I wanted to thank everyone who posted when I had to leave town to take care of my mom. My doctor was able to give me my refills early and thanks to the advice of Ozzy and Travel, I saved all my receipts.
Mom is doing okay now. They have changed her meds dramatically and she will be starting very light PT for her should in another couple of weeks. Anyway after a week in the hospital we got her home, and thank god I was there because she was all but helpless. I was getting ready to leave to come home and mom insisted on taking a hot bath, so I agreed to help her get in and out. BAD MOVE! In trying to lift her out of the tub, I slipped on some water that had splashed onto the floor and managed to break FOUR ribs.
I ended up staying at mom's house an extra week, because I could not handle an eight hour car ride with the busted ribs. I didn't accept any extra meds for the ribs except for the morphine and phenegran they gave me in the ER. I explained to them that I am a chronic pain patient and told them exactly what meds I was already taking. I think I shocked the ER doc. The nurse said she'd never had anyone turn down pain meds before, especially with something as painful as broken ribs. I just told her it didn't feel right and if I couldn't get by on my current meds that I'd see my doc when I got home.
So anyway, I did call him when I got home and he tore me a new one. Told me that I'm trying to do much by taking care of my parents eight hours away and my own family (he's fully aware of my son's condition). I told him that if I didn't do it, it wouldn't get done. I won't just desert my parents or my kids because I have pain.
I'll tell you what though. After having 4 broken ribs, I'm not liable to b*tch about my back hurting me
Thanks again to everyone who answered my previous post and for all your prayers and good wishes.
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