I hope you can find a legitimate doctor that’s not afraid to have a look at your chronic pain then. I think whatever risk there is in going to one in Texas now would be worth it, if the pain is as bad as I can imagine. And I hope you feel better.
I don't think you get it. legitimate doctors look at my back, grimace, then kick me out of their offices. My problem is obvious, well-documented and backed up with x-rays, MRI's, and the opinions of specialists. But it doesn't matter.
See, I am a 'pain patient'. Therefore, I am a second-class citizen. I am a threat to everything they've worked for and to their personal liberty. Doctors in Texas can't afford to prescribe pain medications right now and the ones who dare do it are being arrested.
Trust me, I am by far, not the only patient in this situation. There are thousands of people in my situation.
The thing that conservatives don't get is that it doesn't matter how legitimate your problem is in today's anti-drug climate. (I had a friend who was denied pain management while fighting CANCER.) ANY pain-management is suspect. Long-term pain management is not going to happen.
At one time, I was naive. I thought that it was only 'bad' people who were denied pain medications. It couldn't happen to me! I'm legitimate!
How wrong I was.