I just tried, maybe, the 6th clinic, since I've been in Mountain Town. I filled out alot of paperwork, waited the 3 weeks for the appt. , got in there just to be turned away, again. I told her that I know that your clinic is the only one in town willing to prescribe opoids.
I said, I'd like to work part time, but who is going to hire someone who is grimacing in pain and can barely walk? I just met "lucy" a patient of yours and she said that you are willing to take chronic pain patients.
She replied, "Actually, I don't have alot of experience with people who have serious cases of fibromyalgia like you do, and I hate to tell you this, but we just stopped prescribing opiods 2 months ago. I'm going to have to refer you out.
Boy is this dismal I said.
The health care situation in this town is getting very bad she replied. Especially with the state cuts. But I will make a bunch of calls and see if I can get you the referals and practitioner that you need.
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My big accomplishment each day is bathing and dressing. I do leave the house each day, but walking is a big problem. When I meet others living with this kind of pain they tell me that they don't even leave the house more than a couple of times a month!
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