I’m a mean old battle ax w/
#ChronicPain
from autoimmune disease. I like critters, gardening, hiking, shitposting, artsy craftsy stuff, reading & writing.
@CMerandi
Sorry. No fackin excuse for the “target” as pain patients have been branded w/ them since 2010. Tell this & every Dr you can; YOU WENT TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW YOUR CRAFT, YOU KNOW NARCOTICS WORK ON PAIN; BE HUMANE!
@PicaPaudiablo
@CMerandi
I get it. I do. Life, license & livelihood are being put at stake but how did we get here? It’s because NOBODY stood up & said “this is dangerous bullsh*t,” & as the bodies are stacking up, daily, “tHe OpIoId EpIdEmIc”(illicit fentanyl) is ramped up & more folk are suffering.
@CMerandi
@POTUS
Forget federal level of attn or help (they don’t care), this can & should be addressed at the state level. 1st stop; state med board to file complaint, next start contacting local/state reps (best is via old school mail)& then WallyG’s corp. overlords. I’m happy to help.🙂
@CMerandi
My friend died SCREAMING in agony while basically comatose from widespread lung CA & the hospice Dr/nurse let him suffer for 3 days like that before his body gave out. That was 2018. It’s only getting worse, fent deaths are still rising & I’m tired, C. When will this make sense?
@CMerandi
Am I supposed to be surprised? Hold on; here’s my shocked face😯Dr’s & nurses that are of the old guard are confused by the inhumanity seen in our healthcare system & I feel fer them, I do; but we tried warning them. The electronic charts were the start of the downfall 😐
@CMerandi
The heck? They check yer credit rating too? C, Ima keep my pottymouth in check, for your sake, but this is a huge load of ~ahem~ manure. As a pt, can I ask for criminal & med board background checks on all the clinic’s employees before I choose to accept an appointment? No? Hmmmm
@blu_noz_pitbull
😑Somehow, I don’t believe that w/ all that your Dr sent, they didn’t find your meeting their standards or w/e. I also believe that if it were a brand name Rx, that costs hundreds-thousands q. month, would be covered. Keep fighting this & make them work to not pay for it.
@blu_noz_pitbull
@bluangelwarrior
@CMerandi
We have literal “opioid” receptors in our brains. Opium poppies produce the literal “key” to the receptor so that our suffering is alleviated. It ain’t rocket science but it IS science that we’ve understood w/o all the peer reviews & politicians’ interest for millennia.
@PicaPaudiablo
@CMerandi
I feel you, I have friends that are MDs/DOs/PAs/NPs/etc & they’re spooked too. However, this insanity needs to end & if prescribers started standing up for their education & devotion to their practice instead of kowtowing to harmful demands, things would change.
@CMerandi
This is disgusting! I cannot believe that physicians akin to those at
@supportprop
are leading trusting ppl down the primrose lined path to the abbatoir! She didn’t have to die, nor do the millions contemplating the same choice for the same reasons.😑
@CMerandi
lol. 🎻 I’m sorry. No, I’m not. Dear Dr., sucked to be you those days, huh? Imagine that sort of pain ON THE DAILY, unrelenting & soul sapping. It ain’t fun being us. HELP! You have far more power than us peons. Do something! Be the change you want to see!
Sincerely,
Kerry C. 😘
@ibdgirl76
Know how I & millions of others can get more exercise to release endorphins? Take away our pain so we can move sans suffering, provide us w/ enough breakthrough meds to recover faster after overdoing it. Worked great before the horrors of 2016.
#MakeMedicineSaneAgain
Hey, hi, howdy, allo-allo, I had a fantastic birthday & I wanna thank all my online frens whom watch & shout from the peanut gallery during Daywave/ROTC/Nightwave
@hippojuicefilm
@JJstoner
@ROTCRadio
& etc. While frenship is purely parasocial, you goofs mean the world to me.❤️
@DobryJane
@CMerandi
Why do we need to hide their names? These clinics & doctors LOVE their stances & Draconian models of pt “treatment” so why not name (& shame) them? Digging into background as if going for a special clearance job in DC is something I look for in a healthcare provider😂
@ibdgirl76
Because the brainwashing took. We’re about the same age, B. What do you recall from DARE? Now multiply that by the horse puckey thrown in by MSM. Addicts = helpless victims. Pain pts are just cannon fodder in the scheme of American “healthcare.” It’s sick & twisted, all for $$$$
@ThomasKlineMD
@DrMandyCohen
This charade needs to stop. Too many people are dying & it’s not from diverted pain medication! Never was. However, we now have pain pts turning to an unregulated street supply & they’re amongst the corpses stacked like cordwood for a hard Winter 😡
@CMerandi
Yanno, this “study” of female child SA & CPPs is creepy? How about focusing on TREATING pain, w/ KNOWN & SAFE medications & they can go back in JAMA & other med journals to see similar studies that had been done already. Lesson learned; treating pain is the right thing to do.🤪
This is what makes me not want to give up on this life. Also, Fred has GINORMOUS pp energy that makes all the fair ladies of the land swoon. Be like Fred, even if you have smol pp.
