DOING THE BEST I CAN!!!
HELLO MY DEAR FRIENDS!!! FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY I AM SLOWLY GETTING OVER THE LOSS OF MY DEAR BELOVED PET DOG, CUTESY!! I STILL FEEL SHE IS SOMETIMES HERE WITH ME, AND I HAVE THE URGE TO CALL OUT HER NAME!! WEIRD?? I DON'T KNOW?? WHAT I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE, TO ME IT IS VERY INSPIRING!! FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS I HAVE BEEN TRYING MY VERY HARDEST TO GET AS MANY NAMES ON MY PETITION AS I POSSIBLY CAN!! WHICH CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT WITH THE SEVERE AND CHRONIC PAIN AND CHRONIC FATIGUE I HAVE TO DEAL WITH DAILY. ANYHOW, WHAT I AM DOING IS THIS...... ABOUT A MTH. OR MORE AGO, MY DEAR SWEET, CARING, AND UNDERSTANDING FAMILY PHYSICIAN, AND CHRONIC PAIN DR. HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS TELLING HIM AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, TODAY, HE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PRESCRIBE ANY PAIN MEDS, EVEN SLEEPING PILLS, TO ANY OF HIS PAIN PATIENTS!!!!! WELL, THAT MEANS THAT 150 PAIN PATIENTS OF HIS, WILL NO LONGER HAVE A DR. TO PRESCRIBE THESE MUCH NEEDED MEDICATIONS TO ANY OF US 150 PATIENTS, MYSELF INCLUDED!!!! SO, ALL OF US HAVE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS TO SEE WHAT THE HECK WE CAN DO REGARDING OUR DESPERATE HEALTH CONDITIONS!! THIS IS IN IT SELF VERY, VERY HIGH STRESS, TO EACH AND EVERYONE INVOLVED!! JUST IMAGINE YOURSELF HAVING FINALLY FOUND A DR. THAT WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR FIBROMYALGIA, OR CHRONIC PAIN OF ANY KIND, AND DEPEND UPON THAT DOCTOR TO BE THERE FOR YOU MONTH AFTER MONTH, YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE(SHE) CANNOT HELP YOU AGAIN!! DEVASTATING THOUGHT ISN'T IT????? WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR....... MOST OF THE PATIENTS HAVE WRITTEN OR CALLED OUR MLA, WHICH TO YOU IN THE STATES IS LIKE A PERSON THAT SITS IN AND GETS INVOLVED WITH MATTERS THAT AFFECT EACH AND EVERY PERSON WITHIN THE VOTING AGE OF 18YRS. THEY SPEAK FOR US THE PEOPLE, AND OUR MANY CONCERNS. WHICH THIS WOULD BE OF OUR HEALTH SYSTEM CONCERNS. WHAT WE WANT IS A CHANGE MADE REGARDING DR.S THAT DO PRESCRIBE THESE PAIN MEDS. (NARCOTICS) IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES. DOCTOR'S IN ALBERTA, CANADA, AND ALL OVER CANADA, ARE ACTUALLY SCARED TO PRESCRIBE ANY NARCOTICS OR MANY PAIN MEDS. DUE TO THE SCRUTINY OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM!! THIS IS NOT FAIR TO THE DR.S THAT WANT TO HELP US IN SERIOUS PAIN, WE ARE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT CHRONIC PAIN HERE. WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT CANCER PAIN, TRAUMATIC PAIN, HIV NEUROPATHY, DIABETIC NEUROPATHY, SURGERY PAIN (BOTH PRE-OPERATIVE MEDICATION, AND POST-OP PAIN, AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE, AN ESTIMATED 80% OF PATIENTS DO NOTRECEIVE ADEQUATE TREATMENT FOR THIS PAIN!!!!! ALSO, THERE IS NO STANDARD TREATMENT DOSE FOR THESE OPIOIDS. THEY ALSO SAY THAT THE APPROPRIATE DOSE TO RELIEVE THE PAIN, SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THAT SPECIFIC PATIENT. SO, FOR ALL PATIENTS IT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING CRIPPLED BY PAIN AND HAVING SOME QUALITY OF LIFE!!! AND YES, I HAVE QUOTED SOME OF THE LINES FROM MY PETITION. I FEEL