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First Do No Harm: The DEA targets Physicians who treat their patients pain.

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  • Feb 27th, 2016
    Someone from Longview, TX writes:
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    I was a nurse for 34 years. Now, due to osteoarthritis in my hands and back, L3 rupture, L4 bulging, both causing sciatica, spinal stenosis, facet arthritis from T4- L5, and fibromyalgia. I am not a candidate for surgery. I am now on disability. I don't abuse my drugs. But without them, I can't function, even at my limited level. Please have mercy on those of us who live in pain that you can't even imagine.
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  • Feb 27th, 2016
    Someone from Hardin, IL writes:
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    I suffer constantly with several chronic pain issues. I had no problem getting the pain meds I so desperatley need to function daily until recently. Without these opiods, i can not even get out of bed.My dosages had to be lowered to meet federal guidelines. My level of daily functioning has gone down because i am in so much horrific pain. I seldom leave my house or get involved in any family activities because i am in so much pain.I also take antidepressants,antiinflammatory drugs and other meds to help with pain...none of them work to lower my pain level. Every single day i start with a pain level at 8 or 9. Most of my days continue with a pain level of 6 or 7,with the new doses of opioids i am allowed. I feel as tho i have been labeled as an addict,even tho i dont take them when i dont need them.I am having a hard time getting a new MRI of my spine after several years since my last one.I have gone to several Dr's over the years and it seems that none of them do anything that should be done to get to the root of the problems.We NEED someone to LISTEN and HELP us insteading of treating us as tho it's all in our heads!
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  • Feb 27th, 2016
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  • Feb 27th, 2016
    Someone from Oshkosh, WI writes:
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    After being hit by a drunk driver I developed back pain and nerve damage that has changed my life forever. Being in pain is torture!! Over the course of my life (I'm 32) I've lost over a dozen friends to suicide, 4 of which were "close friends." Having seen first hand the unrelenting hell that suicide puts remaining friends and family through I have a profound disgust for suicide. However, I can surely empathize with those who take their own life due to the impact that chronic pain can play in destroying ones quality of life. The unrelenting pain, lack of sleep, or the inability to enjoy activities that a person loves is simply terrifying. Healthy people don't fully realize that living in unrelenting pain is a lot like, waking up to a nightmare- everyday. Despite the love one has for the people in their lives, being passionate about a life you literally cant (or hardly) seem enjoy becomes a daily acting career. Lying through your teeth 24/7 because you know that if you don't you will bring the people that you love and enjoy being around down along with you. Despite the obvious issues in regards to opiates, their use is ABSOLUTELY, 100% NECESSARY!! It is literally, the last option for people in pain. Its a "pacemaker," for the nerves & mind. Its nearly as vital as an "organ transplant" in terms of necessity to the person who needs it. The United States needs to remember that this country was founded upon the ideology of "Freedom!!" Being dependent on an opiate to live a normal life can easily be perceived as everything but freedom. However, to the person that absolutely needs it, it allows them the freedom "to wake up to another beautiful day," and not "another nightmare" filled with depression, anxiety, no energy, no appetite.... Along with opiates, marijuana should be available. I wholeheartedly believe that we have been treating pain wrongly. I think marijuana (or drugs pharmacologically similar) should be used long before opiates are even considered. Unfortunately, The US Government has ignorantly, denied this quite obvious fact. Marijuana being scheduled next to heroin (an opiate) is blatantly irresponsible, for so many reasons on the part of the government. Freedom!!! What happened to freedom?
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  • Feb 27th, 2016
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  • Feb 27th, 2016
    Someone from West Plains, MO writes:
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    Genocide is what it appears to be from every angle. In Hitlers era, Those on forced on the trains did not know what was coming. In this state from what i have seen personally, If your over 50.... your in trouble. None treatment of pain and no regard of your present health. You can have serious health issues other than pain and they look away and say nothing. The younger generation seem to get treated well, even for pain. That is what i have seen here. The doctors are well rehearsed to answer the " What about this and why that". You cant win. You can actually quote an insert from the govts own site and they will just say thats there opinion or an error. Anyone looking for an operation in the future as Julie below is, Its almost certain you will suffer the pain of the procedure afterwords. They are without any remorse what they do. Time for another round of quakes and i hope they get a shaken.