Was walking being this old man leaving Walmart pushing his cart. Turned out he was parked right next to me and I loaded his dog food in his car for him. He had on a navy hat and I thanked him for his service and offered to take his cart back for him. Important to do these things
@CMerandi
This needs more attention, as does the destruction of medicine, as an institutional whole, by the injection of special interest politiking. Too many lives are ending long before they should, albeit not just from un/undertreated pain, & I am horrified by the nonchalant reactions😞
@ibdgirl76
It’s not & considering narcotics are safer than NSAIDs among geriatric pts, I can’t help but conclude this is being done on purpose for nefarious reasons. Anyone that’s okay w/ letting the elderly & infirm suffer should be branded & shunned, not rewarded w/ $ & fun trips!
@ravensspirit68
I call those “swan song days.” My last appt w/ my Dr I had a fantastic day & tomorrow I’m going to hobble in like a train wreck of cast iron & rusty razor wire. I tend to great days when we have a stretch of good weather. Trick is to not overdo things on those days but yanno🤔
@blu_noz_pitbull
@CMerandi
Amen, butterbean. I try not to dump on things that help others but seeing a 24 yr old professional dancer become a quadriplegic after trying to release neck pain startled me & I warn as many as I can before they go that route.
Okay. Phew! Ppl I foster for want me to reschedule for tomorrow as they too are freaked out by traffic & wanna nope out early. Roxanne Roseanne Roseannadanna says “hi!”
Shaneequa Tiye is doing great! Gained 2ozs in 24hrs & is bright eyed, alert & wanting to be close for cuddles & toothbrush “baths.” She still seeks me to potty altho’ she can go on her own. Luckily, girl is LOUD so you know where she’s at & responds when I call out “baby!”
@Grand_handsomer
Don’t be shitting on Utz. Them chips is aight but their pretzels are the tits, hoss. Mix up some sour cream, a touch of mayo & some Knorr Spring Vegetable soup & grab a bag of their rods or special darks & enjoy. 🫡
@shep_casey
@theintercept
It’s sad how many Americans turned on their friends & family concerning J6. I had loved 1s telling me to refute what my own eyes & ears witnessed on dozens of livestreams from DC on both 1/5 & 6. When it came out that HBO/Pelosi had their stink on it, it was obv J6 was a FEDwork.
Baby Neequi is being forced to wean & she’s PISSED! I’m afraid she’s not getting enough calories from the goat milk/kmr babas & added baby food chicken or turkey for breffiss/lunch & the dinner baba is goat milk & Royal Canin canned baby food. The fosters all LOVE cleaning her 😂
@OregonAdvocate
@ibdgirl76
@signaturedoc
@StephenKing
Well, sh*t; we’re living in a horror movie. Guess this guy is trying for a role as Pennywise cuz HE A CLOWN! 🤡 Imagine quoting a writer, whom has several nasty addictions, & don’t get me going on the other gross stuff lest I never shut up, to push Suboxone. lol. lol. lol.
@ravensspirit68
Hold up. Stop the bus. No, Ari, you’re getting AstroTurfers paid by them scumbags making bank off our suffering coming & trying to discourage us. May I loan you some of my zen? Ignore the shitstirrers. 😘Thank you for caring & helping others.
@ThomasKlineMD
Doc, your cohorts are keeping mum because they know they will be “dealt with” if they DO stand up & declare the emperor is naked. I’ve seen awesome, talented physicians basically neutered & hounded until they either quit or died from the stress. They want & deserve protection.
@CMerandi
Coddammit.😢C, I was there in July. I had it planned out, everything was ready & then my danged Mr had a Spidey sense moment & came home. I’m so glad for it. I understand the tiredness. However, the needless loss of 1 more is unacceptable. I hope they rethought things.🙁
@CMerandi
Wait, he won’t remove a stim he put in her (which most likely made her pain worse, ~sigh) but is feeling benevolent enough to continue her care? Was the dirty U/S given more than a cursory glance before booting her? Bet it was a false+ too. How do these monsters keep licensed?
