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Originally Posted by Myrrh_Quetz

Here’s the problem with getting the News. If I were to do that, no medical professional would ever touch me. I’d become “that news guy”. I’m currently trying to contact the news anonymously but I think they care as much without a face to put to such treatment.

This post is just the start of the horrible mistreatement I’ve gotten ever since I was diagnosed with Cancer. It doesn’t get worse, but it doesn’t get better.

I will say, the good thing about Canadian health care is that I haven’t had to pay a single cent for anything cancer related. Which, knowing how screwed id be if I lived in the states is very nice.

That is the sad part of it all. You get treated like shit, but you don't have that added stress of money, sort of. My wife says there are always periodic meetings about liability, things said among staff, etc because of how sue happy everyone is. When she is a full fledged RN I will more than likely buy some type of additional liability insurance whether it's malpractice or just on the personal side of things.

I'm happy for your that you're doing this. I'd imagine it has to be therapeutic in a way.

Here’s the problem with getting the News. If I were to do that, no medical professional would ever touch me. I’d become “that news guy”. I’m currently trying to contact the news anonymously but I think they care as much without a face to put to such treatment.

This post is just the start of the horrible mistreatement I’ve gotten ever since I was diagnosed with Cancer. It doesn’t get worse, but it doesn’t get better.

I will say, the good thing about Canadian health care is that I haven’t had to pay a single cent for anything cancer related. Which, knowing how screwed id be if I lived in the states is very nice.

My wife works as a CNA at our local hospital. She's on the seventh floor where besides normal people go, addicts who are withdrawing get put there. She works 3rd shift so she has seen a lot. It's no secret a lot of addicts do go to the ER to get put in a room and get their high. She has seen people fake seizures, act like they can't breathe, say they can't feel limbs because of the pain, etc etc all lies. However, there are definitely people like yourself. What is sad is she could probably point to a few of her coworkers and say they would've treated you the same. Actual Registered Nurses and Doctors on the other hand are a different story. Liability is a huge fear and lawsuits for malpractice are a very common thing. More than once my wife has been interviewed about how a patient was treated because they made threatening comments.

Now, should go without saying I'm not thinking your med staff was trash. I'm sure it was! Six years ago my wife had a kidney infection and was sort of treated similar in the beginning by doctors. Very careless. Never introduced themselves. Just, cold sort of. I'm borderline shocked they would tell you that you literally cannot stay there. I'm sure if you were in a better state of mind you would have went back with a news crew!

My own experience with meds wasn't painkillers, although in the same realm, I think. I have acute anxiety and when I was trying my best to stick to my prescriptions things weren't working so well. This was in 2015. I went to a new doc because we lived in a different area and he asked what do I do when I have an anxiety attack? Huh, nothing? Suffer? He prescribed me a low dose of Xanax. GAME CHANGER. Now I didn't have to wonder if I was going to eventually have a heart attack while having an anxiety attack. A year goes by and we move back home. I have an annual visit and it's a new doc because our health system changed. We talk about the SSRI and I say, oh yeah, I only have one Xanax left. I need to get a new prescription. Yeah, took over a year to go thru 9 Xanax (script was only for 10). Immediate no from new doc. Nothing to even discuss. Too much risk of me becoming an addict.

I too am not a fan of healthcare or dental for that matter. It just always seems like a hassle or those in the profession aren't truly trying to help.

Hospitals are hot garbage now. My experience with doctors and nurses locally are very similar to yours. If you so much as MENTION pain, you're just another fucker wanting an opioid. My grandmother went in for knee replacement and they damn near instantly cut her off of painkillers once she discharged. She got 2 weeks worth I think. She's had nothing but complications with it and she's not the type to go to the pain clinics they now refer you to by default for long term chronic pain. If you've ever been to one of those places..opioid addicts are the only people there really. Unfortunate situations all around in healthcare.

What you two go thru in a week is probably more than most go thru in a life. Way to keep each other strong.

Subscribed. Well written post, Myrrh.