Calling Dr. Douchebag, Oh Wait, They're all Douchebags! & DephoMo 23 & 24 in General Mental Anesthesia

Some of these Dr’s where I live here in North Carolina are incredibly ignorant and stupid! It’s unbelievable!!!

I don’t want to go into detail, but you can ask me if you like or look up other entries of mine, I’ve certainly talked about it at length.

Long story short, I finally got more Prednisone and at a time that I was in Prednisone withdrawal thanks to a former gastroenterologist whom neglected to ween me off taking me from 40mg to zero.

I have been suffering tremendously over the past month (to put it mildly).

This new dose was even higher at 60mg and once again.... no mother fucking taper!!! I mean… WHAT THE FUCK??? Like seriously, do they know anything, anything at all about this medication?!?! How G-Ddamned fucking dangerous it is!!!

So I call this guy up yesterday and I explain the situation. At first he refuses to write a taper… oh you don’t need it? “I don’t need to taper from 60mg to zero? Really?”.

I tried to explain to him that I’ve suffered with ulcerative colitis for over 25 years! I’ve been on high dosages of Prednisone countless times and for years at a time. I know the medication, I know the side effects, I know my body and how it reacts on it and off of it. I know how long it takes my adrenals to start working again.

He even interjected and said going from a 60mg, it’s going to take a good 3 months for your adrenals to start working again. Well ok douchebag, then give me a fucking taper so I can run this course safely and not risk death (or worse).

So he finally says: “How do you want to taper?”

I explain that previous gastroenterologists took me from 40 mg and had me drop 5mg every 2 weeks because going any faster landed me back in the hospital. He said “I’d be more comfortable at 10”. At this point I didn’t want to argue anymore, so I agreed. I’ll go from 60mg to 50 for 2 weeks then 40 for 2 weeks and so on.

I pick up the prescription last night.... He has me on 20 mg for a week, then 10mg for a week! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!!

Now, it’s Sunday AND Christmas eve, they’re closed on Monday (Christmas). I’m Fucked.... AGAIN!!!!

I apologize for all the language, but I’m pissed and I’m not going to censor myself on my own page!

And who do you think has to pay for these Dr visits and meds??? Fucking me!!! I’m so desperate to get well that someone started a gofundme campaign on my behalf because I’ve lost everything over the past year and a half!

https://www.gofundme.com/jayeeryk

I’m so desperately trying to save up so I can see my homeopathist the person who got me off of over 100mg of Prednisone in 1998 (when I was on an incremental dose for 6 years straight).

It’s like these Dr’s are doing everything in their power to keep me ill and in pain. They just don’t listen and certainly don’t give a shit about the welfare of their patients, at least not me!

I don’t have a good segue, so here’s DePhoMo for the 23rd & 24th before I lose my ability to write again.

Dec 23 What’s Cooking? OR Travel

WHAT’S COOKING

I hate seafood, fish etc… but I love my niece!

I enjoy both cooking and photography!

One of my favorite recipes is this amazing Creamy Asparagus Soup with Potato & Pearl Onions

TRAVEL

You know that you’re in for a hell of a hike when you stop off to get these supplies!

That time I traveled to Mars… actually it was The Devil’s Golf course in Death Valley at sunset (in the summer). 6:30pm and 118 degrees.

Hiking in the desert… in the summer.

Dec 24 Devoid of Colour OR Christmas Eve

DEVOID OF COLOR
‘Tis the moon.

The crowd at one of my bands shows back in the day!

A photo I took of my niece when she was just 5 days old.