Pre-burfdee sugar laden treats ahoy. I LOVE candy apples but they are tricky to make, esp in small batches. My Mr had a repair at the shore & the owner made a batch just so I could have 1 (well, 2;1for now & 1tomorrow)& used fat Granny Smith’s too. So thoughtful & appreciated.😋
@CMerandi
@supportprop
~horrified look
Do we make a quilt similar to the AIDS one to get more attention & take it on tour to alert the world of those needlessly dying/being tortured to death so hospital suits can crow their prescribing of opioids is down (while m&m is climbing)? How do we stop this?😣
@blueberrychem
@ravensspirit68
@Hightimesmag
Hey buddy, I’m well aware of how “journalism” works. When you open an article w/ a statement of that sort, you are setting the tone. It’s the 1st thing you learn in “grabbing attention.”
@njassemblydems
@jramirezesq
Quick; someone find a way Freewheelin’ Phil Murphy can make a buck off kratom & it will be sold ERRYWHERE in NJ. Those turning to kratom are often those whom were abandoned by doctors & left no other choices for pain relief. This guy was full of Suboxone & other substances! Ugh.
@ibdgirl76
This is perverse. I’m oddly under the impression that another woman would have understanding & compassion for such a dreadfully painful condition. I’d write a certified letter to the physician if they won’t take/return calls. It’s possible they aren’t aware of this power trip.
@Katamac1967
That’s what I call “pull numbers out of their ass.” Did this paper bring about an assessment of discerning between Rx’d meds & illicit? Did it differentiate fent OD’s or naw?
I regret to inform fellow kitty lubbers that Shaneequa Tiye died today. I have cared for& lost many a baby but it never gets easier. It doubly hurts as she already had a home lined up& was loved like crazy. Sorry to bum ye out. Pray for her(& me too as I am leaky about the eyes)
Hey, yo, (
@JJstoner
yer gonna laugh at this) so I got my “new”(to me) TV. Big ass Samsung. Fat sumbitch just a hanging, looking all glorious w/ 4K & shit…. I can’t figure out the fucking remote. 😫
@CMerandi
This is happening too often. Everyone reading this w/ pets should let their veterinarians know that if they aren’t willing to properly treat the animal’s suffering, you’ll no longer need their services & find a vet who will. My vet has trouble w/ plenty who REFUSE pain meds😖
@CMerandi
@DrTomFrieden
@supportprop
Dear Mama, I am SO sorry for your tragic & totally unnecessary loss. Your daughter should not have been further punished for getting treatment for her addiction & that is EXACTLY what happened. The hospital(s), Dr.s & nurses as well as the halfway house need to answer for this.
@CMerandi
Now now, C… just because you & I & other mere mortals aren’t big into pain doesn’t mean there aren’t those who get off on having surgeries just for the pain it brings. Let’s not kink shame. lol. ✌️
@Wilson__Valdez
You lie. Those branded & plastic pack berries alone cost $8-12 in NJ. The cherry tomatoes, ON SALE, ran us $4. 2 russett potatoes at that size is about $7 & I could go on. You aren’t helping ANYONE, esp. the poverty stricken. You should be ashamed of yourself.
As the sun nestles in the bosom of the West, scents of many flowers come alive. Musky centifolia roses, honeysuckle, peony & stocks all make a heavenly perfume. Life provides such beauty & delights for all senses. I’m thankful mine are intact & I get to wallow in nature’s glory🥰
@ibdgirl76
I dunno if you recall my 3.5 month tour of Hell last Summer but I proved to myself that “opioids cause pain” & other blatant BS they fling out there hoping it sticks are LIES! My body was left worse off, my gait & stability forever affected, my trust in “healthcare” gone.
@Katamac1967
I guarantee he’s a paid shill for Indivior & Co. Also, w/ “pain researchers” like this, we’re doomed! Any way we can see whom funds & subscribes to his periodical of OBVIOUSLY paid opinions? Curious to see a copy too 🤔
@RogueWolf2001
I am SO sorry. I went through w/d for 15 weeks last Summer. Theres no info online to help but I’d be glad to walk you through the worst. You need an anti diarrheal & anti-puke meds IMMEDIATELY! Do you have access to marijuana products?
