I’m doing physical therapy for a relatively minor shoulder problem. The pain goes from nothing serious to debilitating. My right arm is numb most of the time and I’m strongly right handed. (monodextrous)
I’ve got some pain pills but have been very judicious in taking them because I don’t like the way they make my head feel all loopy.
Our county is in the epicenter of the heroin/opiod epidemic. I have friends who have lost children to it and understand the different sort of pain they are enduring.
One of the challenges is that there’s no real medical way to diagnose “pain.” Therefore it’s easy to scam the system.
That said, I truly believe that the relatively low number of people who are truly in need of medical remediation should be allowed whatever they want, but there needs to be a way to regulate it. (not government regulation, something medical)
Same with experimental drugs for terminal patients. I love the Right to Try idea.
House passed the Right to Try on the second go round hope it gets through the senate. And they will expand it to other hopeless diseases. My BIL has MD as does his brother. Not a lot out there to treat it. Son is Type 2 Diabetic, again not a whole lot treats it well. My friend Roger Chriss has EDS another of those Rare disease that the PIG Pharma doesn’t work on as it is not profitable. Same reason GYN’s don’t see women my age, we go once a year vs the baby making generation.
Sounds like you’ve picked up some nerve damage, that sounds just like Neuropathy, I’ve got that down both arms/hands and legs. Thumb surgery to repair Trigger lock and a torn ligament ended up with 2 screws, Frozen Thumb, cast damaged the right hand especially the index finger. I like you am Monodextrous. I also CCW, quilt, and crochet, now I can’t do any of it. And the Neuropathy is worse. I saved my pain pills for Physio days.