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(20,866 posts)Fun club isn't it?
As an MS sufferer, I am drug tested, humiliated, accused, and treated like a criminal as I have chronic neurological damage from this illness that affects my body as a whole. I am in constant pain 24 hrs. a day and I go through what you are now going through every day of my life.
I hate it and it is wrong! I too had three major abdominal surgeries in 9 mos. and almost died. They'd been dosing me with masses of ibuprofen and I ended up in the ER with a hole in my intestine and I almost died. It was after this event that they finally took my pain problem seriously and changed me to some thing far less toxic and more effective. So, you have my sympathy believe me!
Just because there are people out there using these drugs illegally does not seem to be a good reason to punish people that suffer with severe and/or chronic severe pain due to a disease, surgery or illness. If we have to go through so much crap to get these pain medications, why in the hell would we sell them to someone else or give them to someone else? It makes zero sense!
Try to take care of yourself best you can. You need the pain pills so your body can heal itself. If you don't get the rest you need and some relief from the pain, your recovery time is thwarted and the doctors know this btw! Shame on them!
I hope you can get what you need soon!