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  • Feb 27th, 2016
    Someone from Jeannette, PA writes:
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    I was diagnosed with lupus 22yrs ago. Worked since I was 14 yrs old. I always worked 3 jobs at once. I never thought I would be at a place in my life where I need pain meds to make it thru my day. I have been with the same PvP for prob 22 yrs also. I used to exercise daily would say I would rest when I'm dead. I was organized. I was living a productive life. I also feel like I'm treated like a drug addict. Finally, the pain meds are working the best and I can get thru my day. I ran out of my meds the day before my doctors appointment. My doctor asked me for a urine test and I took it. Every time I would c the other doctor in the practice, she would say I am gonna have to take u off the pain meds if u do t go c a lupus doctor. She treated me lime I was doctor shopping. I left there in tears many times. I cannot remember my life without pain. Cannot take the meds they advertise on tv because I had breast cancer 8 years ago and all of them say do not take if u had cancer, as this was not studied. Well my doctor called me the other day and said your urine test came back that there was no pain meds In your urine. I said because I ran out the day before, and if you would prescribe 150 instead of 120 a month, I would not. She said she can no longer write me pain meds. Are you kidding me? I felt like a drug addict. I take the medicine as prescribed. I do not get high from it. It actually gives me more energy. I cannot believe she would do this. I do not know what I am going to do now. I feel like this world is so messed up. I feel like I am being punished for being in pain every day. I feel bad enough as it is. How can someone make a decision on my life. My life. They need to help the patient live a normal life. As normal as possible in pain every day. Isn't it their job to help us? It is sad to think my doctor would write me off but that is what I feel like they do when u need pain meds. I have till May to figure out what I'm going to do and I am scared to death. She might as well sign my death certificate. I thought she knew me and knows I would never be able to go without them. They want t to send me to a pain clinic but all I hear about them is they treat u worse and want u off them. I am 51 years old. Why can't u let me live the rest of my life with as little pain as possible.why can't they be happy that the pain meds ARE working? I am just trying to get thru the day. Isn't that why u are my doctor? To HElP me!! So disgusted and worried over this!!
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  • Feb 27th, 2016
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  • Feb 27th, 2016
    Someone from Clearlake, CA writes:
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    Why are you punishing people like me, with chronic illness and pain? I took opiods for 16 years for several conditions and have never abused my medications. I thought in this country we were innocent until proven guilty. I can no longer get the pain relief I need because of wrong information. My body is alive but I am not living. This is exactly how Hitler started, by dehumanizing the disabled.
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  • Feb 27th, 2016
    Someone from Odessa, TX writes:
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    I am a 4 year, 20 year old chronic pain patient who is beginning to try and find treatment for various chronic and painful illnesses I have. I'm afraid for the future, for when I attempt to start my pain management process if more legislation goes unto effect preventing me from finding any relief. I have no quality of life, I have no friends, I can no longer walk on my own and require a cane. No one should have to life like this, young or old.
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
    Someone from Saint Petersburg, FL writes:
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    I have been disabled for 10 yrs now and am in awful pain due to neck and back injuries from multiple car accidents. I also have pinched nerves in my back which cause my legs to go numb when standing for more then 10 minutes and horrible neck pain if i sit too longand i thank god everyday for my pain meds that keep me mobile enough to live. I have recently decided to try to go back to work because i cannot live on such little money disability gives me thinking as long as i have my meds i will be ok. But today i get a letter from my doctor saying as of june 1st she will no longer be writing pain meds for her patients in cronic pain.Can you please tell me what the hell is going on ? why am i and many like me being targeted when we have an epidemic of meth heads and junkies who society seems to coddle but those of us trying to live as normal of a life as possible..I am not a drug addict nor do i misuse my meds but yet i am forced to make a choice to be in awful pain or just lay down and die..Its not right and there are bigger fish to fry in this world then making honest people feel like they are criminals way to go america..
