Dear Reader,
Today
I find myself in pain and frustrated. I am sick of not being listened
to, being dismissed and not given the care I feel I deserve as a human.
I
have had anti-inflammatory medications for as long as I can remember.
Recently I was told that the one I was taking was no longer working
because I had been taking it for too long. I was switched from diclofenac to Celebrex.
After
a few weeks on Celebrex, I started having stomach issues. I contacted
both doctors in my care team, Pain & Spine and Orthopedics. I was
told that Celebrex doesn't have “stomach upset” and that diclofenac does. This is not true, Celebrex comes with a warning
from the pharmacy. I was called in a medication that I've tried
before, that doesn't work, I told them it doesn't work, and they
called it in anyway. I'm not going to pick up and pay for a
medication that doesn't work for me!
Why
are we treated with such disrespect? Why are we treated like we don't
matter?
I am sick of physical therapy; I've tried this more times that I can count. I am sick of injections in my back & neck that don't work. If anything, those injections cause more pain than relief! I am sick of not being listened to and what choice do we have?!
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