Coming out of hiding...
And you can all thank veritas03. She lured me out of my hidey-hole with WAFFLES! Thank you so much, love. Goodness! They were covered with strawberries and CHOCOLATE! Well worth leaving my den of summer hibernation. *hugs*
So...In no particular order, I've been...
1) Either taking the boys somewhere, or picking them up. They're currently at their grandparents' for the week and I'll be picking them up this weekend. I swear they're not going anywhere for the rest of the summer. I've hardly had more than a day or so at a time with Older Son. His birthday is next Wednesday; he'll be 16. *sniffle*
2) Working. A lot. Even on days I should have off. This leads to...
3) Coming to the conclusion that there are far too many people in this country taking far too many prescription narcotics. In the last seven days I've been a) threatened with bodily harm by the brother of a patient the doctor wouldn't give Lortab b)harassed endlessly for "badly needed" refills for Lortab, Xanax, Valium, Soma, etc. c) scheduled uncounted appointments at pain management clinics for patients who've been abusing said pain meds and d) finding far too many of our new patients on the Oklahoma Drug Tracker website to find that they've been seeing multiple physicians and getting multiple prescriptions for controlled substances.
Question: Why does someone who states to suffer from "chronic pain" drive over 100 miles to see a doctor? And we're not talking about a specialist here. This is just an ordinary family practice clinic.
Answer: All the doctors in the patient's area already know that the patient is abusing their meds and won't give them any more! Hello! We may be from a small town, but we're not stupid!
This is not to say I don't believe there really are people who suffer horribly from chronic pain! I know they exist because there are plenty of those who come to the clinic as well. It's just that the ones who abuse their meds make it even more difficult for those not abusing.
4) Completely ignoring my garden. It looks like shit. This ends tomorrow, though. It's my day off and I intend to spend the morning doing what I can to gain control of matters once again.
*sigh* This isn't to say that I won't be going in to work in the afternoon. There's a mountain of paperwork piling up that I just can't tend to during clinic hours. It'll be too hot in the afternoon for garden work, anyway, so I might as well be productive at something. There's an old man who's diabetic and can't afford his insulin. His insurance won't cover it and this particular insulin is the only thing that works for him. Gotta get the paperwork filled out so the pharmaceutical company will maybe just give it to him. All the pharmaceutical companies have programs like this, but they don't like giving their meds to people who have insurance. Nevermind that the insurance won't cover it... *is determined*
5) Playing far too many computer games. Don't ask. It's an addiction, I admit. lol At least it's not controlled substances!
Anyway, that's what I've been up to. I have been reading my Friends page at least semi-regularly; just not commenting. Sorry for that. Just been in one of my hibernate-when-I-can moods.
Hugs again for veritas03, just because.
So...In no particular order, I've been...
1) Either taking the boys somewhere, or picking them up. They're currently at their grandparents' for the week and I'll be picking them up this weekend. I swear they're not going anywhere for the rest of the summer. I've hardly had more than a day or so at a time with Older Son. His birthday is next Wednesday; he'll be 16. *sniffle*
2) Working. A lot. Even on days I should have off. This leads to...
3) Coming to the conclusion that there are far too many people in this country taking far too many prescription narcotics. In the last seven days I've been a) threatened with bodily harm by the brother of a patient the doctor wouldn't give Lortab b)harassed endlessly for "badly needed" refills for Lortab, Xanax, Valium, Soma, etc. c) scheduled uncounted appointments at pain management clinics for patients who've been abusing said pain meds and d) finding far too many of our new patients on the Oklahoma Drug Tracker website to find that they've been seeing multiple physicians and getting multiple prescriptions for controlled substances.
Question: Why does someone who states to suffer from "chronic pain" drive over 100 miles to see a doctor? And we're not talking about a specialist here. This is just an ordinary family practice clinic.
Answer: All the doctors in the patient's area already know that the patient is abusing their meds and won't give them any more! Hello! We may be from a small town, but we're not stupid!
This is not to say I don't believe there really are people who suffer horribly from chronic pain! I know they exist because there are plenty of those who come to the clinic as well. It's just that the ones who abuse their meds make it even more difficult for those not abusing.
4) Completely ignoring my garden. It looks like shit. This ends tomorrow, though. It's my day off and I intend to spend the morning doing what I can to gain control of matters once again.
*sigh* This isn't to say that I won't be going in to work in the afternoon. There's a mountain of paperwork piling up that I just can't tend to during clinic hours. It'll be too hot in the afternoon for garden work, anyway, so I might as well be productive at something. There's an old man who's diabetic and can't afford his insulin. His insurance won't cover it and this particular insulin is the only thing that works for him. Gotta get the paperwork filled out so the pharmaceutical company will maybe just give it to him. All the pharmaceutical companies have programs like this, but they don't like giving their meds to people who have insurance. Nevermind that the insurance won't cover it... *is determined*
5) Playing far too many computer games. Don't ask. It's an addiction, I admit. lol At least it's not controlled substances!
Anyway, that's what I've been up to. I have been reading my Friends page at least semi-regularly; just not commenting. Sorry for that. Just been in one of my hibernate-when-I-can moods.
Hugs again for veritas03, just because.