Time to shift gears and talk about Dr's.

My post below isn't meant to be a slam against the website I mentioned. I read and post on there and enjoy it. I also get pissed off sometimes when I do so, but obviously they are pissed off too, so it all works out.

Today I had an appointment with my Dr. , the Dr. who has been my Dr. for going on 12 years now. He is a GP not a specialist and that is starting to cause problems.

He's old school.

He thinks depressed people should just 'snap out of it'.

He doesn't think chronic pain is a REAL ailment. He has never SAID that, but all signs point to the fact that he really doesn't take it seriously.

I have a much longer post about my appt. today. I got so mad at him I called him a fucking fuck ( !!!) ...I fully intend to write every detail of this appt. down and do so from now on.

I've no idea who or if anyone reads this, but it doesn't matter really. It makes me feel better to have somewhere to air out my anger/concerns/problems regarding my health issues. It may also come in handy later incase I need to remember a certain thing from a certain date.

Deep down though, I do hope it gets some readers and commenters eventually because it makes things so much easier when you have other people to talk/type to who are in the same boat as you are in.

But, right now I have to sit down somewhere comfortable because I have been on my feet all day and am aching from head to toe. So, I will partake in some EVIL narcotic medication and then come back and write about the horrible day I had and how for the 1st time I went completely bonkers on my Dr. and told him some 'home truths' that only happen in a small town. lol

That will make more sense when I finish this entry I promise.

It's about time for a blog for US....

I have been reading and posting on The Angry Pharmacist now for about a week (ish). It's made up of mostly pharmacists (or so they say) and chronic pain sufferers (to be fair, or so they say also)....

Now, some of these 'pharmacists' come across as the most mean, vile, uptight and unsavory people on this earth. Of course some of them are most likely jaded by dealing with people NOT in pain but just looking for a high from narcotics. But they treat the people who aren't looking for that, a high, but are actually in pain and in need of help, most of them are talked to like they're shit. Which is terrible coming from people who are supposed to be helpers/healers. It's disheartening really.

What I have been wondering is, if they have this attitude, why are they in a job where they work with *OH MY GOD* PEOPLE on a daily basis?

I want to know some of YOUR experiences with these mad as hell pharmacists and I want to know some of your conditions and how/if you've been looked down on or been treated like shit because of the meds you require just to live some sort of a decent life.

I am slowly coming to the conclusion that the ones I've read so far had rather someone in REAL pain go out and score smack than have to be bothered with filling a prescription for them or heaven forbid having to consult with them.

I know there are some good ones out there, I have a good one as it goes, but these jokers really take the cake so far.

I emailed the link to the blog i've been reading to MY own pharmacist and to say he was embarrassed reading it would be an understatement, he also commented that if someone were to read a story and think 'shit that happened to me!' and dug deep enough and it WAS them, they would be in for a hell of a lot of bother.

What I want to know then is what is wrong with these people and what gives them the right to treat human beings suffering like shit?

Have you been on the recieving end of this sort of treatment?

What's your ailment and how do you cope/treat it?