> May God forgive you for your insensitivity and may you suffer from adhesions
> for the rest of your life. (Please, Dear Lord forgive me for my anger ) I have
> never been to the ER in MY LIFE for my pain and I've been in agony. Most of
> the doctors I have seen refused me medication and referred me to counseling. I
> went. Two psychiatrists wrote long letters saying I was in REAL agony, and the
> pain center refered me to more counselors because I obviously needed them or I
> would not have gone in the beginning. When they finally started operating, the
> adhesions were so extensive that my other organs were cut "by mistake" because
> the doctors couldn't see what they were doing. No local doctor will operate on
> me because they are afraid of lawsuits because they can't adequately treat
> adhesions. And by the way, new research show that mice adhesions are filled
> with nerves. Adhesions do not show up on any tests. They can only be found by
> opening you up and looking. The adhesions stick the other organs together and
> cause tremendous pain. I have never sued anybody in my life for trying their
> best to help me.
> You should not be a nurse. You should be an undertaker, because those people
> are beyond pain, Thank God. Stick around and keep reading. Read the quilt.
> See the deaths. Perhaps you are beyond caring, if so, please find another
> profession. I personally do not know any "street drug-seeking addicts", but I
> would imagine that the Lord loves them too, even if they are hard to love.
> Forgive me for my hostility, but 24 hour pain does things to you. I am an
> adhesion sufferer, business owner, step-mother, treasurer of our church,
> President of the local Inn Association, owner of a ranch with lots of animals,
> etc. But above all, a human being who needs and deserves sympathy and
> adequate pain medication. You need to find it in you somewhere to be more
> sympathetic or get out of your profession. Sally
>
> anonymous wrote:
>
> > I found this site by accident and have read so many stories of
> > "mistreatment" by nurses and doctors in ERs when you come to us in pain.
> > I want you to think of it in our terms.
> >
> > You wander in day and night, most of you walking on your own, in no
> > apparent acute distress.
> > You register and wait, telling everyone in the busy waiting area that
> > you MUST be seen immediately, "because you hurt so badly."
> > You take up valuable space in busy trauma and emergency medicine
> > departments complaining of terrible pain in your abdomen, and you tell
> > us you must get pain meds for the pain.
> >
> > One a pain assessment scale of 1-10, virtually all of you cite between
> > an 8 and a ten. But you aren't perspiring, crying, vomiting, bloated,
> > or acting like you are acutely ill.
> >
> > Many of you refuse to have x-rays, scans and other diagnostic studies
> > because you say "all those tests have been done a million times and they
> > are always negative" but you demand pain medication!!
> > You tell us you have adhesions but adhesions are nothing more than
> > layers of scarring that have no nerve endings. How can this cause pain?
> >
> > I am told "I need 100 mg of Demerol, IM " by someone who refuses to
> > allow us to examine them, and when we refuse to give you narcotics you
> > become upset.
> >
> > What do you want from us? If every drug addict walked into my ER and did
> > what many of you do, they'd be booted out by Security but for some
> > reason, you feel we are treating you unfairly??
> >
> > Maybe instead of asking for pain medication, you might benefit from
> > talking to a therapist who can help you deal with your "pain"?
> >
> > If we do an MRI or flat plate and see something suspicious., of course
> > you'll be treated aggressively, and receive sympathy and medication.
> > Otherwise, please understand, we are not a narcotic dispensing
> > department for everyone with indigestion or cramps.
> >