This isn't quite a disability question, although I do believe that this situation make work against me when it comes time for my hearing.
I have been on painkillers for 4 years. I'm on a very low dose compared to years before.
Two months ago I saw my PCP for my refills of my pain meds and other meds. He had me on 60 mg of kadian (morphine extended release) and 4- 5mg percocet a day. When I left I had noticed he cut the percocet in half and even my pharmacist called to make sure it wasn't a mistake. The office said the doctor was cutting every patients meds in half. I had been telling him the prior months that I was not feeling much relief and asked if we could change things, not necessarily an increase but maybe a different med. Please keep in mind that he did not discuss the change with me at all.
The next month (a week ago) he took me off the kadian cold turkey and put me back at 4-5mg percocet a day. That wasn't enough so I am still going through withdrawal. His reason for taking me off the kadian is because with all the new people getting medi-cal they are coming in trying to get pain meds, so he's not going to give them at all.
Along with MS I have some serious lower back problems that require surgery but it's so invasive I'm scared and also I'm a single mom with no support structure to care for me after surgery. So I can't really have it even if I weren't scared.
Now I've been in so much pain and all this is during my last three weeks of school. I'm failing 3 out of four classes although I'm trying my very best and I use grant money to survive so this is messing with my livelihood.
What I'm most upset about is he is treating me based upon other people and not based upon my issues as an individual. Is this right? Can he legally do this? He also spent my entire visit last week about all these new patients who want pain meds. I've been with this guy for almost two years.
Whenever I try to tell him about anything he says save it for your neuro even when my appt wasn't scheduled for 6 months and they couldn't get me in sooner because I was a new patient. Where I live there are only two clinics that take state medical and neither of them will prescribe pain meds.
I live in a small desert town where a majority of the people out here are disabled or elderly. They move out here cuz it's cheap. That's why they have so many people who need medication. I guess they probably just assume cuz I'm young that I'm a druggy but they don't have to see me cry every night out of pain just trying to get through 3 hours of school.
Is there really any reason to talk to a lawyer about this? I feel like it's a lost cause
I have been on painkillers for 4 years. I'm on a very low dose compared to years before.
Two months ago I saw my PCP for my refills of my pain meds and other meds. He had me on 60 mg of kadian (morphine extended release) and 4- 5mg percocet a day. When I left I had noticed he cut the percocet in half and even my pharmacist called to make sure it wasn't a mistake. The office said the doctor was cutting every patients meds in half. I had been telling him the prior months that I was not feeling much relief and asked if we could change things, not necessarily an increase but maybe a different med. Please keep in mind that he did not discuss the change with me at all.
The next month (a week ago) he took me off the kadian cold turkey and put me back at 4-5mg percocet a day. That wasn't enough so I am still going through withdrawal. His reason for taking me off the kadian is because with all the new people getting medi-cal they are coming in trying to get pain meds, so he's not going to give them at all.
Along with MS I have some serious lower back problems that require surgery but it's so invasive I'm scared and also I'm a single mom with no support structure to care for me after surgery. So I can't really have it even if I weren't scared.
Now I've been in so much pain and all this is during my last three weeks of school. I'm failing 3 out of four classes although I'm trying my very best and I use grant money to survive so this is messing with my livelihood.
What I'm most upset about is he is treating me based upon other people and not based upon my issues as an individual. Is this right? Can he legally do this? He also spent my entire visit last week about all these new patients who want pain meds. I've been with this guy for almost two years.
Whenever I try to tell him about anything he says save it for your neuro even when my appt wasn't scheduled for 6 months and they couldn't get me in sooner because I was a new patient. Where I live there are only two clinics that take state medical and neither of them will prescribe pain meds.
I live in a small desert town where a majority of the people out here are disabled or elderly. They move out here cuz it's cheap. That's why they have so many people who need medication. I guess they probably just assume cuz I'm young that I'm a druggy but they don't have to see me cry every night out of pain just trying to get through 3 hours of school.
Is there really any reason to talk to a lawyer about this? I feel like it's a lost cause
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