Hello, I am new to this site, also. I'm not sure how to do this, tho I did read the rules, so I'm just saying 'hi' as a fellow newbie & sharing stories.
I can relate to what you're saying. After working hard many years I was injured on the job. Now I scratch to get by now with my husband passed on. My day revolves around my pain - being able to move, not doing anything to aggravate it, not sleeping or eating because of it. I need reliable help.
After carrying insurance for 30 years, I draw too much to qualify for medical assistance but not enough to keep doctors happy, I suppose. Doctors won't accept me because I have no insurance, even tho I'm willing to pay in cash. I've been treating a sinus infection with natural remedies for 3 months now when I know I need antibiotic, which name & dose for 10 days, and I'd be fine. Ridiculous. Outrageous.
I live in constant pain and have limited ability to function. Until recently I was kept halfway comfortable with pain meds until I moved to a new area so my son could help me. This new doctor (30 yr old, green, just out of school and brainwashed, I think) said he didn't believe in what makes my life bearable and enables me to function, gave me a bunch of these new meds that don't work and who knows what they'll do 30 years from now.. He made things difficult for me because I debated him, I had done nothing wrong to be treated that way and be made to suffer. A pain management specialist ordered all those meds yrs ago and there's never been a problem before (he retired).
Living in a rural area, there is a limited number of doctors and they all seem afraid to stand up to government for their patients' well-being. It's extremely difficult for me to travel to large cities, not knowing which doctors are reasonable, and if you switch doctors, they slander you just for wanting quality of life. I just want to not be miserable 24 hr/day.
Now I spend most my days lying down or in recliner. I hurt too much to do my chores, I hurt too much to socialize. It is a very depressing future to think of living in constant intense pain. I have spent MANY hours on the internet, researching, been ripped off, basically left on a desert island to rot.
I hope to meet new people with problems similar to mine and gain knowledge on this site. Glad to 'meet' you all......
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