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a doctor would probably take wanting to sign a 'do not Resuscitate' form for a young healthy person would be some sort of mental deficiency that warrants being locked in the looney bin again?
 
Hey guys, I just wanted to drop in and let you know I was still alive.
Work keeps me pretty busy. I just finished training so I am a certified domestic violence advocate. YAY. Now my next task is to finish organizing the Spring Cleaning Project for Iowa Shelter Awareness Day! All good and well. Personally I still dread being on call and getting called out to a rape. I hope my supervisor will trail me more on how to handle a sexual assault before I stumble through the procedure...
 
well got my job back, thought i lost it not showing up for work (because i was having one of those "crisis"s bout life in general.)
i got a kidney stone last week. the first one ive had in my life. and in the program. so i went through that ordeal clean w/o pain meds, the hospital knows i'm an addict so i didnt get shit for pain anyway.

so i go back to work tomorrow morning, bright and fucking early. i do construction type work, and just sucks early in the morning. not enough coffee i guess.

doin the deal, went to my home group tonight, felt good. picked up my 90 key tag.

just for today.

hey pt i hear ya im starting back tomorrow. gotta make that paper.
 
^ I got a kidney stone atm , thing hurts like a BITCH man. Good for you holding tough w out pain killers bro.
 
^^ Far out taow! You take care of yourself okay?? Have you been to the doctor about the kidney stone?


D's that's awesome you got your job back man. Sorry to hear about your kidney stone as well!! Is it all better now? <3


PT thanks for checking in hun, good to hear you're going so well! <3

kaywholed said:
Im not joking, I want to know the answer.
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I didn't think you were joking, I was just wondering if the question was relating to yourself or perhaps someone else.
I have absolutely no idea man, surely it would depend on the history of the patient. If there is a history of suicidal ideation/attempts there may be a question of that person's mental health. Although the intent of someone signing such a form could just be a statement of that person's beliefs in that when their time comes, that's the end. In which case there probably wouldn't be much of a question of their mental state.
Having said all of that I am certain that any doctor would largely question someone's motives for signing such a form.

Again I ask, is this question relating to yourself, or perhaps someone else you know?
 
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n3o, once i found out bout it their isn't much that can be done - just doing what i can to get it to pass as quickly as possible. It's been a long week with physical shit - had a real scare w/my head but caught it (rupt aneurysm) felt like i had a migraine behind one eye for 5 days so finally went in. Sure enough...
 
Everytime I think of kidney stones in my mind I see Tom Hanks pissing and crying his brains out from that movie the green mile. Makes my kidneys hurt just to think about it.

So hmm where am I? I thought it would be smart to hop of my pods and go onto a combination of "weaker" meds. Problem is I forgot I'm a drug addict, and tramadol and soma aren't exactly weak meds either.

I felt wayy better initially on the tramadol, wayyyyyy better than pods ever make me feel. And I'm not talking about the high the high sucks ass its just the fact that I can go to sleep and wake up and feel someone enthused about my days.
So after a few days of taking 1-2 soma obviously they stopped working and then I took 2-4, and a few days later they stopped working again, so I took 4-6, and now today I took 9 of those fuckn things and feel like utter confused shit. I just went to the supermarket to get a ceasar salad and my feet were all over the place although I managed to hide it somewhat well.

Anyway, this would be crazy but I'm contemplating flushing my soma. I can deal with opiates and stick to just 4-6 tram a day consistently but these somas are destroying my last 2 weeks. Hypersomnia, missing work, missing responsibilites, the laziness factor is through the roof on them.

I have about 90 left and looking at the bottle all I see is another blurry 2 weeks ahead of me. I started taking them because they help me get to bed immediately but at the doses I have to take now I can't get out of bed anymore. After these things are gone I think I'll get a lot of my cognitive composure back and will get back to tapering the tram as planned. But soma are some addictive shit. I'm not even sure if I like them is the funny part. Its like a different feeling everyday. Some days I feel nice chill and relaxed, other days its lethargy, fogginess, and confusion.

So I'm basically going through a brief period of soma abuse and after this plan on getting back to where I was before (which was wayyy better). Did not think I'd have issues controlling my use with them but the tolerance factor really caught me off guard.
 
n3ophy7e said:
I didn't think you were joking, I was just wondering if the question was relating to yourself or perhaps someone else.
I have absolutely no idea man, surely it would depend on the history of the patient. If there is a history of suicidal ideation/attempts there may be a question of that person's mental health. Although the intent of someone signing such a form could just be a statement of that person's beliefs in that when their time comes, that's the end. In which case there probably wouldn't be much of a question of their mental state.
Having said all of that I am certain that any doctor would largely question someone's motives for signing such a form.

Again I ask, is this question relating to yourself, or perhaps someone else you know?
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Thanks for the objective opinion.
I just want to get my future planned out.
 
n3ophy7e said:
I didn't think you were joking, I was just wondering if the question was relating to yourself or perhaps someone else.
I have absolutely no idea man, surely it would depend on the history of the patient. If there is a history of suicidal ideation/attempts there may be a question of that person's mental health. Although the intent of someone signing such a form could just be a statement of that person's beliefs in that when their time comes, that's the end. In which case there probably wouldn't be much of a question of their mental state.

Having said all of that I am certain that any doctor would largely question someone's motives for signing such a form.
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Regarding the DNR issue - it is a common thing that comes up when someone is trying to get their affairs in order. I worked as an estate planning assistant to lawyers for many years - primarily for the elderly but we did have young clients that were not ill - and as part of their estate plan, nearly all requested living wills. Most of them were of what we called the "pull the plug" variety and designate someone to act on the person's behalf if they were incapacitated to the point they could not make their own medical decisions.

We did this in 2 separate documents; one of which was a "Designation of Health Care Surrogate" and the other "Living Will". In my experience, most people do not wish to be kept alive by artificial means if there is no realistic medical hope for recovery. I have both, naming my father and my aunt, and they are part of my medical chart. My version also includes a provision that I be administered pain-relieving drugs even if they hasten my death, but only if my doctor rules that I would be left without any hope for recovery/declared brain-dead.

It is a morbid thought, but the thought of remaining on machines as basically a vegetable is awful to me. My family agrees with my wishes and have made the same provisions for themselves.

The first lawyer I worked for gave the clients an extra copy specifically to be placed in their medical chart. I'm not sure how it works in Aus or in Canada where kaywholed lives. It may be called something different. I do know that my own doctor did not freak out when I gave him his copy. My surrogates each have one as well (as do I as to them as I am their designated surrogate).

Kaywholed, I'd advise you to check the laws in your jurisdiction and if necessary, consult an estate planning attorney. Plenty of people do it online or with purchased form kits, but the only way to make it airtight is to talk to an experienced lawyer, IMO. If you are having suicidal thoughts, talk to your doctor right away. These documents should only be signed when you are of sound mind and can make the best decision for yourself.

I hope this is of some help.
 
Saw a good friend and had some great conversation today. Good friendship = medicine.
 
Great night. Nobody wanted to come dance so I said screw them and went dancing until 8:00AM myself. Awesome DJ + vibe.
 
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