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As a nurse and a chronic pain sufferer, this topic is very interesting to me. Ladies and Gentlemen, the way that we treat chronic pain patients is unforgiveable. I have been made to feel like a felon for going to the ER for pain relief, asking my d...

If rose petals appearing from nowhere isn't creepy, I don't know what is!

I hope the man in white comes to get me!

Now THAT"S eerie!

Okay, that's it. Now I'm gagging...

I've never had a child, so obviously I will never help my child give birth. Oh, but how blessed you are! To have had a child and then help deliver her baby! What an awesome experience! Congratulatons!

I graduated from nursing school in 1992 with an Associates degree. I have been out of nursing since 1997 but am thinking about reentering nursing. I have kept my license current and active. What would be required of me in order to go back into nur...

And that is why I left nursing...

You're exactly right. It would be much better if a drug addict could tell the truth. However, there's such a stigma towards drug abuse that I don't see that happening anytime in the near future. Obviously, the war on drugs is a complete failure. ...

Thank you!

I read 10 pages of this thread and then couldn't resist adding my 2 cents worth. If I repeat what someone else has already posted, forgive me. I, too, am a chronic pain sufferer who hasn't worked as an RN in years. When I was nursing, before I starte...

Preschool thru 6th. When they are really young, they can come to the office if they need assistance. 99 percent of the time the parents tell us that the child knows how to use it and when. The parents still have to fill out a medication form to k...

Templedoll, thanks for the kind words.

How could I not report it? I didn't want anyone else to go through what I did! I'm not one to hold a grudge, but to this day I would love for those nurses to look me in the eye and tell me why they didn't stop that doctor...

I've had 2 colonscopies. The first one was a piece of cake. I went to a very experienced doc. They started sedating me before he came in the room Once he began inserting the scope I moaned, he said something and that's all I remember until I woke up ...

In my school, the kids are allowed to keep the inhalers with them at all times.

I remember years and years ago when I was a nurse's aide in a hospital, I had a patient with bladder CA. She had horrible bladder spasms. I remember caring for her and watching the agony that she was in. This may be a stupid question but would a s...

If you are really in pain, you don't experience euphoria from pain medication.

After a friend read my post, she pointed out some info that I should have included: I've been to one of the top neurosurgeons in the U.S. He says my condition is too severe for surgery. I've have 3 series of epidurals, a nerve root block, lots of p...

I am 47 years old and have the following things wrong with my lower back: Spondylolisthesis, severe degenerative disc disease, 3 herniated discs, 1 torn disc, several Tarlov cysts, and spinal stenosis. I am in moderate to severe pain 24/7. Here's ...