officially doctors & nurses are not supposed to use gut checks to determine if a patient is actually in pain,
reality is many if not most do & this ends up hurting A LOT of medical-seeking people
It's happened to me & it's garbage
#chronicpain #disability #health #medtwitter
reality is many if not most do & this ends up hurting A LOT of medical-seeking people
It's happened to me & it's garbage
#chronicpain #disability #health #medtwitter
https://twitter.com/oni_blackstock/status/1581374107202961408
Autism, learning disabilities, those poor at reading body language,
anyone that sucks at communicating gets hit hardest by these gut checks & get a note on their chart for drug seeking & its game over man
hard to be taken seriously for pain after that
@TaylorLorenz @maiasz
anyone that sucks at communicating gets hit hardest by these gut checks & get a note on their chart for drug seeking & its game over man
hard to be taken seriously for pain after that
@TaylorLorenz @maiasz
we could be here all day:
medical professionals mad someone brought in food, mad that they talked too much, mad they didn't talk enough, mad cuz they seemed too eager to accept pain medicine, mad cuz they didn't seem grateful for pain medicine, mad for coming in unshowered
medical professionals mad someone brought in food, mad that they talked too much, mad they didn't talk enough, mad cuz they seemed too eager to accept pain medicine, mad cuz they didn't seem grateful for pain medicine, mad for coming in unshowered
mad patient didn't come w/ someone for support,
mad they did, mad that they looked too healthy, mad they looked too sick, mad they came in a certain time a day on that person's shift, mad the person wasn't friendly enough, mad the person was too friendly
wired.com/story/opioid-d…
mad they did, mad that they looked too healthy, mad they looked too sick, mad they came in a certain time a day on that person's shift, mad the person wasn't friendly enough, mad the person was too friendly
wired.com/story/opioid-d…
Basically, a medical professional can screw U over if for any reason they didn't like the cut of ur jib
& if u dont think it can happen to u, think again
Even being an abuse survivor can get u deemed unworthy of pain treatment
wired.com/story/opioid-d… #pain @TaylorLorenz @maiasz
& if u dont think it can happen to u, think again
Even being an abuse survivor can get u deemed unworthy of pain treatment
wired.com/story/opioid-d… #pain @TaylorLorenz @maiasz
I know this short thread isn't in flowery or professional language, but that's what happens
which is why disabled folk like myself STRESS OUT at the thought of getting medical help cuz we then have to pray & act & do whatever we can to be taken seriously
which is why disabled folk like myself STRESS OUT at the thought of getting medical help cuz we then have to pray & act & do whatever we can to be taken seriously
https://twitter.com/oni_blackstock/status/1581374107202961408?s=20&t=LkOPT3dzbzXW2VA2QA_eTQ
One of the big reasons I got kicked my effective pain care regimen in 2018 was that a nurse had written me up after being annoyed I had called the clinic too many times when I was in a medical emergency
Only last year was I able to get the drug-seeking taken off my records
Only last year was I able to get the drug-seeking taken off my records
so if I sound bitter that's because I am,
it's wrong that people can be treated this way
& no one is proposing anything to fix it
(rant over)
it's wrong that people can be treated this way
& no one is proposing anything to fix it
(rant over)
@threadreaderapp unroll
the original sin for this problem is that the US government determined medicine should be the first line of defense in catching drug abuse,
Everything with inpatient medical relations has been going downhill ever since
@dr4liberty @jacobsullum @nickgillespie
Everything with inpatient medical relations has been going downhill ever since
@dr4liberty @jacobsullum @nickgillespie
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