Amen brother, and I will not take anything I don't want to


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From: Nick Arnett <narnett@...>
To: emsfirepoliceptsd@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 3:38:48 PM
Subject: Re: [EMS Fire Police PTSD] I have a question that pertains to the VA





On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 3:26 PM, tommy g. <tootommy20032000@ yahoo.com>wrote:

> Actually I have never really meant it, but I do know how I could do it, if
> I chose to. I say I wouldn't because of my Faith,

I'm glad to hear that!

> Then I was talking to my primary care NP, and told her that I really wanted
> off my meds, they are only for pain, and one BP pill, she said that if I did
> that, she would call the police,

Sheesh. Seems like there are better ways to take care of somebody than
threats like that. I'm fairly certain that the police would tell her that
there's nothing anybody can do if you choose not to take your meds. That's
your right.

> so like a good sailor I've been taking my meds, but I'm still in bad pain,
> plus I'm lucky if I get 3 hours of sleep at a time, I might fall back to
> sleep sometimes, but a lot of times I don't, so I'm very worried about
> Monday, plus they have called me 4 times in the last 2 days to remind me of
> that appointment, besides getting a letter in the mail, so what say you?

It sounds like they are very worried about you, but that doesn't mean
they're going to try to do anything against your will. They should know
what the law allows and it is utterly wrong, I think, to make empty threats
to try to change your behavior. I hope that you are able to trust them to
do what is best for you. I'm not saying that I know that they are
trustworthy; only you know that. I'm just hoping that you are getting care
from people you can trust. If you can't trust them, perhaps you need to let
them know that?

Medications and their side effects can be such a nightmare... trading one
set of troubles for another.

Nick

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