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Dealing with the Pain
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Livestream Let me put things in a simple manner, I am in utter pain. Doctors in this town are shitty and nothing but a waste of money for myself as well as my mom. Because the majority of the time they don't really diagnose someone with what is actually wrong. A perfect example of this is what recently happened to a dear friend of mine.
Her mother, now has the entire left side of her face paralyzed. When in the hospital the Doctors pretty much didn't do much to help and basically came up with the 'statement' that is was a low sodium problem. I doubt low sodium would be enough to paralyze the ENTIRE left side of her mothers face.
I've gone to the hospital once, and got basically almost the same treatment. Oh yeah we'll look you over, oh hey it's just such and such (Not even giving me the real problem really) here take this pain medication such and such times a day until it stops. It's not going to stop... a very dear co-worker of mine has grown EXTREMELY concerned about me and the fact that I've /not/ been getting better and it's been about... 4 weeks now I think. Almost an entire month basically.
From what my co-worker says he believes that I do have a Disk out of place in my spinal cord. And when one of those disks slips out of place your muscles will tighten, thus causing immense pain and discomfort for the person that has this problem. The longer this carries on, the worse it will get and there is likely a very big possibility that I will suffer permanent damage from this.
My co-worker suggested that I go to a Chiropractor, one that is a very big professional at his job. This person takes X-rays before even working with you and then when he does work with the person he will explain what he is doing and why he will be doing it. Going also in depth as to how to keep your back in a better condition. The problem with this lies not in the fact that I don't want to go, but in the fact that I CANNOT go because my income is so piss poor that I cannot afford it.
Yes, while working at Wal-mart and all that, I make 8.06/hr but they BARELY give me 30 hours a week... in fact, within the past few weeks they have actually CUT everyone's hours so most of us are barely breaching 25-27 hours... I'm lucky enough to get 33 if they think I'm 'valuable' enough to earn it.
So basically to sum things up... this is going to keep getting worse... I'm broke and I cannot afford the treatment that really needs to be done. Thus I must stick to taking pain medication to ease my pain, and even that isn't working. Today at work I could BARELY pick up a 1 gallon jug of milk, and after that... I couldn't even pick up anything that was 'sorta heavy'
Her mother, now has the entire left side of her face paralyzed. When in the hospital the Doctors pretty much didn't do much to help and basically came up with the 'statement' that is was a low sodium problem. I doubt low sodium would be enough to paralyze the ENTIRE left side of her mothers face.
I've gone to the hospital once, and got basically almost the same treatment. Oh yeah we'll look you over, oh hey it's just such and such (Not even giving me the real problem really) here take this pain medication such and such times a day until it stops. It's not going to stop... a very dear co-worker of mine has grown EXTREMELY concerned about me and the fact that I've /not/ been getting better and it's been about... 4 weeks now I think. Almost an entire month basically.
From what my co-worker says he believes that I do have a Disk out of place in my spinal cord. And when one of those disks slips out of place your muscles will tighten, thus causing immense pain and discomfort for the person that has this problem. The longer this carries on, the worse it will get and there is likely a very big possibility that I will suffer permanent damage from this.
My co-worker suggested that I go to a Chiropractor, one that is a very big professional at his job. This person takes X-rays before even working with you and then when he does work with the person he will explain what he is doing and why he will be doing it. Going also in depth as to how to keep your back in a better condition. The problem with this lies not in the fact that I don't want to go, but in the fact that I CANNOT go because my income is so piss poor that I cannot afford it.
Yes, while working at Wal-mart and all that, I make 8.06/hr but they BARELY give me 30 hours a week... in fact, within the past few weeks they have actually CUT everyone's hours so most of us are barely breaching 25-27 hours... I'm lucky enough to get 33 if they think I'm 'valuable' enough to earn it.
So basically to sum things up... this is going to keep getting worse... I'm broke and I cannot afford the treatment that really needs to be done. Thus I must stick to taking pain medication to ease my pain, and even that isn't working. Today at work I could BARELY pick up a 1 gallon jug of milk, and after that... I couldn't even pick up anything that was 'sorta heavy'
Of course, at this rate, you could just slap 'em with a malpractice suit, especially if their diagnoses are so wrong. Perhaps. I don't know the law that well.
While I can call in and the like, I'd rather not risk the try of termination. I'm likely to try the main hospital now after the other ones have failed me. But still, I have a fear of going in... not for the like of losing my job but the actual thoughts that revolve around my Grandfather when he died in the hospital.
Of course, if it gets TOO bad, you won't be able to do your job anyways. If there is something REALLY wrong, it's best to catch it early. I mean, my grandmother was misdiagnosed by her doctor too, but because of that, she didn't make it to the hospital until the cancer had spread throughout her body, and she died. If she'd gotten in earlier, she'd probably have lived.