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[liptonrm_backup]

Pain, pain, nothing to see here but doom and pain. I understand my doctor's philosophical reasons for not prescribing effective painkillers, narcotics are crazy stuff and if you can get by without them you should. But there are times when pain trumps those nice philosophies and it would be beneficial to have some of the strong stuff to take the edge off and usher in sleep.

Because you know it's bad when the ambien you just popped is only kind of making you nauseous as its drugs fight against all the other things going on in your overstimulated brain.

Suffice it to say, my doctor is going to get a very bitchy phone call once her office opens tomorrow morning. Because the dignity that kept me from truly making my case has now officially been vanquished. And if all else fails maybe I can go find someone who can prescribe me some pot. Thank goodness for all those hippies down in Ann Arbor, we really own you one, dudes.

I have one final left on Wednesday. It's Family Law and I'm not expecting it to be much of a problem. It's all pretty straight forward.

For some reason I've spent the past half hour searching air and train fare to New Mexico. Apparently I really want to go to New Mexico and I'm not even sure why. I guess I just really want to go somewhere. What'll probably end up happening is that instead of spending hundreds of my own dollars I'll just end up going down to Virginia with the Parents. I'm not looking forward to the prospect but finding out that classes started a week later than I thought made the Da so peppy that I kind of don't want to let him down. I don't know, maybe it'll turn out better than I fear. And it would give me an opportunity to eat at a Waffle House or a Shoney's. I'm so familiar with things to the North of us that it'd be good to give the South a bit of a chance.

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[hiyacynth.livejournal.com]

Ooohhh my dear! I'm so sorry you're overcome by the pain again! That sounds like such a stupid thing to say, but there it is. I really, really agree that you have to be completely frank with your doctor about how much pain you're in, how often, and how difficult it's making things like getting to class and studying for/taking finals, let alone just getting up and maintaining your life at all. Which, you know, are pretty important things for you to be able to do. It's not like you're going, "Waah, I can't do that cross-country bike ride I'd been hoping for."

I send you all my love and encourage you to try to find a doctor who will prescribe the pot. It may not fix everything, but it's at least worth a shot.

[shirebound]

Pain trumps everything. I hope you can convince her today!!

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

It really does. Except for how it took me two days to get through to her voicemail (because for some reason you can't leave a message not during office hours? It's obnoxious) and by that time I'd already chickened out of leaving the message. Because I figured if I could manage for that long then I didn't really need the painkillers and blah blah blah.

I don't like to admit when I need help. Which is something I definitely need to work on. Because as surprising as I apparently find it, there really are things I can't handle on my own.

So thank you so very, very much for your support!

Oh, hugs!!

[bookgrl.livejournal.com]

She definitely needs to receive a bitchy phone call.
And you know...you can always come out West :)

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[andi1235.livejournal.com]

Or east!! :) Sending my love!! Hope you feel better! *virtual hugs!!!!*

Re: Oh, hugs!!

[andi1235.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I guarantee that if you came out to Ithaca we could find you some pot... ;)

Re: Oh, hugs!!

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

*big hugs back* Thanks hon! Your love and good thoughts really mean a lot.

And, you know, pot is a pretty powerful incentive. You have no idea, I really am becoming something of a hophead ... ;-)

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[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

I can always come West. It is a pretty keen place, and I have been thinking I won't be able to get through too many more winters in MI. The possibilities are endless ...

*big hugs* Thanks hon, you're the greatest.