I certainly spoke too soon about having nothing to do...lol
Matt came home yesterday afternoon and I had to take him to see his doctor....What`s been happening is his original doctor was forced by the AMA and by the looks of things the state government into early retirement....This doctor genuinely cared about his patients (especially long term pain sufferers)...All of his patients which includes Matt have been forced to go to drug rehabilitation clinics where illegal drug users are to go....(this was on Today Tonight early this week)....Apparently the doctors at these clinics are the only ones here in SA that are allowed to prescribe the heavier medications for these patients....
But what they are actually doing is trying to cut these patients medication off....They have been doing this to Matt over the past year and slowly I am watching my husband deteriorate...He is constantly in pain these days and hates the sheer fact that he has no quality of life left...
So finally something snapped in his head...He rang his doctor and told and I do mean told him that he is under prescribing him, that he is not coping with life the way it is at present and if he doesn`t do something about it that Matt will stop taking everything and just go away to die....Amazingly it just so happens that the doctor had a cancellation that day (this never happens) and got Matt in that afternoon....
The doctor said to Matt that the AMA is not happy with the progress of cutting Matt down on his medication....It`s taking too long....Ha, like to see one of those b@$t@rds in Matt`s shoes...See how they cope dealing and living in pain 24/7....
Matt said the doctor that he wasn`t trying to get him in the s@#t but feels he can`t go on with the amount of pain he has to endure daily...The doctor came back and said I won`t allow myself to get in the s@#t....Well that did it for Matt...He lost the plot with the doctor and said to him "That`s right it`s all about you...You having to look good. What about the patients and their needs??"..."As long as your looking good who gives a rats ass about how I or anyone else feels"....
He really gave it to him....This is what SA people have to put up with but now thanks to Today Tonight alot more people are coming out of the woodworks and speaking out....These people are in enough pain without the added pressure of the AMA and state government butting their noses in and making life unpleasant for the genuine sick of our State....Basically because my husband and a hell of alot more people haven`t died when they were supposed too, these low lifes are trying to hurry up the process by either the patients taking their own lives or the illness eventually gets them in the end....
It`s a sad sad world we live in.... what really get`s up my nose is it`s all about money...Go as a private patient and you`ll get anything you want....Become a pensioner through no fault of your own and your the scum of earth...
I feel for you Mandy...I have been trained to regard the easing of pain a priority....Without going into details try another doctor....be upfront and tell the doctor how he feels about coping with pain or more to the point is not coping. Quality of life is important....The inadequacy of my words in the face of the unrelenting pain I can relate to and do hope you find a solution.
ReplyDeleteKind regards, Elizabeth.
Hello Mandy,
ReplyDeleteIt's extremely hard for all of you with Matt and his illness. Pain long term pain - what does one do, where does one go to get relief to have a better quality of life?
I like Elizabeth suggest another Doctor, and it's good the Matt spoke how he felt to his Doctor as many people don't.
Good luck and take care,
Margaret
Here in the US we go to private doctors. If you wait for the state, you'll die waiting----if they see you at all. My private insurance is not expensive. I see a doctor by appointment, when I need a doctor. They pay attention to me and my needs. So much for socialized medicine----or socialized anything, for that meatter. Concervative Yank.
ReplyDeleteHi Mandy, Bugger eh! Absolutely ridiculous. Maybe a Health Care or Community Mental Health may help at your local hospital. Threatening suicide is committable and he may receive attention there. Pain is so fatiguing.
ReplyDeleteAs a matter of interest threatening others or threatening suicide is the ONLY way one can enter a clinic for help these days.
Did the chatters give you the shits on bb?
Hi Mandy, Bugger eh! Absolutely ridiculous. Maybe a Health Care or Community Mental Health may help at your local hospital. Threatening suicide is committable and he may receive attention there. Pain is so fatiguing.
ReplyDeleteAs a matter of interest threatening others or threatening suicide is the ONLY way one can enter a clinic for help these days.
Did the chatters give you the shits on bb?
Hi Mandy
ReplyDeleteI am lucky that have a good doctor, who even comes to the house to see me. I suffered pain in the past and when it is not managed correctly all want to do is curl up in a ball and die.
I worry about me out living my doctor or retiring before
I go.
Because of how much Bev makes we don't get any financial help from the Government but we do get a health card, which is a big help.
Stephen