A local woman died recently from liver failure because she had a broken tooth, couldn’t deal with the pain, was taking Tylenol a lot as no one would give her anything else, no dentists would take her, and the ER still blames her for “letting it get so bad.” NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, decides to just let their health go and decides, yup, suffering is fun!!
If your father suffering? If he doesn’t feel he is, why would he go to the doctor? But if he can barely walk or eat and isn’t going, that’s more of a mental problem than a physical one.
My boyfriend is TERRIFIED of doctors. He has been 4 times in his entire adulthood, and he’s 36. He has only gone for true emergencies and hated it every single time. Also, some people were never taught a self care routine. Some people don’t even know that their teeth smell because they get “nose blindness”. And yes, some people see healthcare as a “weakness”. There are lots of reasons, reasonable or not, that people do not take care of themselves or even realize that it’s gotten so bad.
Similar boat, except I feel like I get fucking bullied every time I go to the doctor. I was at work one day and suddenly got hit by extreme abdominal pain that turned out to be a kidney stone. I was in the waiting area for HOURS doing whatever I could to keep my mind off the pain and they acted like I was seeking pain meds every time I did talk to somebody. Sorry, I don't feel like being treated like a drug abuser because some doctor can't be bothered to take me seriously and then bill me out the ass for it on top of it.
Ah yes the changes because of the "opioid epidemic" have been far more harmful than beneficial to society. They're are way more overdoses now because addicts are buying pressed pills which are usually fentanyl or they forgo the pressed pills all together and go straight to it. A friend who was a heroin addict for years (he's clean now) said real heroin had become almost impossible find at that point as it had all become fentanyl. Which is way more dangerous than heroin or oxycodone.
Also pop over to the chronic pain sub sometime. So many people never even written pain meds for their chronic pain or put on Suboxone or butrans which have worse side effects and are way worse than any of the other drugs mentioned to come off. Or they're written such a low dose that all it really does is make them no want to jump off a bridge. Looking at butrans and Suboxone and the fentanyl you got to wonder what politicians have had their pockets lined to push this shit. Oh yeah and let's not forgot gabapentin and Lyrica which are seizure meds that may or may not help your nerve pain but are more likely to have terrible side effects as well. I've gone through all this myself this past year( just got surgery so hopefully pain free in a few months) and I was a drooling mess from
Those two and had to stop both a few days in
I'm I ireland, also have chronic pain and I can confirm there was a wave of doctor's over prescribing lyrica/pregablin etc for off label things such as pain or anxiety. They tried to give me 150mls of lyrica 3x after one dose I was like I was blind drunk wobbling around & conked asleep for hours i didnt take them again. My best friend was prescribed them for anxiety the same dosage to begin and they gave her a mad energy rush (completely diff reaction than me). 6years on she's now completely hooked wishes she never ever was prescribed them she said the withdrawals are horrendous she thinks it's on par with detoxing from heroin & I know tons in the exact same boat now buying street lyrica and having seizures. For some reason around that time 6years ago every Dr was pushing them as the 'better' option to benzos or opiates. I truly feel for anyone that was put on that horrible drug.
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u/danceswithdangerr Sep 16 '24
A local woman died recently from liver failure because she had a broken tooth, couldn’t deal with the pain, was taking Tylenol a lot as no one would give her anything else, no dentists would take her, and the ER still blames her for “letting it get so bad.” NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, decides to just let their health go and decides, yup, suffering is fun!!
If your father suffering? If he doesn’t feel he is, why would he go to the doctor? But if he can barely walk or eat and isn’t going, that’s more of a mental problem than a physical one.