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Pain pump, I have one, how about one for you?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: May 4 11:25am | Replies (319)Comment receiving replies
It is because of the stigma caused by the war on drugs that few of us speak out when the government crafts these rules that threaten our very lives, as we can see from the comments on this forum. Only on forums like this do we feel we can voice our thoughts without fear of reprisals. It is vital that all of us who suffer, protest and make our opinions known to our government representatives. There is new legislation being discussed now(I saw this on another site), that will require Medicare patients go through more stringent 'prior authorization' steps in order to get things like a scs, and other therapies. It's truly frightening to me, who has battled chronic pain for nine years.
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I'm sorry but no one gets a pass on speaking out. There is no excuse for not speaking out publicly against that which you think is wrong. There was a War on Drugs not on free speech and if you don't have the courage to speak up you're going to get what you don't want.
@ga29 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. It sounds like you are interested in learning more about pain pumps. You've joined the right discussion. I have linked another recent discussion where members @lisakuehl @cbrackle @julrice1 @ess77 are discussing the same/similar topic. You may want to scroll through the previous comments.
- Does anyone know or have a INTRATHECAL PAIN PUMP? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/does-anyone-know-or-have-a-intrathecal-pain-pump/
May I ask how long you have been considering a pain pump?
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the government is creating the very thing that fuels the problem they were trying to fix "the street market"