my face that my quality of life wasnt worth risking his job.
Hey Trev,
It is SO good to hear from you! Thank you for letting us know how the surgery went and how things are going.
Many people really do care for you here! You have crossed my mind often. My thoughts were with you on the day of your surgery the entire time. I'm so relieved to hear the surgery went well and that you had an amazing spine team.
I had them apologize to me also. It helped a little to at least have them acknowledge they had tortured you and treated you wrongly.
Six weeks post op huh? I am hoping and praying that progress and healing will continue to take place and that your quality of life will be improved. I know that had to be a rough surgery.
Like Ash said above- keep advocating for yourself! You have a right as a human being to satisfactory pain relief! We don't leave living beings in this kind of suffering! You tell them that!!
Keep the medication as low as you possibly can though. You need to leave yourself room for future problems that could arise.
Let us know how things go and how the progress is coming along. I would like to know just how much surgery helped.
Sending you love and support.
P.O