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From: Joe.Chamberlain....@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain )
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Subject: Re: Bad Doctor
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Date: 15 Mar 91 22:06:13 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

 OB> than the recommended amount of sleeping pills to get to sleep and to
 OB> fight the pain. Even taking too much asprin!
 OB>  If he can't offer any help. it is time to look elsewhere for medical

        I know the feeling ever so intimately.  The worse time I
ever had was when I was admitted to the hospital, comatose, from
tylenol abuse.  During the following two weeks I damm near died
several times.

        Doctors just don't seem to understand we feel pain, and,
the ones that recognize this fact really don't understand it, or
know any effective treatment protocols.  I tell my Doctor I'm
hurting, and he asks me what I suggest!  I can't suggest anything
we haven't already tried, and so he says he keep his eyes open
for something but not to hold my breath.

        I want to live and therefore don't take very much pain
killers.  When I'm in pain I read, write, watch TV, compute, or
anything else which redirects my mind.  Sometimes, I can sleep
through it, but not very often.  Life's a bitch, but death ain't
so hot either.
                        -=joe=-

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