Achey breakey heart...
Nawe it aint the song lol...I'm just kinda disapointed with this medical coverage I got... Medicaid... or what ever they call it here in good ole WI...Seem to me everyone just going thru motions. It's like the video games I play... just don't seem real...Well at least some of em blow smoke at me lol...(make out like they care)I think they care more about how many pills they can push on ya and this is the one that really chapps my hide...Why is it when everything is good, lab test and blood pressure and it in the area that they said they want... okay... now lets increase the meds... WHY...I've been over medicated so bad I was fallin downn and floppin around on the floor like a fish outta water... scared the hell outta me... and now I don't wanna just pop any pill in my mouth just cause the doc said too...Guess I sound kinda crazy huh....Well go figure... VA, had me on four anti-depressants at one time lol... and to top that off, three muscle relaxers, and they gave me 600 mg Tyrownalll and 800 mg Motrin... (notice I can spell motrin lol) I had twenty three bottles of stuff I was takin on a daily basic back thenAint that scary... So I reckon I probably told ya'll all about this once or twice already...The one that really got me was when I quit takein Motrin for pain and the pain actually got to be less... more manageable... Yepp, most my aches and pains are listed on the side of the meds I'm taking.... wheres the beef....I don't think those folks at the Clinic like me a whole bunch cause I'm hard headed, and I just need enuff to make me healthier.... and the air that I breath....That Cpac thingy (machine that blows air up my nose at night) I swear by it... NOpe I aint got no smarter, but I have noticed I sleep better while I'm asleep.... couple hours at a time... Pain still kicks my hinny when I lay still for too long... cant hardly move after four hours...I've woke up with my arms completely paralized... and once it seemed like forever before I could even move to get up.... so I wonder if sleep in more than 2 hours at a time is good for me...Me I'm stikin to my guns... I'm glad I weened myself off all those meds....Yepp you can't just stop... you gottta ween yourself off so it don't cause ya to blow a fuse some where...Muscle relaxers are over rated as far as Im concerned... blood pressure and cholestoral meds are important... just have to find how much you really need...Some things I have to except like my thyroid pill got to take that the rest of my life.. but I watch my labs reports and when I get to the point Its good... I aint increasin the dose lol... and so far I been doing good....I been off my cholestrol pill for couple weeks and my blood pressure is still great..some mix up, cause they wanna me to take Crestor, and my providers aint gonna pay for that one... so they gonna go back to the cheeper one... an my doc he done gone and raise the dose.... why... everthing was great... just don't git it...Glad i got a pill spliter lol...Hey it's our lifes.... I think we should be able to decide with the help of our doctors what is going to work and not be pressured to take more just cause them pill pushers want to get rich....Russ
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Sorry to hear you are in chronic pain all the time.
I noticed you are in the loneliness group. I work during the day, but am here in the evenings if you wanna chat...I also have yahoo messenger.
Take care Russ
Deb
Iam sorry that you are in pain also thats a bad place to be.But you seem to have a good attitude about how you are dealing with it,and thats good.
There is a new med out todat that maybe your doctors will let you try,you know samples?
I hear that progret or progrit not sure if iam even spelling it right.But it has a medication in it for blood pressure /plus cholesterol.If it works for you it would at least save the cost of one extra pill.
I take more meds than I would perfer to take but as we get older we do need the extra help, or put our selves in harms way.Be careful with not taking your cholesterol..my sister did that and she ended up with that massive heart attack.We dont want you to be having future problems.But I hear ya on the cost and the amount of pills it does get old.
I\'m careful... I watch the lab reports make sure my level is where it\'s suppose to be... I don\'t do this blindly... you right..that would be careless, and a stroke or heart attack aint what I\'m rootin for lol...