crystalina0814
New member
I seriously just need to vent to other who I know will understand how I feel.
How it that the common everyday american- millions of them- can get a prescription for painkillers for everything from a backache to a simple toothache. But me, who has legitimate pain...serious pain at times, is always prescriped the same useless crap- Ibprofin?? Currently I am getting over the flu, and now add in Pleurisy. My chest hurts so bad I can hardly walk and my joints are KILLING me. Everytime I get sick, my CF related arthiritis acts up. NO fail, everytime. Every single joint in my body kills me. Ibprofin does not even touch the amount of pain I am in. When I bring this up to my doctor, she says that a lot of people with Chronic illness become addicted to painkillers- so they do not like to prescribe them. If I ask, the answer is usually no. They were even hesitant giving me a three day supply after my port surgery.
I am so frusterated.
My sister who has a self induced sexually transmitted disease has an unlimited supply written out to her name for the rest of her life for flare-ups(herpes), but me, who suffers daily with pains that the common, non-cfer, person could not begin to handle, can't even get a few day supply.
What do I do? What do your doctors do?
How it that the common everyday american- millions of them- can get a prescription for painkillers for everything from a backache to a simple toothache. But me, who has legitimate pain...serious pain at times, is always prescriped the same useless crap- Ibprofin?? Currently I am getting over the flu, and now add in Pleurisy. My chest hurts so bad I can hardly walk and my joints are KILLING me. Everytime I get sick, my CF related arthiritis acts up. NO fail, everytime. Every single joint in my body kills me. Ibprofin does not even touch the amount of pain I am in. When I bring this up to my doctor, she says that a lot of people with Chronic illness become addicted to painkillers- so they do not like to prescribe them. If I ask, the answer is usually no. They were even hesitant giving me a three day supply after my port surgery.
I am so frusterated.
My sister who has a self induced sexually transmitted disease has an unlimited supply written out to her name for the rest of her life for flare-ups(herpes), but me, who suffers daily with pains that the common, non-cfer, person could not begin to handle, can't even get a few day supply.
What do I do? What do your doctors do?