WillowBrook

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1. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

   WillowBrook replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

   I would like to try and give at least a little bit of insight into this situation from a chronic pain patients point of view...and one who is also extremely sensitive to all NSAIDS, cannot take any Aspirin based medications to due reactions with Asth...

2. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

   WillowBrook replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

   Thank you. Most of the responses have been very helpful and supportive but yes there are those who have responded that I have to think are they that quick to judge in real life. I thought everyone should be treated as an individual when it came to he...

3. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

   WillowBrook replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

   Excuse me, was that directed to me? I assume it was so I will just clarify that no I was not complaining about Nurses who couldn't give me the level of care I required because they had paperwork or other duties to do. They were not actually doing any...

4. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

   WillowBrook replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

   Well you'd think so wouldn't you (about not caring how you appear) and yes if I am ever in severe pain and need to present to the ER the foremost thing on my mind isn't going to be "do I look like a drugseeker", it's going to be "help me stop this pa...

5. Meth is destroying communities

   WillowBrook replied to WVUturtle514's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you :) I was, at one stage, going to be involved with an Education program for school kids with former addicts going in and talking about their experiences but funding for it was cut so it never came to fruition. These days I'm more or less hou...

6. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

   WillowBrook replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

   LuvmyGamecocks - I was just wondering how much of a difference in attitudes would honesty as opposed to trying to scam produce, but I do agree with what you said. I may not have chosen to be an addict but then again neither did anyone hold me down an...

7. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

   WillowBrook replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

   I understand it must be very frustrating to have to deal with people constantly trying to scam the system, but please try and remember these "losers" as you call them are somebody's son, daughter, friend or loved one and they have a problem which nee...

8. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

   WillowBrook replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

   Yeah I know the reasons that people might got to an ER to seek drugs, but I guess even as a former user it's not a practice I can really understand...more so with the one's that do it all the time. I mean where I come from (Adelaide, South Australia)...

9. Meth is destroying communities

   WillowBrook replied to WVUturtle514's topic in General Nursing

   One more thing if you notice signs of depression or other mental illness in a friend or family member, don't ignore it or hope it will sort itself out...make sure you encourage the person to seek professional help. A lot of people who take Meth and o...

10. Meth is destroying communities

    WillowBrook replied to WVUturtle514's topic in General Nursing

    First of all the myth of the evil pusher luring innocent people onto drugs is just that a myth. I'm not saying that these sorts of unscrupulous people don't exist but in the 15+ years that I took drugs I never met one person that could even remotely ...

11. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

    WillowBrook replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

    Yes, which is exactly why I identified myself as a former Heroin addict in my initial post ....don't you think if I was trying to get information on how to appear legit so I could scam drugs I would have left that particular piece of history out of ...

12. Studying Nursing in Melbourne

    WillowBrook replied to WillowBrook's topic in International

    Thanks so much, I will check out that site :)

13. Meth is destroying communities

    WillowBrook replied to WVUturtle514's topic in General Nursing

    Your welcome and btw it's her :wink2: . With what you said about addiction being more than just a craving for the drug, that is very very true. It's probably hard for someone who has never been an addict to understand, but it's not just the drug you ...

14. Meth is destroying communities

    WillowBrook replied to WVUturtle514's topic in General Nursing

    TraumarUs - I'm very sorry to hear about your son's situation. It's good that you spoke out about it though because so many people just don't think it can happen to "people from a good home". One of my best friends is battling an addiction to Heroin,...

15. Meth is destroying communities

    WillowBrook replied to WVUturtle514's topic in General Nursing

    Well I just have to make clear that I am talking from the point of view of someone who used and came close to having a major addiction to it but never quite crossed the line with that particular drug, although I do always maintain that my drug of cho...