Hey #CPP fam! Have any of you ever felt blackmailed or coerced into talking medication just to get your pain meds? Details will follow in the enclosed thread. 1/?
I’m currently #inpatient for a #SickleCellCrisis and the morning attending talked with me in front of the nurse that instead of getting pain meds every two hours, It would be every three hours, but I would get some breakthrough doses so my pain doesn’t spiral out of control.
However, every time I asked for a dose, the orders weren’t in the system. So I’ve been fighting for these extra doses ALL DAY LONG! I could tell that the nurse felt bad about it too. At shift change the orders STILL AREN’T IN THE COMPUTER! 😡🤬😤
So now I have to try my luck with the night shift. When the nurse comes with my evening meds, I tell her about the situation before explaining why I don’t want the Lovenox injection.
When she comes back a few minutes later, she tells me that I can only get the breakthrough doses (You know…the ones ordered ~THIS MORNING~) if I take the Lovenox injection. As if I really have a fucking CHOICE!? So I take it because I need a way to treat my pain FFS!
I don’t even NEED the Lovenox. After sitting or lying down for a while, I HAVE to stretch or move around or my muscles get super spastic and painful. And when I’m in the hospital, I’m always stretching because #SickleCellCrises make my spasticity loads worse AND I have spasms.
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