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
    Someone from Hartsville, TN writes:
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    WE ARE ALL PREDETERMINED AS DRUG ADDICTS ! The media blew this out of proportion so now we suffer & dr's can't even do what they were trained & licensed to do .I lived with the pain till i could take it no more . EVERYONE is different on how they hurt & should be treated as such . No one can truly know what its like to constantly be in pain unless they have it .I never wanted to have to take pain pills but at least I can function daily now . I want to fix the problem but no one can tell me what is causing my pain ...ugh... I hate going to the pharmacy& feeling judged . Going to pharmacy & finding out they don't have my medicine & it be a week !!! I have to go to 1-5 pharmacies sometimes to get my medication .. we ( pain medication users) are being herded , judged & labeled by having to go to pain clinics . The problem began with dr's over prescribing but we are paying the price . Monitor the dr & not the users .
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
    Someone from San Diego, CA writes:
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    Stop this madness. My pain is real and I'm tired of being labeled a drug user because I need meds to be able to live. It's ridiculous!!
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
    Someone from Freehold, NJ writes:
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    Julie, from Chicago IL, im so sorry for all your going thru as well, but ive been on opiods for eight years, and yes i am a victim of this abuse, neglect, mistreatment and discrimination against legitimate chronic intractable pain sufferers. It doesn't matter if you haven't been on meds for ten years or if you were. The DEA and our government has made sure to victimize and torture anyone who is a legitimate pain sufferer, whether you've been on opiods for decades or not, they are making sure to strip them from the suffering across this entire country. I would NEVER opt for surgery, not now, as there are guidelines in place for anyone having surgery as well. You will not be given any pain medication for post op care. Patients who have surgery are being sent home with ibuprofen and anti-inflammatories, which kill more people and damage the kidneys and liver, They pretty much will allow only those on their deathbeds access to pain relief. The rest of us are being tortured at the hands of the most corrupt. This is genocide!!! I have made sure to write a letter to family, god forbid something should happen to me, ill be dammed if the CDC, DEA or anyone of the hypocrits running the country are going to label my death as a prescription pill death. Which is what they are having the CDC do. The CDC has FALSIFIED the overdose deathrate to fit the governments addiction driven agenda. They even admitted to it. They not only doubled and tripled one persons death, but heroin deaths were labeled as a prescription pill death, if the person committed suicide due to inadequate pain relief, and there are thousands who have taken their lives because of this torture on human beings, the cdc labeled those deaths as a prescription pill death, if alcohol played a part, cdc looked the other way and labeled it a prescription pill death, if the death was from someone who didnt have a legal script in their name, it was listed as a prescription pill death. It's a WITCH HUNT and the targets of this inhumane, barbaric, cruel and torturous mistreatment are the law abiding citizens who suffer from DEBILITATING CONDITIONS theres NO CURE FOR, that cause severe never ending pain. Go to the painnewsnetwork.org page, You will see many articles filled with FACTS, not the bias propaganda ******** the media and government are feeding to the public. MY HEART, SUPPORT, PRAYERS GOES OUT TO ALL OF US VICTIMS OF THIS BRUTAL TORTURE, KARMA WILL BE PAYING ALL YOU CORRUPT *******S A VISIT ONE DAY AND I HOPE ITS REAL SOON. I HOPE YOU ALL WILL ENDURE CRIPPLING PAIN AND BEG GOD TO TAKE YOU
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
    Someone from Rio Linda, CA writes:
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    I didn't ask for this. My pain is real. It is what defines me now. I hate that I have to take any medication, especially one that can kill me. I am beyond responsible with my medication and I manage it very well so as not to run out before my next visit. I need it to manage my pain. My day starts out at a +9 most days. My meds get that down to a 7 at best. I am only receiving a little more than half of what I was getting 3 months ago. I make it work because I have to. I have been trying, for three years, to get a spinal stimulator installed in me and have had to jump through so many hoops to still not have it. That would allow me to get off of most of my meds, a good thing I would think, but no, nobody does that here. In a city this big, you'd think there would be