TITTWIS 41: In grind mode, tryin' to get that bank

Hey Dee! (This is Sam. I locked myself out of ILx this week and had to start over.)

My mother's back in the hospital. They let her out last Sat. and then Mon. she had to go back. For one day we thought she had lung cancer until they said "just kidding! that wasn't a tumor." Gee, thanks. They still can't figure out what's wrong with her lungs though.

My mom is on all manner of medicines for all kind of ails. But it's become obvious to us that there is a problem with how she uses her pain medication (OxyC0tin for one).After consulting with other family members, yesterday I called her doctor.

I shared our concerns with her and gave her some examples of the misuse. She said she would "confront" her about it and get the pain mgmt. specialist to look her over and consult.

I tremble. My mom's going to think either my aunt or me started this and then we will be sent to Siberia. Oh well, it needed to be done.

I'm so sorry to hear this, Sam. How much pain is she in?

who knows. I think once you become physically addicted to stuff like that it's hard to separate the original pain from the withdrawl pain. I don't know. Right now she's in a lot of pain b/c she's all wired up and getting prodded and scanned.

It just felt weird doing that.

Pain management is hard, especially when one's dealing with stuff as addictive as Oxy. It also has a non-negligeable effect of one's system that aggravate underlying ills. My sympathies go out to you and your family.