While back someone mentioned on-line scripts

[grimm]

Originally posted by RyanLanane@Feb 18 2005, 11:33 AM
Grimm, I have no choice BUT surgery at this time.

I went through PT and did more than 10 of the little electricla injections of the cream... worked for 30 minutes than the pain came back. Very few meds do anything for pain for me, including vicodin. I do have a very high tolerance. (Since I am among friends here I will admit one night I drank a case of beer and took 40 7.5/750's about 2 years ago... I felt messed the hell up but far from any type of OD, and believe me I know what coming close to an OD feels like)

I guess what I am getting at is pain meds don't help me like they would the person next door. I do NOT get pleasure from them (unless I take 10 or 20 of the things than I might). I consider them the like the Xanax I am on and have taken for years, but there is literally NO WAY I could ever catch a buzz off those period I have been on them so long.

I was diagnosed with both carpal tunnel and two other things. Two portions of your palm where the pain is are 2 different types of "Carpal Tunnel" problems. One on the side where your thumb and next two fingers are. The other is where the last two fingers are on your hand. I have both of those and have been diagnosed and treated unsuccessfully many times over the last year.

On top of that I have possible tennis elbow as well as another problem that causes shooting pains from my elbow to my wrist which all of are entirely seperate disorders.

The bad thing is since I can't afford medical insurance I hopped on the chance to get on Missy's Medi-Care or MEdi-Caid whatever it is when she got prgenant and didn't have a job. So no doctors will see me, literally.. Unless I go to the ER and they don't give two shits. I did get a follow up visit went to see that doctor and this is where all this happened over 2 or 3 visits.

I called again today to see why medical records hadn't been faxed, told them my entire position (including the fact i had to pay $100 a month for a prescription because they wouldn't see me because of the medical card - you can't even pay cash for the visit if you have the card apparently). Anyways she says she wants to see me again and understands I can't go through witht he surgery right now.

She is calling in Tramadol (very weak but better than Ibuprofen I guess), some muscle relaxers, and an anti-inflammatory.. I was taking a combination of these three during treatment and it didn't help much but I admit the pain was less severe than it is now. Only thing is I do NOT have a toleance to the muscle relaxers and they make me feel woozy and tired. Not high, but very lazy and digressed. I mentioned this to her and she said she would look for a different type of muscle relaxer for me and call it in.

Believe me Grimm, I am all up for whatever the hell just takes this shit away - Doesn't have to be Vicodin... But when a doctor can't see you even if you offer to pay cash cause you are on a medical card and they won't take you off the damn thing until my daughter is two for some reason.. I'm in between a rock and a hard place.

At least after going off on this reception this morning about them needing to fax this crap in because my shit hurts... The doctor offered to start seeing me again even though they don't typically take patients on the card... So hopefully she can get the right cocktail of crap for me to take..

Does the fact that I abused Narcotics in the past weaken the effect of any pain killers Grimm? If so, I never would of expected that. The reason I do not tell my doctors about my past drug abuse is the fact that they see red flags right away and think I want to abuse the crap.. Which I honestly don't I just want to be able to live with the damn pain.... Sucks... Hopefully on the 28th she does something for me when I am in there.

Ryan... technically with any sort of tolerance, you cannot OD to the point of death on painkillers alone.. your body will take care of the dispertion and levels of vicodin in your bloodstream. you might sleep for a long while, and damage organs, but not to the point of cariac or respiratory arrest. as any user learns, keep your depressants away from your stimulants, and the worst you'll come up with is brain damage and a stomach pumping. its when you amp then depress your systems that you can create the arythmia that could cause a cardiac event.


as for tolerance, yes past drug abuse can give you the tolerance of a horse over time. if your body craves the addiction of one drug, and adapts to function on a given level while using such a drug, then it is not very hard for you to step into another addiction, be it drugs, food, alchohol, etc. If you are taking that much without any ill effects other than pain management, then there is no point in taking it at all. if you arent getting high, then you have adapted to that dose. a complete change of medication could have an alarmingly good effect.

Medicaid and Medicare are a severe pain in the ass. Chronic pain management is a bitch, but my point is, if the drugs you are taking are not managing the pain, then why take them. that shit is horrible for your liver... remember the / number is not a higher dose of the drug. just added acetominophen.

as for your past drug use. i imagine the doctors figured that out. you wouldn't be the first addict they've ever seen, by far! its best to be honest.