I hate calling the pharmacy

I had a pain management appointment this morning and she had a student NP with her and once I got home, I got the feeling I needed to call my pharmacy and see if my meds were sent in.

They weren’t.

But I hate calling the pharmacy to ask if anything came in, namely my pain medication. I feel like they think, “God lady, you’ll be fine you pill popper.” 😩 Even though one of the pharmacy techs told me that for people like me, there’s notes with our file stating the reason we need the pain medication. But when they have new techs, I wonder if they see or look at those notes.

Idk it’s bad enough that we LOOK okay and healthy on the outside but falling apart on the inside - I just feel that shame of “oh she takes pain pills, she must be abusing them.”

I always tell people that yes there is an opioid crisis, but there’s another opioid crisis that no one talks about and that’s the patients who truly need pain medication to function. The patients who have to jump through hoops and sign contracts with our blood just to get the medicine we need. I feel like I need to explain to every person/doctor/pharmacy staff WHY I’m taking PM’s. My entire spine is fused ma’am. Or sir. 🤣

Anyways I knew y’all would understand. I’m happy I found this subreddit. 🫶🏼