Living with Neuropathy

MY STORY STARTS AND ENDS WITH PAIN 24-7 NON STOP PAIN DUE TO MS RA AND HERNIED DISCS IN CERVICAL SPINE LEFT UNTREATED BY DRS NEUROPATHIC PAIN ETC I HAVE BEEN ON EVERY MED KNOWN[EXCEPT FOR THE NEW ONES] I WAS PUT ON A PAIN MED IN 2004 AND AT THE TIME MY 21 YR RELATIONSHIP WAS COMING APART I OVER DID THE MED THE DR SAID BYE BYE AND I LOST MY HOME AND THE RESPECT OF THE NEIGHBORS WAS LABELED AND ADDICT AND CALLED WORSE BY DRS AND FRIENDS I TRIED TO HELP MYSELF BY GOING ON LINE AND GET AN ATTY TO HELP ME WITH THE PAIN MED ISSUE WRONG NOT ONLY I COULDNT GET AN ATTY BUT I WAS BACKED LASHED BY PEOPLE ON WEB SITE FORUMS GET OFF THE SITE YOU DOPPER ADDICT ETC IT WAS BAD ENOUGH WITH MY EX CALLING ME NAMES AND TREATING ME LIKE DIRT BUT TO HAVE IT COME FROM DRS WAS HUMILIATING DEGRADEING AND JUST PLAIN UNPROFESSIONAL BUT I HAD NO SUPPORT WHICH CAUSED ME TO GO INTO FULL BLOWN AGORAPHOBIA WHICH HAS LEFT ME DEPRESSED CONFUSED AND DISOLUSIONED BY OUR SO CALLED MEDICAL PROFESSION I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PAIN ADVOCATE AND WILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR OTHERS IN PAIN AND MYSELF AND HOPE THAT SOMEHOW SOMEWAY DRS PAIN PEOPLE AND SOCIETY WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW MORE COMPASSION FOR PAIN PEOPLE AND THE DRS WHO DAILY HELP THEM WITH THERE STRUGGLE PAIN ISNT PRETTY PAIN ISNT FUNNY AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN TO HELP OTHERS[DRS LAWYERS PAIN PEOPLE ]WE HAVE TO PUT ALL OUR CARDS ON THE TABLE AND EDUCATE EDUCATE ON PAIN MEDS AND WE ARE NOT ADDICTS OUR BODIES ARE DEPENDENT ON THE MEDS I HAVE BEEN AS MANY OTHERS BEFORE ME AN ADVOCATE TO SEE PAIN PEOPLE STOP HURTING AND BEING JUDGED WITHOUT RECOURSE THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE BUT WE ALL NEED TO HELP EDUCATE SO THERE CAN BE PEACE BETWEEN FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND DRS AND SOCIETY