plenty of Drs that would install such a device. But now, I am treated like an addict. It doesn't help that I have long hair and tattoos. The profile is made the moment they see me coming. I have been using opiates for the past eight years, prescribed by a practise that I have been going to for 15 years and in the past year this has started. I now see a pain management Dr. who is more of a medication management Dr. He talks down to me, he gets loud with me and he's a mean person. He's already commented on my looks. He took me off of Oxy Contin, the one with the special coating that makes it very hard to abuse and holds the medication in your belly much longer. He put me on Oxycodone at a smaller and lesser dose. Then he explained to me, in detail, how the kids are using this stuff like heroine on the streets, but since I'm not a kid, he had no worries. I was speechless. If I were an addict, I'd certainly know what to do with these. I take my meds so I can hurt less. That is my only interest in them. I don't want or need them for any other reason than that. What I don't need, is to be treated like a drug addict or abuser or a salesperson. I am getting very tired of it, I already have enough to deal with as it is. I hope this has made sense to whomever might read it. Thank you for letting me vent.
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
    Someone from Sanford, FL writes:
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    I live in Florida. As a long time chronic pain patient since 2001, I have seen my medications reduced unnecessarily. This started in the fall of 2011 after the pill mill bill went into legislation. I never went to a pill mill, my board certified doctors in pain management were found either from referrals through my neurosurgeon or family doctor or through my BCBS provider network and any prescriptions that I received I are filled at a local pharmacy, none were ever dispensed through a doctors office. I have had approximately 9 spinal surgeries since 2013 and possibly a dozen more in the prior 12 years (I have lost count). I had to transition pain management doctors in 2012 due to health insurance reasons but both my previous doctor and my new doctor both told me that the DEA has been harassing them and they can no longer prescribe the medication I need. In exchange for reduced medication I have endured countless rhizotomies, epidurals, facet injections, transfemoral nerve blocks, trigger point injections, well over 100 intravenous infusions and multiple injections of pain medicine in the doctors office since 2012. The prescriptions that I do get, I have had trouble filling at the pharmacy. Either I am refused or told that they are out of stock and don't know when that they will be getting any in stock, that I should go to another pharmacy. Well, I cannot go to another pharmacy because I signed a contract with my pain management doctor that I am only allowed to fill at a specific pharmacy. I also do regular random drug tests since 2012 to ensure that I am not using any illegal substances and that I am taking the prescribed medication properly, I adhere to my medication plan and have never failed a single drug test. I also worked for a pharmecutical company since 2007 and have undergone random drug testing since my hire date with no failed tests. After the last spinal surgery in June 2015, my pain and headaches have increased and I cannot get the pain medication that I need in order to function in a normal life... normal meaning that I can get dressed, drive, work.... so I lost my job in January 2016. I was the sole breadwinner in my family. Most days I can no longer get out of bed or even get dressed. I can no longer afford healthcare for my condition, can no longer afford the home I have lived in for the past 20 years, no longer afford my medications, no longer afford anything. I went from being a productive member of society to someone who just going to be sick and homeless. You see, I filed for social security disability after working for the past 30 years. If for some reason my social security claim is not approved on the first submission, my disability attorney has told me that it could be a 2-3 year wait as there is a shortage on judges that are required to hear the case. What am I and my family suppose to do in the meantime? How are we to survive? I have lost all faith. I have paid my health insurance through March but after that I cannot
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
    Someone from Fullerton, CA writes:
