I would just show him all of the info that you have printed up and ask him..."Why, if this is the way things are in the United States for people who suffer pain like I do, should it be any different here in New Zealand. Your pain is no less because you live in New Zealand. Tell him you are demanding the right to live...to be able to function without constantly being in pain. And if you can't find out about rights in New Zealand, begin petitioning your government for similar rights there.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: J&L VERMEY To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 6:16 PM Subject: Re: ADHESIONS digest 1650
Thanks Rhonda, and others who have been advising me!
I will, I would really like to know how this site relates to me living in New Zealand. I really want to know where I stand legally, what my rights are - as I come across many of the same issues that you guys have had in the USA. It's just sometimes NZ can really be behind the rest of the world! I hate that so much! It made so much sense reading the words at the Action on Pain site that it's comparable to being Diabetic and having to make do with only one dose of insulin a day! In order for me to survive this I need to know what I am entitled to. I have a very considerate and caring house doctor - but I am really afraid that should I have to go back into hospital - that I will be straight away referred to the pain team - who will call my pain specialist - and I can just imagine seeing his expression when he finds out that I am taking 40 mg of morphine sulphate (called Sevredol here in NZ) - when he expressly told me that he wouldn't prescribe it as he wants me to come off all opioid or "narcotic" medications. And he will simply take it away from me - and I will be back to square one - suffering so much pain that I DON'T HAVE A LIFE! I've already in the past have had feelings of "I wish I were dead - then at least I wouldn't suffer so much anymore". I'm also afraid that if I don't do what my P.S. says that I will be told that they won't help me anymore. Does my P.S. have the right to order me what to do? Does he have the right to make me take methadone when I no longer want to because I feel that I have become tolerant to it - and I no longer find it effective? I really feel that my P.S. would prefer it if I remained dumb and ignorant - I have no idea what kind of pain medications are available in my country - or whether I (a chronic pain sufferer who does not have cancer) I am allowed to take palliative care pain medications? Can my P.S. order my house doctor to stop prescribing Sevredol to me?
My husband tells me not to worry - but I can't help myself.
I so want to live my life - I want to improve the quality of my life as up to now my life stinks from here to the back door. I don't want to go thru life feeling so b****y miserable, not having any fun, not even being able to do simple tasks - like vacuuming my house. I want to enjoy the things I used to. I want my husband to be happy - to have a wife who meets him half way - who can support him - and who doesn't lie in bed all the time because she is too ill to get up.
I'm sorry that I keep going on and on about this..... but it's upper most on my mind.
I'm feeling so much better these last 5 days since I've been allowed to take morphine every 4 hours - and I don't want to have that taken away from me?
Can you understand how I feel????
Feeling so desperate.
Lin
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Faithghl0@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS Sent: Sunday, 2 December 2001 07:13 Subject: Re: ADHESIONS digest 1650
In a message dated 11/30/2001 7:39:04 PM Central Standard Time, adhesions@adhesions.org writes: Hi this Rhonda I tried that link and it did not work. However I'm a member of that group .This addy should get you to Skips site. Actiononpain@yahoo.com , This will give widowmakers new addy. He has a wealth of info . He and his wife Linda are really nice people.Just go and ask a question and someone will either have the answer or you will be pointed in the right direction ! This is a great site. It's how I found the ARDS site to here !Wishing everyone as pain free a day as possible! Warm Regards, Rhonda
Visit the sites that speak of addiction vs. dependence and tolerance. Print it out. Go to the pain site http://www.widomakers.com and print up the information they have there. They may not have anything that relates to New Zealand but any doctor with common sense would realize that the treatment of pain should not vary just because you live in another country. > > > >Anyway this is the site I found. > > > >http://www.anzspm.org.au/newsletter/01mayjun/draftpositionpaper.html >