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Big Dan
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I can't handle this anymore....
« on: Apr 11th, 2003, 3:25pm » |
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Here's my diary of last night...
6:30 pm - K-6, imatrex killed it...
10:00 pm - K-8, imatrex failed, can't use anymore
12:30 am - K-10, called ambulance, they were dumbfounded, made them give me O2 for 15 min., and they left...
1:00 - 5:30 am - K-9, passed out from being exhausted...
I'm working out of town, have to call the Doc to try and get an O2 tank, and now I can't get one because the med supply store here has a problem with giving me a tank since I'm an out of towner.... should I just rob them or what?.... Fuckin' bastards...
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #1 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 3:36pm » |
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Ouch! I really don't know what to tell you. Ice, exercise, water?
Can you guarantee the tank a credit card?
Where are you? Maybe a clusterbud is nearby.
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #2 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 3:40pm » |
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If youre near nashville you can borrow my O2 tank!
Sorry man ... i have been caught on the road with my band in a car full of 9 people with a k10 .... not much you can do except gain another level of self-control 
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #3 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 4:06pm » |
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Dan
Sorry you are having such a tough time with these. Are you using the imitrex tip? I know that I have to space out my shots too. I always wait till it gets to be a head banger before I grab the syringe.....never want to waste them on the light ones.
Hope you can get that 02,
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #4 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 4:25pm » |
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....Hey Dan sorry yr having such a bad time...hope you manage to sort out the O2 somehow....
Good vibes coming to you....
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #5 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 4:28pm » |
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Quote:| ... i have been caught on the road with my band in a car full of 9 people with a k10 .... |
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....now THAT'S a tough neighborhood.....
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« Reply #6 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 4:45pm » |
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If your near Boston, Dan I got a 60 cubic inch tank I aint using at the moment.
N4H, your killing me...LOL ;D
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #7 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 4:52pm » |
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Thanks for the support, guys....
But I'm in Washington, Mo.... and every doctor and emt down here thinks I'm a big puss who can't handle a headache....
.... and I'm having to jump through insurance hoops to get the O2.... as many of you have probably done in the past, or are currently doing now....
... maybe I could go jam a knife in one of their heads and ask if they can wait 'til monday for treatment....
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #8 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 4:57pm » |
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on Apr 11th, 2003, 4:52pm, Big_Dan wrote:... maybe I could go jam a knife in one of their heads and ask if they can wait 'til monday for treatment....
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I've tried that! They get preferential treatment in the ER. 
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« Reply #9 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 9:08pm » |
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Hi Dan,
Sorry you are suffering so much. I like your knife idea! Seriously though, maybe you could start a new topic stating what area you're in and that you need O2. Hopefully someone will see it and reply. I don't know, just a thought.
Feel better!
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« Reply #10 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 9:35pm » |
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I don't know if this will help but here goes...
Your doctor won't be much help in this case. But, if you are already getting O2 where you live and the company you get it from is national or regional (like Apria or Lincare... or has contracts with them)....
Call the place you get O2 from at home and tell them you get O2 at home but you are someplace else. Get your account number, the name of a person to talk to at the home location, and phone number for the nearest O2 place where you are. Then, call the place where you are and tell them your account information for the home location place, and that you need O2 where you are, and ask them to arrange it with the place you usually get O2 from. Hopefully you'll get some O2 and the O2 company will figure out the paperwork.
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #11 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 9:42pm » |
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Hi there Big Dan... sorry you are having a rough time.
I am not a clusterhead only a supporter. However, I've seen many here that have a hard time getting 02 visit a Fire House and get 02 just by asking the firefighters (explaining the situation of course). Don't ever recall anyone ever saying they've been turned down.
Give it a go, maybe it will work for you until you find a more permanent solution.
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« Reply #12 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 9:46pm » |
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You can also alert the local fire station of your predicament. They'll help you out with the O2 when your getting clobbered.
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #13 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 10:42pm » |
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Dan,
I'm about an hour from Washington MO. Check your e-mail, maybe I can help.
hang in there brother
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« Reply #14 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 11:31pm » |
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #15 on: Apr 12th, 2003, 2:31am » |
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hey man, i dont have insurance and i was able to get O2 in one day.
Find a "public" health clinic and go in with some print-out's of info on CH, O2 and your personal CH history.
Tell em you are in CHRONIC PAIN, getting the run-around & need O2,
it was that simple for me.
they wrote a script and i went down to the local medical supply company and got a tank and regulator for 70$ and refills are 25$. It took one day and no insurance hassles, it's not too expensive.
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #16 on: Apr 12th, 2003, 8:05am » |
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Thanks for all the suggestions....
... I will however be able to get a tank on Monday when I return home for the day.
My insurance, BlueChoice (part of Blue Cross Blue Shield), only allows me to get O2 from Apria, and since I'm in a rural area, there isn't an Apria "dealership".... so the only place that I could get one had some bug up their ass about giving me a tank....
... I've never used the O2 before, except in ER situations, and I took it upon myself to aquire a tank through the Head Doctor....
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #17 on: Apr 12th, 2003, 8:20am » |
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Can someone get u some Prednisone to at least get you back home? A mega dose should help till you can see someone. I feel for you!!!! My prayers are with you! Wendy
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #18 on: Apr 12th, 2003, 8:30am » |
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Yeah, I got a script of Prednison with the Imitrex....
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« Reply #19 on: Apr 12th, 2003, 8:58am » |
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on Apr 11th, 2003, 11:31pm, don wrote:
There is no such thing as ONLY a supporter. You guys are right in the drivers seat with us. Dont you forget it and I promise I wont let anyone else forget it. |
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Fuckeneh Don,
The people who support us and put up with our little freakshow are definitely dealing with more bullshit than the average person could even imagine.
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« Reply #20 on: Apr 12th, 2003, 10:57am » |
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on Apr 12th, 2003, 8:58am, JDH wrote:
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That's exactly what my kids call it! They say it laughingly, but freakshow it is.
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« Reply #21 on: Apr 13th, 2003, 5:46am » |
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on Apr 11th, 2003, 11:31pm, don wrote:
There is no such thing as ONLY a supporter. You guys are right in the drivers seat with us. Dont you forget it and I promise I wont let anyone else forget it. |
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Nor will I, Pep, you are family first......Never ever forget that.
If someone has a prob with that they will deal with me.
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« Reply #22 on: Apr 13th, 2003, 8:14am » |
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Thanks Jonny & Don. I have to tell ya, the moral support has been returned to me TENFOLD.
BigDan - I hope you have found some relief. PF times to you.
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #23 on: Apr 13th, 2003, 10:09am » |
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It's Sunday so I don't know if the O2 place near you is open today. I think if where you get it from home faxed a copy of your prescription and you were willing to pay out of pocket (and maybe get reimbursed by your insurance company) you could get some O2. At least I hope you can. If you have an empty tank with you and you get hit, walk into an ER with it and tell them your O2 is empty. The only time I went to the ER was when I was out of O2 and did that. They rushed me to their O2 set up and set it to what I requested. By the time they realized I didn't have some life-threatening ailment where I'd die without the O2 I was already on it.
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Re: I can't handle this anymore....
« Reply #24 on: Apr 13th, 2003, 2:02pm » |
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You people never cease to amaze me. This is what DJ had in mind I believe. Thank's DJ.
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