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    I know a lot of you have shared your stories and I feel a bit better knowing I'm not alone in this fight!! My story starts 3 years ago, I was shopping at Target, I went in to buy something, it was my birthday and my mom was taking to the beach, as we walked towards the check out, I suddenly and painfully slipped in some type of water, looked like it came from the soda machines at end of check out.. I did a split, left leg went in front, right leg went to the back, I stopped myself from totally tearing muscles by planting my right back foot and landing on my knee. I had instantly felt a shooting pain in my lower back. My mom was right by my side, my instinct was to grab on her, but I knew she has also been seriously injured in her life, she has been in work accidents, and car accidents.. she reached for me, but I just didn't want to take her down, my hands went on the ground too, to stop myself from slipping further. People rushed to help me up, as I managed to get up I was shaking, I thought it was shock, I made incident report, they asked if I needed ambulance, at time I though hey I'm 30, I'll just shake it off.. Oh how wrong I was, few hours later, I felt nauseous, and pain was getting worse! I just wanted to lay down. By 4a.m I woke up in excruciating pain, I crawled to the bathroom.. I called my mom in morning to take me to ER.. The X-ray didn't show any broken bones, but they sent me out for MRI.. When results came back I had ruptured lower L4 L5 and bonus, the MRI picked up on a growth on my ovary that was put in report that I should also follow up with OBGYn. I sued Target and lost.. It was such a shock, I am the victim, I will suffer with this back pain forever!! Also fast forward I have Endometriosis, I've had two surgeries, removal of my Uterus and cervix and then to remove Endometriosis growth on my bowel last year, oh that growth found in MRI was a tangerine sized cyst which was also removed! This all happened last year, but the year before no doctor could pin point what was really wrong, finally found a OBGYn who believed me, I had been studying my systems and knew it was Endometriosis, I'm now being tested for Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis and Hashimotos disease.. I have chronic fatigue syndrome, and those diseases are autoimmune diseases.. Yippee, uuuugh.. I'm in Chronic Constant PAIN!!! I get back epidurals every 6 months, but I have been cut back from 5 pills of Norco a day to 3. I live in California and an in disbelief how we are all put in a box, everyone has different pain levels.. I still have to work I DJ full time, which sometimes I'm on my feet for 5 hours spinning! By the end of my set, sometimes I'm shaking in pain.. I'm to young for this shit.. My life has changed from this vibrant girl who loved dancing and loved being active, to a lab rat that is constantly seeing doctors, blood draws, shots, tests, I'm trying every day to not fall into depression. I really am. The one thing I do agree on is my pain medication DOES
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
    Someone from Mount Hope, WV writes:
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    Government has no right to interfere in patient-doctor relationships. Don't you have to go to medical school to decide what medicine is appropriate for patients? I suffer in pain EVERY SINGLE DAY and can't get any help. Why is it that addicts get help and legitimate patients don't. The medicine they get kills pain and they can stay on it indefinitely. Every day I have to tell myself to hang on because hopefully someone will listen to us.
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
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    Someone from Miami, FL writes:
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    As a long time chronic pain patient, I have seen my medications reduced unnecessarily. My insurance has also de authorized my medications. My pain is now out of control. I am woefully undertreated. I have done nothing wrong or broken any law. Yet I live like an innocent person accused of a crime. Everyone is against the pain patient. Doctors, pharmacies and pharmacists, the insurance companies, and the government agencies, from CDC, FDA, and of course, the DEA. I cant even talk to my doctor about trying to raise my doses so I can live again. I dont recall ever being in SUCH bad shape as I am in daily now. I cant live, much less work or do any of the things I used to enjoy. Its like not being fully dead, yet not being fully alive. Being a chronic pain patient in America is the equivalent of living a horrible nightmare and a real "Hell" of Biblical proportions. 21st century medical technology and therapies , yet Dark Ages treatment from the entire health care industry.
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
    Someone from Chicago, IL writes:
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    Two surgeries coming up after staying of opiates for 10yeats. Now I need pain meds so I might be able to walk or prepare my unused muscles for hip surgery. I'm being treated like a drug addict. If I had spent this last decade on opiates, then I could find plenty of Doctors to give me more. Pain clinics are usrsless. Most don't even distribute pain meds at all. Or the Er.I guess I will cry and my eleven years old twins can watch . America you really dropped this ball...big time.
