i've gotten past being frustrated, hurt, and plain old ****** off at my doctor and pharmacist, but i still have a problem to deal with. i have skin cancer, hypertention, an anuresmyl problem with my ascending aorta, i have pain issues, nueropathy due to diabetes and a shattered arm, hep c (but he says i've been testing clear for 6 years) a pain that could be from scar tissue or a tumor, he isn't sure which after a year, anyway i was on 11 pills at one time for over a year. 12 days ago i quit taking them, i stopped everything but my pain meds and asprin, and lorazapam all that i've taken for 5 years. i called the phamacy and doctor and neither has called back, the last time i called was yesterday. how do you deal with this situation w/o losing your temper. this article says we're a team my doctor, pharmacist, & I but am i the only one aware of it? i didn't want to go to the pharmacist because i knew he'd say "go talk to the doctor" he did say it the first time. when i came back again saying the doctor wasn't returning my calls the pharmacist seems to vanished now along with the doctor.
i live on the big island of hawaii and i'm wondering if the reason for my being ignored is because i live on an island and things are different here. i had the staff on the phone the other day and asked if the doctor got any of the several messages i left and was told; it' s been over a week, you should be fine now. The remark was so off the wall i couldn't believe it. a nurse friend said i could be in big trouble not taking my blood pressure meds and it could take two months for me to get past some of the sides from these meds. i was taking cymbalta, toprol, lisinipril, requip, as well as my pain meds, oxycontin and oxycodone which i didn't quit because i'd never had side effects taking them and i stopped the requip and went back to lorazapam which never effected me poorly. so i see the doctor on the 16th and i really need some advice on the best way to find out why my life wasn't important enough to call and find out just how ill i was and i was ill. so ill i passed out in the drug store, threw up everyday, couldn't walk up the 3 flights of stairs to my apartment, couldn't eat, and couldn't sleep for fear of seeing dead people. the only one who saw me through this was my therapist who insisted i come in daily so she could see for herself how i was doing, two close friends who called 4 times a day, and the people in a group i belong to on line who are in pain or love someone in pain.
thanks for hearing me out. i don't want anyone else to suffer the way i have this past year. i knew if i stayed on those pills i would be dead in a matter of a few more days. i think i deserve some answers and better treatment and at the very least respect and i got none of that.
aloha
malia
