Well my hopes of some sort of relief from chronic pain was crushed with Hillary's "sweep"
and a single payer system which would allow me to have the testing for my ongoing headaches due to Hydrocephalus and find some sort of answer for my chronic neupathic pain from multiple spinal issues.
Now on top of that, I was even denied being able to participate in a chronic lower pain study due to my shunt for hydrocephalus yesterday. Imagine having to go to a clinical trial for help and not even being accepted to be a fucking guinea pig. Wonderful health care system....for some.
Then as I walked less that a half mile home from the train station because my wife was unable to get off of work, I had to drop to my knees several times to relieve the horrible pain throughout my spine and legs. I thought I may have to get some help to get home even though I was two blocks away. It took over an hour for that walk.
As I was on the sidewalk on my knees I though I have no choice and must go back on the oxycodone. Then after a very bad night I wake up and read about the CDC.............
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/03/15/cdc-issues-new-guidelines-opiate-prescribing-reduce-abuse-overdoses/81809704/
The nation's top federal health agency urged doctors to avoid prescribing powerful opiate painkillers for patients with chronic pain, saying the risks from such drugs far outweigh the benefits for most people.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its first ever guidelines for dispensing the morphine-like, addictive drugs, such as Vicodin and OxyContin, said it took the action Tuesday to combat the nation's deadly prescription painkiller epidemic.
The guidelines carve out an exception for patients receiving cancer treatment or end-of-life care. When doctors determine that such drugs are necessary in other situations, the CDC advises doctors prescribe the lowest possible dose for the shortest amount of time.
About 40 Americans die each day from overdosing on prescription painkillers, according to
the CDC. In 2013, an estimated 1.9 million people abused or were dependent on prescription opiates.
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Where is the CDC on the 88,000 a year who die due to alcohol??? 1 in 10 between the ages of 22 and 64 are killed.......
So yesterday was another wonderful day.... I still have hope and believe in Bernie but it seems money trumps people and those who are comfortable with the status quo trumps compassion for those who have no way to help themselves.
Many here have told me here it's not all about me so I send a hearty congratulations to all those enjoying this "victory" life is good.
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thanks for the reply......... Third way =Republican lite 
too many now know that it can happen. He lit the fuse of many issues that really are life and death for so many suffering ... it won't be put out by any politician pooh-poohing it off. 
Also do I have to google domestic violence perpetrated on women and children do to alcohol abuse...... give me a break. Go have a drink and enjoy the victory it's therapeutical I believe....
Drinking too much can harm your health. Excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost (YPLL) each year in the United States from 2006 – 2010, shortening the lives of those who died by an average of 30 years.1,2 Further, excessive drinking was responsible for 1 in 10 deaths among working-age adults aged 20-64 years. The economic costs of excessive alcohol consumption in 2010 were estimated at $249 billion, or $2.05 a drink.3
http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/alcohol-use.htm
relief for over a year......
HRC's embrace of the health insurance industry means you're stuck in that vicious loop for many more years.
Such a victory for "us".
on both threads 
reply. I also had three surgeries two on my lower back (much worse after) and I had my neck fused which really did not get much better but I'm happy it did not get worse.
The Hydrocephalus after my neck collapse was the blow in which has caused the most harm. After getting shunted I was told that the reason for my continuing headaches was because of the 15mg Oxycodone I was taking. I stopped taking the medication last year and of course my headaches have continued to this day.
So now I just try to stay immobile and still my neuropathic pain rages on. I kept quiet for years and kept a stiff upper lip but now I don't care what people say about my whining.
I hope your own pain is being treated with compassion and you are being treated with respect and dignity. IMO the respect part goes a long way in the way we as chronic pain feel both mentally and physically.
HRC and her supporters don't give a shit.
Incremental change baby, that's the ticket. Just gotta wait another generation
I am so sorry 
Single payer.
The only humane solution.
reply. You are one of the posters I have a great deal of respect for. I was just bombarded with bad news yesterday and this morning but my hopes for Bernie have not been crushed I still have faith and will support him till the bitter end.
