I can relate. Had to do something like this once to a dog which ran out of the bushes into the car I was driving.
Most people don’t care about rats, at all. Even if it feels shit, I commend you on the fact that you care.
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Last time this happened to me, it was a mountain lion. I wasn’t going to chase after it. I called Animal Control, but they didn’t want any of it either.
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Deer, generally, in my neighborhood. They get hit on the road in front of my house all the time.
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Friend of mine died from aggressive liver cancer yesterday. He’s no longer suffering, but his family are. My heart goes out to them.
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I just got released from hospital. Spent a week there getting treated for a massive DVT. Blood thinners are my life now.
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Sorry for that.
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A friend of mine has this right now too. He got it/condition worsened on a flight back from Australia. He’s lucky to be alive. Get well soon, XantheStone!!!
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Well, I’m glad to hear you’re both out, and alive (on an ongoing basis), but I’m sorry to hear about what’s happened.
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And for what it’s worth, sorry to hear about their loss and (while your perspective does you credit), your loss too.
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Thank you.
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I get occasional disabling migraines. In medical terms I have very severe “classic migraine with aura”.
When they happen in the daytime, while I’m awake, I detect the aura and preemptively take triptan drugs, which prevent the migraine from completely manifesting, and all is well. Generally I start with 50mg and take an additional 25 to 50 mg at two hour intervals for six hours. Sometimes I have to take more or less, sometimes the migraine lasts less than six hours.
When they happen in the nighttime, I wake up in obliterating pain, with my muscles contracted into knots and my vision full of artifacts, my mind unable to process properly. My eyes run and sometimes my nose bleeds, and I cannot tolerate light, sound or questions. I have little sense of balance and can’t feel much past the migraine, so if I accidentally cut myself I could potentially bleed out.
Triptans don’t work for me unless taken preemptively, in the aura stage, so they won’t work at night. Four doctors and a neurologist have had me try dozens of other drugs, many of them extremely expensive, over the 35+ years I have had this hereditary condition, with very little success. What does work - reliably and safely - is codeine and aspirin. Despite having codeine prescriptions for decades, I have never become addicted. I used to get a bottle of 60 pills with a single phone call, and that would last me two to four years.
But the United States has declared war on safe effective painkillers, so my family doctor no longer prescribes them. Instead I was referred to the neurologist, who ran me through a whole lot more drugs (some at $400 per dose) to no avail. And now the state has revoked my neurologists’ ability to prescribe “opioids”. So my choices include:
- Having botox injected directly into my brain. Not kidding, they want to do this.
- Finding a local heroin dealer. This is obviously what the government would prefer.
- Sumaptriptan autoinjectors, at $500 a scrip, which might possibly work.
So anyway I’ve heard Canada is very nice? I even hear the Canadian government is not trying to force taxpaying, productive citizens into heroin dependency, which would also be nice.
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I’m all for making sure people don’t get addicted to prescription painkillers, but you’re spot on that not having access to them at all will mean more people turn to illegal (and unregulated and possibly dangerous) alternatives. We have very strange relationships with drugs of all kinds in America.
But mostly, I’m really sorry about your in pain brain meats. I’ve had an occasional migraine (not anywhere near as bad as what you’re suffering) and it’s not fun.
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I hear you and feel your pain or at least I used to. Cat passed away and soon the migraines stopped. Who knew the little furry love muffin was slowly killing me. (sniff)
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Canada is indeed nice, and I am thankful every day that I live here and don’t have to worry about crippling medical bills. Only problem is, we are starting to get stupid about opiods too and instead of making pain management services more available doctors are just avoiding prescribing any at all. On the plus side we may all have access to legal weed in a year, but I don’t know how well that helps with migraines, in a year I may be able tell you if it does 
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I’ve had many types of pain over the years and migraines are the worst. If I am lucky and get the painkillers in me at the first sign of aura and or nausea and a nice quiet dark lay down I may avoid days of excruciating pain and intolerance to light, sound, and smells - so I feel you.
Taking the meds after the blinding pain sets in does not seem to work other than make my stomach even more upset.
Injecting botox anywhere has always seemed like a bad idea to me.
It would be better for everyone if governments spent more money on researching pain management or supporting pain management clinics (ones that are based more on science and less on woo) rather than prosecuting people who are looking for pain relief. (steps off soap box)
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Below is a drawing of the extent of my clot. So when I said it had a massive DVT, I really meant massive.
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She cleaned it off.
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Femoral artery? And you survived??? Whoa. This should actually be in the Victory thread!
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It’s time for a new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions again.
Has only worked in the treasury before now, has a very poor record on disability. It doesn’t look good for people like me.
I don’t know why I expect any better, they’re all Tories and they’re all bastards.
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I don’t know if this is an obvious suggestion or not, but have you tried magnesium supplements? The fact that your migraines come in combination with muscle cramps suggests that your body chemistry is lacking the salts required to re-inhibit nerves after they activate. A lot of supplements are ineffective because the magnesium is tied up in compounds that the body can’t readily absorb, I know magnesium aspartate is effective but there are a couple of others. I take it in pill form daily, and keep some water soluble around in case my leg muscles start getting twitchy which is usually a bad sign.
Maybe it doesn’t work for you but I was having a shit time with migraines and magnesium was my saviour, so every time I hear a story like yours I feel compelled to bring it up. If I were you I think I’d do some research and try a few off-the-shelf supplements if you haven’t already, before you move on to the more extreme solutions.
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No, it was the vein. Left iliac vein to be precise.
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