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laweeks;

As someone who worked in the medical field for 25 years, I can tell you that you are extremely narrow minded and lack the ability to feel compassion regarding Rush (or perhaps you've always hated him?).

I worked in an area of medicine that dealt with the kind of medical condition and pain that Mr. Limbaugh has and *is* dealing with. I was the back office nurse who warned our patients that if they ran out of their pain meds because they took more of them than prescribed, they would be out. And guess what? They often did, because the pain was that bad!

So until you walk a mile in his shoes, perhaps you should "try" to imagine wanting a *normal day, a painfree day*. It isn't like he was out there just getting HIGH for fun! (And I would wish EVERY addict GREAT success in their recovery despite how they became one. God Bless them all!! My point is, when a person becomes an addict to escape PAIN, I feel it is under a different set of circumstances, and merits a different response than those who did it because they were simply wanting to have FUN!)

He was prescribed a HIGHLY addictive drug. Oxycontin only recently was found to be EXTREMELY addictive. The phyicians prescribing it would most likely never have prescribed it knowing then what they do now!

It wasn't long after working for the Physiatrists group, that I myself broke my back. When I had my accident, the first thing I thought about was all the back patients and the horrific pain they had, and how they couldn't be helped very well.

Thankfully, I have never had their problems. PRAISE GOD!!

But I can assure you.. you do NOT want to ever experience what they go through. Be thankful.. be very thankful.

But also, say a few prayers. Because it has been my experience in life, that those who are so judgemental have a way of finding out first hand what those who they judge so harshly, have gone through. Some call it karma. Perhaps it explains the old saying "What goes around comes around". But I think there is a lot of merit to it.

Hate and bitterness, and a lack of goodwill towards others truly is unhealthy.

God Bless Rush, and any others who suffer like he does.