@miswojo1
It’s possible you’re allergic to something used inside & your body is fighting it. Have your Dr’s run recent labs? What are your WBC values? I’m sorry you’re going through this & hope it’s not as I suspect. Please tell me you don’t have autoimmune disease! 😳
@jmkillingnyc
@ravensspirit68
@maiasz
My former & deceased (from the stress of false accusations of “overprescribing”) pain Dr was among the 1st to stand up against the machine in 2011/12. I often suspect that’s the reason why in 2016 they HAMMERED him. The few whom spoke out were dealt w/ & put fear in the rest.🙁
@CMerandi
I guess they can’t sue the cartels & street level dealers so Uncle Sam has to “save” us from prescription meds. Yanno, the ones NOT adulterated?😒 Make it make sense, C.
@CMerandi
I’m a consummate smartass & last place that gave me 1 of these got it handed back w/ some answers that were pertinent, a lot of N/As but countless spelling & punctuation corrections. The doctor didn’t know what to say. Be your own advocate & don’t answer if yer not comfortable!
@hippojuicefilm
I think he should pull up the stakes on his warmongering circus & move there. I also think dual citizens should not be involved in American politics as they always prove themselves out to be anti-American when they must make a choice. It’s gross & no, sir, I don’t like it!
@CMerandi
This is literally the only way to get ahead of the suffering & put a stop to masochistic torture by the American Medical Establishment™️;NO MORE $ FOR TORTURE! No elective surgeries unless you get Rx & notation of adequate meds to be given while in-pt gotten BEFORE the procedure!
This has been a helluvva day. Missed my appt w/ rheumatology as we got water “troubles” (last specialist appt had to be rescheduled after my kitchen went up in blazes)& I dread what comes w/ the next appt: it’s gonna be bugs, isn’t it?😫On a + note: my Mr got me a candy apple!
@US_Pain
~sigh~ Once upon a time, not to long ago, doctors treated pain w/ appropriate medications that didn’t have $500 price tags & side effects that ruined their pts bodies. Those were nice times. Now we get this bullsh*t hashtag brigade of you pretty much saying GFYS. I’m not amused.
@blu_noz_pitbull
@CMerandi
Internal decapitation by chiropractic adjustment is not a fun experience. Also saw crushed ribs, shattered spines & hips as well as the dislocation of large joints, all done in the quest for pain relief! I know chiropractors help ppl but their mishaps are life changing/ending.
@ravensspirit68
I would be having a field day w/ any dork that singles me out. Once upon a time, I called the cops & FBI; now I’m just locked & loaded for bear. I know how to get gooey gore off walls & floors too.😊 Learn self protection/be armed/get cameras & if they wanna play stupid games 🤷♀️
@CMerandi
I see someone watched the Netflix fantasy.🙄How do these mouthbreathing dolts not understand that the overdoses aren’t coming from “overprescribing?” ~sigh
@MakeupFaded
@CMerandi
@PTSDAdvocate
Right??? Like the language used here made me go “WTH?” Like bro/sis; your pain shouldn’t be quantified nor qualified by others, it should be TREATED! Gaw.
@ThomasKlineMD
Well, now…I dunno how to answer betwixt the choices offered. I’ve been through dose cutting & then went through hell for 3.5 months w/o meds. Not only did my pain get worse, I lost the ability to walk & couldn’t move my neck. Was told it’s gonna take 6-8 months of PT to recover!
@CMerandi
Demerol? Lol. OK, boomer. How’d that work out? Just kidding, name your poison: booze or fentanyl, both are filling up morgues at breakneck speed.
@ZavalaA
@ChrisWard4AD78
Having read this thread, I can tell you that if I was a parent of school aged children in Cali; I’d move!!! So many laws passed under Newsom are super friendly to kiddie diddlers & those unfit to be in society, let alone given access to children. Seems really weird & gross. 😒
@ibdgirl76
How nice of him to use his real name. Things are really weird out here. Those in healthcare who know this is pure BS & have seen wonderfully positive results w/ use of narcotics have been gagged & threatened. TPIs have done pts a LOT of harm. Shameful but glad he outed himself.