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    Someone from Gilroy, CA writes:
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    I am 28 yrs old. I've never been a drug addict. I have leukemia, chemo makes my bones hurt, and I also suffer from pain from mouth sores, skin sores, and various infections caused by my leukemia. I don't get any pain meds, I've asked... So many times. Nothing. It's not fair.
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
    Someone from East Flat Rock, NC writes:
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    I am a 60 yr old Woman who recently had a 3 Level Fusion in my lower back to un-pinch 3 Nerves that ran down from my the buttocks to the tip of my toes. Every single Disc in my entire Spine had premature Degeneration and Stenosis and Walking was becoming impossible. I lived in FL and was one of the Lucky ones who received Pain Meds thru Mail Order to Tide me over 2 yrs before finally having Surgery. I was a True Pain Patient who never even considered abusing my Meds like the disgusting People who take them by the Handfuls just to get "High"! You see, I get HIGH off of LIVING,.. at least I used to. Every since my successful Surgery one Year ago, my middle Back feels like someone has hit me with an Iron Pole! I get muscle spasms and Pain 24/7 and wake up all hours of the night unable to sleep well. I lost my Home in Florida right after Surgery and Moved to NC. Now, I've been diagnosed with SEVERE OSTEOPOROSIS Of the SPINE and the Doc said My Spine could Fracture any minute if someone just said "Boo"! at me! I am Only 60, but my Spine is that of a 95-100 yr old Woman! I only receive 2 pills daily of low dose 5mg Percocet from my MD. I'm afraid to go thru the Process of a Pain Clinic again. I am on SocialSecurityDisability Income Only and would have to go to one who accept Medicare in the Hendersonville, NC area. The WORST NEWS of all is, I was just told by the Owner of the House where I'm living that I have to Leave! Now.. I'm Homeless AND in Pain! I have Family in Florida, But Will NEVER LIVE IN FLORIDA AGAIN! THE DEA HAS TURNED FLORIDA INTO THE CRUELEST STATE FOR ANYONE WITH CHRONIC PAIN TO LIVE! I am advising ALL Elderly and Chronic Pain Patients to Boycott Florida and Never Return there if they ever want to find SOME Quality of Life. I wanted to Return to the Place I grew up, and try to find a place to live. I fear that FL will take away MY Life and I will Die in Severe Pain at the End of Life. I do not believe that ANYONE in the DEA has ever known True Pain for more than a day or two. I bet No One in their Families are Suffering in Pain from a Car accident, Lupus, Diabetes, Cancer, Bone Pain, Severe Arthritis, Gout, Fibromyalgia, Debilitating Spinal Stenosis, Fractures, Total Disc Degeneration, Slow growing Brain Tumors Or ANY Kind of Suffering at all! Because if they did.. And if that DEA Officer had a heart & a Conscience, He would have Resigned yrs ago when they started Cutting back the Meds of Real Non-abusing Suffering People just to Save the Lives of some undeserving, useless to Society Drug Dealers and Addicts!?!? This World is Corrupt, Greedy and Backwards. The Entire Focus of SO MANY in Power Positions is all about Making More $Money even at the Cost of Human Lives and Suffering. I am gradually seeing a Huge Trend around the World. Suddenly, among People I would have Trusted with My Own Life before, I'm seeing immense Selfishness, Cruelty and Having their Own Comforts, Cruses, Exotic Vacations, Brand New Cars, More & more Ca
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  • Feb 26th, 2016
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    Someone from Arlington Heights, IL writes:
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    I took drug tests and passed with flying colors! These damn junkies in the ghetto selling their pills for rocks and blows screwed people over getting their meds when they need them and caused more hassle. Now the pharmacists act like their detectives. If I pass my drug tests fill my damn pills. I wish I could move to Canada!
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