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In reply to the discussion: The medical industry has jumped the shark [View all]Nictuku
(3,613 posts)The great thing about Kaiser, is if you get referred, you are not paying another co-pay. The insurance I ended up going with (Blue Cross/Blue Shield) had higher co-pays, so it was more out of pocket, but it did cost a bit less in the premium.
I had the same thing happen, I was so glad I had Kaiser for the back surgery, I had to go to the Oakland facility for the surgery, but I felt like I was in very good hands. Extremely professional. I liked that everything was pretty much in-house.
But my GP who oversaw the surgery retired a few months later, and the doctor that was assigned to me after that was the heartless bitch who thought I was a drug dealer.
I am grateful that it ended up working out for me, but I am a strong advocate against these nazi policies about pain meds for people with chronic pain.
So, if I have to take, say some kind of heart medicine for the rest of my life, is that not also considered addicted? If these 2 pills make me able to be productive and ease my pain, what is the difference if I take them for the rest of my life? I certainly don't get 'high' from them (not any more, at first I must admit to feeling very euphoric, but that vanished long ago).
I hate the stigma that is attached to it. I never ever admitted to any of my co workers that I took these twice a day (for the last 10 years), if I wasn't able to maintain my job because of it, then yes, I had a problem. But that was never the case, and I had to be very 'on line' and alert and available to help people at my job. But yet I live in fear my doctor will eventually cut me off. Please, God, No!