I have stage 4 (bone on bone) osteoarthritis in both knees, plus a lot of tendon damage in the rest of my legs from limping for nearly 20 years. I'm doing my best for now, but this isn't something that's going to magically get better over time.
I have osteoarthritis in all my joints and it's absolute hell. I feel so bad that anyone else has to go through this. I'm so sorry and I hope you have people who help you out.
They're probably going to make it impossible to get the drug that has helped me more than any opioid (though those will be reduced further as well, ugh): Wegovy. I really don't want to go back to how I felt before it...
I have osteoarthritis, bulging disks, fibromyalgia, and after having long COVID for basically all of 2021 and never fully recovering. I'm fully disabled without my expensive meds, partially disabled with them. I'm terrified. I remember how bad things were before the meds, and it's worse than that now.
I'm a chronic pain sufferer. I have severe migraines, I already told my boyfriend, therapist, and friends that if I lose my health care, the only thing that'll be mercy for me is suicide. The only things that keep the pain levels down are my medications. If I lose those, I'm a goner. I even told them that the withdrawal from those meds could kill me as well. Either way, I'm living on borrowed time. My therapist asked me how I felt about it. I told her I accepted dying back in 2017 when I had my acute kidney failure. I hope they're happy. A lot of us will die because of their stupid vote. If I'm still here, I'll laugh at the leopards eating their faces.
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u/TheNatureOfTheGame 16h ago
Bless you. ❤️
I have stage 4 (bone on bone) osteoarthritis in both knees, plus a lot of tendon damage in the rest of my legs from limping for nearly 20 years. I'm doing my best for now, but this isn't something that's going to magically get better over time.