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OldBaldy1701E

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4. But that is the point.
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 02:03 PM
Jan 2022

There is no 'pulling through'. There is only a struggle to maintain the horror level where one is. I will never 'get better'. The pain I suffer will never go away. (I might be able to control it better if I could have some proper pain medication. But, I am a medical cannabis patient. Because it has proven itself to be the only thing that addresses many of my issues with one substance. The pharmaceutical industry hates it. So, they want to say I can't keep getting pain meds unless I stop taking it. And, I am tired of the pain clinics balking about it. The pain meds can help my pain, but they also make me feel sick to my stomach. However if I have cannabis as well, that all goes away and I can even function while on the meds. But they do not care.

I will close this out now. As things stand, the vehicle should be fixed and my husband can keep on working for the evil corporation that screwed him over so that we can barely survive. (We are on SNAP and state insurance. There is no further to fall except out of existence.) He is so much better of a man than I am because I would rather starve than work for someone who had done to me what Panera did to him. Anyway, thank you to everyone who felt they should speak up. I am still not sure about whether or not I am going to solve the problem of this failed life, but I guess I should try to think about it some more.

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Second Update [View all] OldBaldy1701E Jan 2022 OP
Look, I have no idea what to say to you. hamsterjill Jan 2022 #1
I am 57. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2022 #2
Your husband needs you. femmedem Jan 2022 #3
But that is the point. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2022 #4
Yale is offering free "Science of Well Being" course SheltieLover Jan 2022 #5
I opt for him. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2022 #9
Good for you! SheltieLover Jan 2022 #11
Speaking from my own personal experience, which may or may not have anything to do with yours... hunter Jan 2022 #6
Oh yes, very good at it. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2022 #10
I know it's hard right now. Many of us have felt this way. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #7
Well, what I said was... OldBaldy1701E Jan 2022 #8
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