Patient Abandonment & Forced Opioid Tapers

2020-06-072020-06-10 Miss Poison Pain Management, Pain Patients Advocacy, Continuity of care, Doctors, Jill Piggott, Pain Patients, Patients

Patient Abandonment & Forced Opioid Tapers This is part of a letter sent to a hospital after patients were informed that their opioid scripts would be suddenly discontinued following a doctor’s retirement. The hospital agreed to contact the primary-care physicians of every affected patient to ensure continuity of care. Feel free to use this letter … Continue reading Patient Abandonment & Forced Opioid Tapers

Sixth Anniversary

2018-12-19 Miss Poison Writing Advocacy, December, Honesty, Manifestation, Patience, Patients, Sixth Anniversary, Strength, Truth, Wordpress, Work, Writing

Today is my sixth anniversary on WordPress. I can't believe how far I've come since sitting down on a particularly benign day, and saying "Why not?" It was a harmless move and thought, and I can say I am BLESSED to have remained friends with several people who first started following me on my original … Continue reading Sixth Anniversary

Tough Times Calls For All Kinds Of Things

2018-08-312018-09-05 Miss Poison August, Being Real, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia Awareness, Writing 50 State Network, Advocacy, Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia Awareness, Musings, Patient Advocate, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Suffering, Truth, Writing

While battling for proper diagnoses, finding the correct treatment method(s) is crucial to your overall well-being. For the better part of this year, I've had different people attempt to over-ride my intuition. I don't like that. It is a surefire way to piss me off. I don’t like being told what to do regarding my … Continue reading Tough Times Calls For All Kinds Of Things