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Originally Posted by Vicky.
All day everyday though? I don't think I could stand it 
Am definitely getting to the stage where I am going to start buying it though in some form. I told my physio this, and she ****ing reported me to social services for a 'substance abuse' problem! I told her I had had maybe 20 spliffs in the past few years but when I did they helped a lot (and it was only ever when at my mothers so someone was there to watch kids anyway) and yeah, she took the fact that i want to get myself out of pain to be me being a bad mother. She also said I had a problem with alcohol, as I said that when my painkillers run out, if I don't have the kids (or if someone else is there to watch them) I have been known to self-medicate with alcohol, as I want to avoid going to A&E when I get bad and I know theres a chance I can make it more bearable myself. This apparently makes me an alcoholic
****ing twat.
May delete these posts as clearly my issues is nothing to do with the poor boy in the OP |
I understand where you are coming from, Vicky. Doctors don't take chronic pain seriously enough imo, because it's not something they can see. They only know based on how we tell them we feel, and that's enough to malign patients along with other "chronic complainers". I lived it myself for a long time, so you are preaching to a member of the choir here.
I think when we are massive amounts of pain, we are more likely to "abuse" (using that very loosely here) just about anything to make the pain cycles end (or break temporarily)... especially when it is chronic, it is utterly exhausting and almost maddening. Playing the pain game is not really a means to a fulfilling life either... so I think if cannabis helps, those people should be allowed to be prescribed for it with medical purposes. If it resolves it, it not only gives back the life of the patient, but gives their life back to their families/loved ones, so I don't see it as a "selfish" cause at all... when I was my worst pain, it felt like I was a totally different person, that at least half of me was in some other place, disconnected and not really "present" at all.
Anyway, don't delete your posts. They are incredibly relevant here I think.