@ibdgirl76
Cmon How much effort & money is going to be wasted on this flop?🎶O sole mio; I am just 1% of narcotic pain med users, or maybe I’m an addict using that grift because-o it’so sooo LUCRATIVO! Ima esponsorerdo by Indivioro & Pfizero & scored big casho to make this enorme stronzo🎶
@MakeupFaded
@CMerandi
@PTSDAdvocate
You preaching to the choir, sunbeam. I don’t mess at street level as I saw too many ppl die doing so. Kratom didn’t help me enough. Pot? Just no (but I love getting high after 20 yr break!) but there are ways & means to keep pushing on. I❤️U, I care. I am fighting for ALL of us😘
@ravensspirit68
@MartaBest14
@HIGH_TIMES_Mag
@joncappetta
…out to be & constant agonizing pain, even being high as a kite, eats away at you both mentally & physically. Narcotic meds afford me a QoL & independence. W/o that, just for those 15 weeks, my eyes were rudely opened to the ugly truths. There’s no money in narc meds, simply put
@Friendofbenelli
@CMerandi
O c’mon now. She may have had children & I guaranfuckingtee she left the hospital w/ the baby & a fat bottle of Lortabs. I know her type. She’s a “haver” & those relying on health ins are “have nots.” She doesn’t rely on the gubmint nor shoddy health ins to pay for txs/meds.😏
@ravensspirit68
@blueberrychem
@Hightimesmag
I could’ve had an easy path onto The Fourth Estate as my Ma was chummy w/ the likes of Bill Slattery & other names that’d impress anyone over 40. However, after learning, c.1988, that “freedom”is limited & you must toe a line to be printed, my gusto in making it a career waned.
👀 WT absolute F? Cannabis use disorder?? Is that like yer too high to find a lighter or find every couch mad comfy? Big Pharm lost the plot & want us all lobotomized. Suboxone should be a classified as Schedule I; Indivior is evil!
If you have cannabis use disorder, no worries because the makers of Suboxone are working hard on AEG0117 - Phase 2b
Suboxone maker, Indivior, makes the Sackler family look like a charitable organization
@BlkBettyALBurn
@CMerandi
I want more pain pts to stand up for themselves & be sure that if you have boundaries; doctors must respect them. These questionnaires are absurd & I find many of the questions totally pointless, weird & plumb intrusive. We used to be able to change Dr’s as a right 🫤
@MakeupFaded
@CMerandi
@PTSDAdvocate
…of narcotic w/d Summer 2023 after 22+ yrs of tx. Learned, 1sthand, what a drill mill is while trying to find a new Dr. That experience was hellacious & it makes no sense to torture the ill & infirm. I had dark moments, sure, but laughing kept propelling me & I chose to fight!😊
@ThomasKlineMD
The DEA killed mine! Stress blew out his heart before he could even defend himself & from what I did gather, he was RAIDED for hearsay by disgruntled discharged pts. At this point, perhaps it was more merciful an end than what feds had planned for him.
@CMerandi
O my frickin GAWD; she’s still harping on you for this? Here’s something to maybe crack into that nugget of hers; just as we have cannabinoid receptors, we have opioid receptors in our brains too.
I grab seedlings/pieces of plants to return our backyard to woodland. I started grabbing black & raspberry bushes walking Sadie by the banks of Laurel Lake in Autumn 2021. Grabbed more from some points closer to the shore & deep in the Pine Barrens in ‘22 & s’lookin reeeal good!
Hi errbuddy. Just wanna check in on ya goofs. Y’all doing well? Got any cool stuff going on? Need help w/ anything? Anyone else happy for the snow (I sure am after 2 days of crushing joint pain)? I’m going to make cookies & a pan of 1/2 brownies 1/2 blondies. Yay!
@MartaBest14
@ravensspirit68
@HIGH_TIMES_Mag
@joncappetta
Sending over an emergency puppy/kitty basket. Mondays can be RUFF!🙃I want to talk to blueberry dude. Seriously, it’s time to have a frank conversation & if he can be honest w/ himself, he’d understand why folk are rightfully disappointed in his article.
Hey
@amazon
We need to talk. YOU GOT PAID! My acct was reinstated,& it’s back to saying I owe you money out of a bank account. I don’t. Stores in my area suffered/closed after you guys killed them. I need stuff. How do we fix this? I’m done talking by text & to outsourced help.
@PolPhysMD
@WhiteCoatWaste
Yeah, hold up; isn’t WCW a PeTA affiliated whatever they claim to be that’s mostly here to bilk $ out of animal lubbers? Animal testing is gross. PeTA is grosser. Guess it’s off to look them up but you’re not alone in feeling conflicted. ☮️
@coyotecas
@NUUclearneil
@iFightForKids
& that’s my problem how? Americans can be so pompous & ridiculous. I can’t pay my bills & I’m supposed to do what now to show my disgust w/ anyone who would devalue their children enough to sell them? How is any of this goofy shit “helping?”
@CMerandi
The Fourth Estate has done so much damage to the whole of America & I will delightedly dance on its grave once they shamble the last dinosaurs into the green room & lock them in. While social media is a lot of trash, it puts the truth out there, no spin, no narrative.