LOTS OF PAIN AND LOTS TO DO!!
WELL, JUST AS MY TITLE SAYS I AM IN MY USUAL PAIN, BUT I HAVE SOOO MUCH TO DO LATELY!! AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I AM VERY INVOLVED IN MY PETITION RE: CHANGING THE WAY THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TREATS ALL OF US THAT HAVE CHRONIC PAIN AND CHRONIC FATIGUE. I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT I ALONE HAVE COLLECTED OVER 200 NAMES ON MY PETITION!! THAT ALONE IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT AND YES I AM PROUD OF MYSELF!! I HAVE WORKED HARD TO GET THE NAMES AND I STARTED IN JULY AND I AM STILL GETTING MORE NAMES AS I WRITE THIS. LATELY, OOOPS MY FONT JUST CHANGED AND I DON'T KNOW WHY???? LOL ANYWAY I WILL CONTINUE........ ON SATURDAY OCT. 3RD, I WENT TO MY FIRST CHRONIC FATIGUE MEETING, SINCE LAST JUNE. WHICH THEN IT ENDED FOR THE SUMMER. NOT TOOO MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP ABOUT 5 OTHERS AS THEY ARE ALL TO SICK AND TIRED TO COME OUT TO THE MEETINGS. THEN, TOMORROW WED. NITE I AM GOING TO GO TO OUR PATIENT MEETING WE HAVE BEEN HAVING RE: MY DR. THAT HAS HELPED ME IN THE LAST 7-8YRS. WITH MY FM/ME, AS I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER IN ONE OF MY JOURNALS THAT HE IS NOW UNABLE TO PRESCRIBE ANY PAIN MEDICATION TO ANY OF HIS 150 PAIN PATIENTS. THIS IS DUE TO SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF ALBERTA, CANADA. WE HAVE BEEN AND WILL KEEP TRYING TO GET HIM POSITIVE ATTENTION TO THIS TERRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE. THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF HOW THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TREAT SPECIALIZED DR.S WHO ARE VERY UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHIC TO PEOPLE WITH THIS VERY DEBILITATING ILLNESS!! THIS IS NOT FAIR AND VERY UNREALISTIC IN THIS DAY AND AGE TO LIMIT DR.S THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP US THAT SUFFER DAILY. SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE!!! THEN, ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 9TH, WE WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER MEETING INVOLVING THE MEDIA!! THIS IS VERY EXCITING AS WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE HEALTH MINISTER ON THE WAYS THAT DR.S HANDS ARE TIED WHEN THEY DO WANT TO HELP CHONIC PAIN SUFFERERS, AND THEY ARE BEING RIDICULED AND PUNISHED WHEN THEY ARE JUST DOING THE HUMANLY RIGHT THING TO DO, AND THAT IS TO TREAT US WITH RESPECT AND HELP US WITH OUR DAILY SEVERE PAIN AND SUFFERING!! WE HOPE TO GET A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC ON THIS SO CALLED LAW THAT THEY HAVE, THAT HAS TO BE CHANGED IMMEDIATELY. WE ARE SOOO HAPPY THAT WE ALSO HAVE 2 OF THE VERY BEST DR.S THAT DEAL WITH CHRONIC PAIN ALSO THERE FOR THIS MEDIA CONFERENCE, SPEAKING HIGHLY OF MY DR. AND ALSO FOR THE CHANGE NEEDED FOR ALL OF US!! YAY, WE FINALLY GET TO SPEAK AND YES I AM GOING TO TRY AND SAY A FEW WORDS ALSO!! I FEEL SOOO STRONGLY ABOUT THIS ALL HAPPENING AS I AS YOU SUFFER SOOO VERY, VERY MUCH AND IF I HAVE TO CRAWL TO THIS MEDIA CONFERENCE I WILL!! THIS IS WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN WRITING IN MY JOURNAL LATELY AND ALSO NOT ON DAILY STRENGTH AS I HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY BETWEEN MY NAPS AND TAKING CARE OF MYSELF SO I DO HAVE THE ENERGY TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN MY LIFE!! IT IS POSITIVE SO I FEEL VERY PUMPED UP TO DO MY VERY BEST FOR ALL OF US!! I AM ASKING IF YOU COULD SAY A PRAYER FOR ME TO HAVE THE ENERGY TO DO ALL THAT I CAN, AND ALSO FOR A POSITIVE OUTCOME FROM ALL OF OUR WORK IN THIS VERY SERIOUS MATTER!! IT WILL HELP US ALL IN THE END!! SORRY FOR SUCH A LONG ENTRY BUT I HAVE A LOT TO SAY..... TALK AGAIN AS SOON AS ABLE!
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always in my prayers..always in my thoughts and heart...I am so proud of you! I love you!