The question is, will your doctor retire when he realizes he will be working harder for the same amount of $$.
“The question is, will your doctor retire when he realizes he will be working harder for the same amount of $$.”
He’s probably 35, just had his second child. I’m a chronic pain patient due to a very bad cervical spine and fibromyalgia. I’ve got terrible pain throughout my entire body with an extra dose in the neck. I had a physiatrist (not a typo) at the Mass General Hospital tell me I had the second worst case of fibro he’s ever seen. That’s one of the best hospitals in the U.S. I never even heard of fibro until three years ago, but overnight, it’s changed my life. I can barely walk some days.
I need certain medications. Without them, I’d probably stroke out from the pain. That’s why I’m so afraid. So many doctors won’t prescribe what a person needs for spinal (and other) pain. The DEA has declared war on pain patients and the doctors brave enough to treat them. They lost the war with the drug lords, so they go after the soft collars. Drug dealers don’t keep records. Sure, there are bad apples in every profession; still, over 50,000 people suffer needlessly. Something else I never heard of until I became a victim. The parents of kids who overdose testify before Congress. It’s sad, yet they abused the drugs. Oxycontin was created for pain, and used responsibly, can give a person their life back. As it is, I’m under-prescribed, but I don’t rock the boat. I’m only 52. Sorry for venting.