Today, thanks to America's opiate epidemic, I can no receive the pain management I require for broken ribs. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I'm sitting in agonizing pain following a scoliosis surgery. I have a bunch of painkillers that I need to suppress the incredible back pain, but looks like I can't take any, because my mom has hidden them from me because she thinks I need to be taken off them. I wish my doctor was here. FML
Today, I'm on opioids due to severe pelvic pain. Taking them makes me constipated and increases my pain, which leads to taking more painkillers. I can choose to be in agony and the possibility of pooping, or be in slightly less pain and completely bunged up. FML
Today, I discovered that the pain I've had for the past couple of weeks was actually due to a broken collar bone. Now work won't pay for the treatment I need because I continued to work despite the pain. FML
Today, I started my cure from my opioid addiction. My whole body is so sore, I'm lying in bed and I'm still hurting to the point that I cried half the day, and nothing will make me feel any better. FML
Today, I'm in agony. I can't eat or drink anything without being in pain, including water. Doctors don't know what's wrong with me, and can only prescribe me painkillers I can only take 3 times a day. FML
Today, my mother-in-law flushed my pain medicine because she believes I’ve been using it too long and I’m addicted. I had surgery four days ago. FML
Today, it sucks so bad because I have fibromyalgia, which is a chronic pain there is no cure for. Right now I hurt so bad that I want to go to the hospital to stop the pain, but they won’t do anything. FML
Today, I had to have major oral surgery. Needless to say I am in need of some heavy pain medication. My pharmacist insists that my surgeon never called in my medicine, and my surgeon insists otherwise. This has been going back and forth for hours. FML
Today, after establishing that we have no idea what's wrong with me, only that it's chronic pain, my doctor informed me that even though I've been dealing with increasingly worse symptoms for years, I'm not a "good applicant" for pain medication. FML
Today, I had an ingrown toenail cut out, and the pain medication I received doesn't actually help with the pain. Instead, it makes me high, which results in me losing my balance and slamming my injured toe into objects, and then getting sick from that new pain. FML
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Charlie Given 28
I feel your pain OP I've broken my ribs several times to the point where three ribs have to be put back in place on my spine a couple times a year there are ways around it if you can't get pain meds from the doctor Excedrin works great for rib pain if you can take it better than Tylenol or Ibuprofen or if you live in an area you can smoke weed there are painkilling ointments with CBDs that work awesome you'll have to look around and see what your options are in your area but there are ways to help your own pain management on your own
LovelyMe1222 6
I feel your pain as well. I have severe degenerative disc disease and have had spinal surgery but no one can help with pain management. The pain is awful and I will have my whole back fused before I'm 35. Hopefully things change in the near future. The opiate epidemic has actually gotten worse since pain management has gotten harder. I hope you can find some relief.
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Charlie Given 28
I feel your pain OP I've broken my ribs several times to the point where three ribs have to be put back in place on my spine a couple times a year there are ways around it if you can't get pain meds from the doctor Excedrin works great for rib pain if you can take it better than Tylenol or Ibuprofen or if you live in an area you can smoke weed there are painkilling ointments with CBDs that work awesome you'll have to look around and see what your options are in your area but there are ways to help your own pain management on your own
Marcella1016 32
Wow I’m so sorry to hear that. I’m curious - how did you break your ribs in that way and break them so many times?! I can’t imagine what that must be like! (Or what you do for a living...or for fun. Stunt person or extreme sports?!)
Charlie Given 28
Well it was a combination of very rough childhood, accidents(work, vehicle, playing hard, etc.), formally being around drunk,stupid,and abusive people and a afew really bad assaults.(mugging, robbery gone bad, being jumped by a gang,etc.) I've broken at least 100 bones in my life time plus had numerous other trauma's. So I been there done that I just chilling now forever around good people 😊
rotflqtms_ 21
Easier to break now
Jonathan Anderson 4
Perhaps if you smoke weed trying that. another thing you could try is a ice bath. fill the tub with couple of 20 pound bags of ice and hop in for 5-10 minutes. it sucks at first but after the first 20 seconds it feels great and will take away alot of soreness.
LovelyMe1222 6
I feel your pain as well. I have severe degenerative disc disease and have had spinal surgery but no one can help with pain management. The pain is awful and I will have my whole back fused before I'm 35. Hopefully things change in the near future. The opiate epidemic has actually gotten worse since pain management has gotten harder. I hope you can find some relief.
bobsanction 18
Smoke a ton of weed.
Nicki Tripple 4
I completely understand! I just has to have knee surgery, they gave me tylenol and motrin for the pain. They don't work and I'm in a lot of pain!
sarahcroy20 12
Um how long have you been managing your pain? I'm thinking you can't get anymore so that you don't become addicted.