Just whining. Pretty bummed.

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So my IUI in late September turned in a eight-week long odyssey of miscarriage-ectopic pregnancy craziness. We can't try again until March because of the methotrexate. When I entered the monitoring program two years ago, my husband and I had to nix our "really belated honeymoon" trip to Rome. So my thought: why not make the best out of a bad situation and see about re-scheduling that trip? I am technically allowed to leave the country and I have the PTO...

Of course, new rules with the monitoring program state that if you want to leave the country, you have to get the trip okayed by the state BON. The BON knows about my monitoring program because of my relapse early into the program but I do not have an open case with them. I have left four messages over the last two weeks with the BON and not heard anything back, of course. I don't think that I will. I doubt the vacation plans of a dysfunctional, "bad" alcoholic such as myself merit much attention in the hierarchy of BON problems.

I feel like I am stuck in this continual punishment loop that I can't get out of no matter how hard I work at sobriety. It's...disheartening, to say the least.

Specializes in OR.

In the spirit of resurrecting a dead thread (zombie discussion anyone?) In reference to the hydration issue, I finally was able to have the surgical procedure that I had been working on. It just so happened to be a weight loss procedure. Even only a few weeks out, i feel better already, with a lot more energy and am looking forward to a healthier life. I am now ordered (by my surgeon), to be drinking a gallon of fluid a day to avoid dehydration. That should be fantastic for the dilution risk. I did sent those instructions to the program. So there!

The twist (yes, wait there's more!) is that I was in the hospital for several days, and yes on some pain medication because having your guts spliced and diced doesn't hurt at all. The immediate post-op pain sucked but by the time i got home, was not too bad. Gagged down a few doses of the T3 elixer and switched to liquid ibuprofen (also equally gagworthy). I went right back to checking in etc and got hit with a pee test, about a week after the hospital discharge. As for the T3, I sent a copy to the case manager and it shows on my file, so they know about it. Now my pee test shows "partial result"? I've asked before, what in the heck does that mean?

Granted if they have a tizzy about what I was given in the hospital (which I told them about, I just will have to do some paper-chasing to get the record) one would think that common sense is that , hmmmm medical leave and surgery equals pain control. So the last dose of IV pain medicine was about 8 days previous to said drug test. i have no idea how long that stuff would stick around, but I being rather resentful about what I see as an intrusion into my privacy. I'm not even working right now because of a vengeful remark made by the jerks that recently fired me that forced me to go blow $970 (yes, you read that right) on an evaluation!!! For god's sake just leave me alone and let me go back to work! Even in my "support group" I was getting quizzed on what I would do with the remainder of the T3 elixir. The hell if i know. had not actually thought about it.

I've done nothing wrong and been straight up forward about what has been going on...will anyone care? I seriously doubt it. I am now off to my surgeon's office for a check up and to show off how well things are going...

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Specializes in Pediatrics, LTC, Internal Medicine, FP.

I feel like I am stuck in this continual punishment loop that I can't get out of no matter how hard I work at sobriety. It's...disheartening, to say the least.

I can so relate to this! I feel absolutely the SAME way. I have placed call after call after call, sometimes for months at a time, with no responses. Not for exact situation, but I still feel as if they look at it as "oh she's a p.o.s. drug addict, she can wait." Maybe a little bit over dramatic, but still, I completely understand. I just said to my mom yesterday when we were trying to get someone t help me in a timely fashion with my exemption paperwork, "no one cares." Why would they? They have their jobs, they care less about me getting one.

Anyway, not to make it about me... I apologize.

I sincerely feel for you. I feel that the trip would be great! What a way to take your mind off of things, and also a nice reward for all of your hard work.

Just be persistent. I know it sucks, and its hard, but just keep on bothering them! Is there an email address you could try? I don't know what state board you are with but I have had better luck with emailing with mine.

*keeping you and hubby in my thoughts * :)

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Specializes in Pediatrics, LTC, Internal Medicine, FP.
I can so relate to this! I feel absolutely the SAME way. I have placed call after call after call, sometimes for months at a time, with no responses. Not for exact situation, but I still feel as if they look at it as "oh she's a p.o.s. drug addict, she can wait." Maybe a little bit over dramatic, but still, I completely understand. I just said to my mom yesterday when we were trying to get someone t help me in a timely fashion with my exemption paperwork, "no one cares." Why would they? They have their jobs, they care less about me getting one.

Anyway, not to make it about me... I apologize.

I sincerely feel for you. I feel that the trip would be great! What a way to take your mind off of things, and also a nice reward for all of your hard work.

Just be persistent. I know it sucks, and its hard, but just keep on bothering them! Is there an email address you could try? I don't know what state board you are with but I have had better luck with emailing with mine.

*keeping you and hubby in my thoughts * :)

WOW, Epic fail on my part for not reading through the comments first.

I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU! CONGRATS! P:) :) :)

EDIT: OH MY GOSH! I am so stupid. This thread is old! Why didn't I see that before I posted. Sorry guys, I am not with it today.

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Specializes in OR.

Grrrr....Dang it if I am now supposed to send in my discharge instructions from the surgery. WHY? All it is is 11 pages of my current (unchanged) home meds, educational stuff and lab results. How is it necessary that IPN know any of this????? So I got pain meds in the hospital. So blessed what! They knew I was in the hospital and they knew i was having surgery. What do they think i was given? Aspirin? This is all BS!!!

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Grrrr....Dang it if I am now supposed to send in my discharge instructions from the surgery. WHY? All it is is 11 pages of my current (unchanged) home meds, educational stuff and lab results. How is it necessary that IPN know any of this????? So I got pain meds in the hospital. So blessed what! They knew I was in the hospital and they knew i was having surgery. What do they think i was given? Aspirin? This is all BS!!!

I would raise the issue of HIPAA & if it isn't in your contract that they are privy to your medical information, would refuse to give it to them. They are not entitled to your entire medical history. They are not entitled to your meds. Their thing has to do with controlled meds. It's not like you hid the fact that you received pain meds in the hospital. I"d refuse, but that's just me. It's a done deal----they can't do anything about it now.

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