[Vhfcn-l] Good By

[Don Armstrong]

Years ago as I suffered through wandering pains and spasms the doctors 
all wrote me up as a hypochondriac because it would flare up badly at 
one point on my body for about 3 months then fade out and start up 
elsewhere. Doing my own research , actually I found an article on the 
front page of the inquirer while standing at the cash register line at a 
local supermarket I found the answer. The article said 5 million suffer 
from mystery ailment that take 7 years to discover. I looked and the 
article mentioned 35 different things that Fibroymialghia caused. 
Outside of no menstrual cycle troubles I hit everyone of the other 
effects. The article then refereed to the arthritis foundation that got 
me connected to a doctor that could properly test me. The test was very 
simple. She just poked at multiple spots on my back , shoulders and neck 
and I ended up looking like a puppet with spasms going off all over the 
place. It took several days for it to calm down.  When I went back to 
both the outside doctors and the VA doctors with my info they both said 
"Why did you not tell us about all the symptoms". I then pulled out 
their paper copies and pointed out their shorthand said "Patient 
displaying to many symptoms will only concentrate on one or two." Then 
both the outside doctors and the VA said "You are massively depressed 
but don't know it." I dropped the outside doctor because they wanted to 
bury me in pain meds and mind controlling drugs. The VA prescribed one 
med that arthritis doctors recommended but just increased the dosage 
which made me a zombie. Then they added in more meds until three times a 
day I was taking 7 different meds. I could barely function and when the 
doctors asked how my day went I said "I get up take pills and go back to 
bed then I get up and take pills and go back to bed which is entire 
day." When asked how the pain was I responded with "still there". They 
tried to increase the dosage and I went to the chief of rheumatology and 
said "I want off of all drugs".  It turns out 5 rugs were for various 
things and two more were to counteract side effects of the first 5 
drugs. She said "You want to do life style acceptance?"  I told here I 
am better off knowing what hurts me every day and avoid the triggers".  
I then had her do a write up explaining why I was not taking drugs. Less 
than 3 months later I had doctors claiming I was refusing treatment and 
I then produced the write up to explain why. It turns out the triggers 
are foods that never used to bother me plus lack of sleep from 
nightmares from Vietnam. I get weird looks when someone looks at my 
records and sees "Nightshades" as an alergine. I then explain it's 
potatoes , tomatoes , tobacco and derivatives. Glucose syrup , vitamin 
d3 and vitamin a Palmite are derived from potatoes. Modified food starch 
is also from potatoes. A bunch of spices are in the same group. After 
avoidance for multiple months the symptoms dropped off. But to this day 
I still have doctors that refuse to believe me and instead try to stuff 
me full of meds claiming "you are massively depressed but just don't 
know it." I always respond with "Let me take a 1X6 and slap you flat 
across your back and as soon as pain shows up you have a choice take 
some antidepressants or have me stop hitting you"  I get nasty looks.

On 2/5/2023 9:05 PM, AOL Member Info via Vhfcn-l wrote:
> I am with you, an honest doctor should be able to tell whom needs the medicine and who does not cut off the doctors that are pushers and leave actual patients alone.
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>      On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 06:26:15 PM MST, Bruce E. Carlson via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:
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>   Have to say Good By.  ☹  I took a Percocet a little while ago after breaking through snow drifts to fill the horse tank.  I also took one yesterday.  Black helicopters are circling the house and “Ninja Narcos” are repelling around the house.  I am being charged with being responsible for all the Fentanyl deaths in the country since 1842.
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> This whole thing is a crock.  However, someone has to be blamed and I am on record.  The fact of my being a Chronic Pain patient since 1973 with multiple replacement parts, X-Rays that make a Doctor wince is further proof of my guilt.  At least that is how I am made to feel when I want an occasional refill.  The problem of street drugs has NOTHING to do with personal responsibility, Mr. Biden’s welcome mat on the border for the “import” of these drugs, or alike.  It is all caused by people with chronic pain getting treatment.  Kinda like outlawing gun ownership to law abiding people is going to stop Felons from having guns.  Or wait, it is illegal for Felons to have guns.
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> Gotta love the “Progressive” snowflake world.
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> Respects -- Bruce
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Don Armstrong cavman at dtroop35cav.org
604th Trans / 52nd CAB, Pleiku, Apr / July 68
D Troop 3/5 Cav, Bearcat /Dong Tam , July 68 May 69
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