SOOOO STRONG ABOUT THIS PETITION AND THE RESULTS WE GET, AS IT MEANS TO ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A GOOD DR. WITHOUT RESERVATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FROM THE DAMN HEALTH CARE BIG WIGS THAT THINK THEY KNOW IT ALL, I WISH THEY COULD SPEND ONE DAY IN MY SHOES, OR ANY OF OUR SHOES, DON'T YOU THINK SO???? ALSO, THIS PETITION SPEAKS OF SOME OF THE BELIEFS OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE "WHO". THEY SAY AS I THINK ALL OF US WOULD AGREE THAT "CHRONIC PAIN IS A DISEASE IN ITS OWN RIGHT!!" ALSO, TREATMENT TO ALLEVIATE CHRONIC PAIN IS A HUMAN RIGHT!!!! THAT IS ALSO HOW I FEEL, AS I THINK IT IS INHUMANE TO LET US SUFFER IN SEVERE PAIN AND NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP US IN OUR CHRISIS!! I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANYONE TO LET ME KNOW HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS PETITION AND ALL THAT IT ENTAILS, AND OF COURSE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT HOW YOU ARE TREATED FROM YOUR OWN DR. OR HOW THEY MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE A DRUG SEEKER IF YOU EVER HAVE TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY HOSPTIAL FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED PAIN RELIEF????? ALSO, REGARDING DRUG ABUSE FROM OPIODS AND OTHER PAIN MEDS, THEY ALSO SAY THAT LESS THAN 3% OF US ARE AT RISK!!!! I HOPE THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO READ MY JOURNAL REGARDING MY FEELINGS ABOUT THE CHANGES NEEDED DESPERATELY TO OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. I KNOW THE SAME IS GOING ON IN THE STATES SO THIS ACTUALLY DOES INVOLVE EACH AND EVERYONE THAT SUFFERS WITH CHRONIC PAIN IN SOME WAY OR OTHER!! THIS IS JUST A SMALL STEP IN A WAY TO TRY AND CHANGE THE "SYSTEM". TO DATE I HAVE GATHERED UP OVER 160 NAMES IN MY PETITIONS AND THAT THEY SAY IS A TRUE FIGHTER IN THIS ISSUE. I WAS GOING DOOR TO DOOR BUT I FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD TALK ABOUT THERE PAIN OR OTHERS THEY KNEW, TO ME OVER 10-15 MINUTES EACH AND EVERY HOUSE I WENT TO!! SO, THEREFORE I WAS GETTING IMMENSELY MUCH MORE PAIN STANDING THERE TO GET THERE NAME ON THE PETITION! LOL LOL THAT WAS NOT WORKING IN MY FAVOUR!!! SO, I THEN GOT TO SIT OUTSIDE OUR CORNER STORE, AT A PICNIC TABLE, AND TALK AND TALK TO SOOOO MANY PEOPLE THAT I ACTUALLY LOST MY VOICE!!!! LOL LOL SO, THAT ALSO WASN'T WORKING THAT WELL, EVEN THOUGH I WAS GETTING LINE UPS OF PEOPLE TO SIGN MY PETITION!! I EVENTUALLY, ASKED IF I COULD LEAVE SOME AT THE STORE AND THEY AGREED, TO THIS DATE I HAVE 160 NAMES AND VERY, VERY, PROUD OF MY EFFORTS!! NEXT, WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE MEDIA, T.V, NEWSPAPER, RADIO, WE (I) AM NOT A QUITTER WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING THAT DOES SEVERELY IS DIRECTED AT ME AND MY PAIN!!!!!! SORRY, FOR SUCH A LONG JOURNAL, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I AM DOING, AND TO TELL YOU I AM FIGHTING FOR ALL OF US, EVEN YOU!!!! YES, YOU!! ALL I ASK IS A SMALL PRAYER FOR ME TO HAVE THE STRENGTH TO CONTINUE MY ENDEAVOR ON THIS QUEST OF MINE!!! ONE, OTHER THING I WOULDN'T MIND IS ANY INPUT YOU MAY HAVE TO THIS MATTER. THANKYOU VERY MUCH, SINCERELY SUE AKA. CUTESY!! GOD BLESS ALL OF US!! TIME IS ON OUR SIDE!!
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