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Friday, April 2, 2021
The Pain Community Needs More Unity and Awareness — Pain News Network
The Pain Community Needs More Unity and Awareness — Pain News Network: By Carol Levy, PNN Columnist My column last month, “It’s Time for People in Pain to Be Heard,” received a lot of comments on PNN and in social media. Most often the writer wrote about why or how they had been hurt by the implementation of the CDC opioid guideline. Several people commented that
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I'm a disabled veteran. My chronic pain finally pushed me to planning suicide. I was 25 years in recovery after getting addicted to heroin in Vietnam. I didn't want to return the pain of being a practing addicted again. I tried every non opioid treatment available. One of my mentors in recovery "a doctor " shot himself in the heart; rather than return to the life of addiction; I did want to end up like him. I've been managing my pain with suboxin for the last 5 years.
ReplyDeleteThe issue that bothers me the most is when I must go to a doctor and they see that I'm on suboxin; Then I get "the wink and the nod" if I must have pain medication for some serious medical condition. Professionals need to be educated; To some of us it's life and death decisions.
Thanks for the site Carol. If I can ever help you with your efforts please write . . . Cav69271@yahoo.com. I also am retired from working in the addiction treatment field.
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