Sky, i certainly don'b believe that you're addicted to pain meds. once years and years ago, i decided to go to a famous pain clinic in Houston. the first thing i received from them, after reviewing my pounds of medical charts, was the notification that i would be in detox for 14 days when i arrived at the clinic.

i got on the phone and called that psych doc. we argued for an hour about. i had FOUR children who played every sport, played in the orchestra, etc and we lived miles from town and all i did was drive, drive, drive. and how the hell could i take enough pain meds to become addicted and still care for the children? he and i really got into a heated discussion. he accused me of being in denial. YET there were no entries in my charts of my having scripts for pain meds. the only time i ever took something was about once a month, at bedtime, richard would give me an injection...and that would be because i would be in the fetal position crying my head off. i had no scripts for meds.

i didn't go to the blasted clinic!!!! hold your ground! working in ER, i saw it over and over and over. docs refusing to listen, really listen, to patients about chronic pain. one of the sobs called a spinal cancer patient a junkie one night. her morphine pump had broken and she needed another one. i pulled him into another room and reamed him out up one side and the other. i told him about my experiences with chronic pain and about my daughter's struggle with heroin. i threatened him with a report to the state medical office. i never heard him use the words addict, junkie, etc. again. insensitive fools!