My neighbor who is now taking two 1000 mg. of hydrocodone every four hours says it just is not "holding her."
So, she called her doctor who added a morphine tablet morning and night.Â
This woman is addicted, in my opinion and that of others here,  and her doctor is enabling her to become even more addicted. He added the morphine without even having her come into the office.
I have trouble avoiding this woman because everytime I open my door to go out on my patio, here she comes out on hers. I KNOW she listens for my door to open and close.
The other day she said that she knew she could depend on me for "anything."Â I told her that she should NOTÂ assume that because I made a decision long ago NOT to get too involved in other people's lives.
"My personal well being and that of my family are really my priorities," I said.Â
"Well, I know," she said, "but I don't think you would let me down if I really needed your help."
"Don't count on that," I said, "because I might."
"I just like visiting with you," she said.
I don't know how to make it any clearer to her than that.Â
Her next door neighbor has completely quit speaking to her and won't return her calls. She cannot figure out why. But I can. She immediately began expecting this woman to do too much for her.
She told me yesterday that she hung up on one of her children when he told her that 90 per cent of her pain was "in her head."
Her children refuse to take her to see any more doctors or give her any financial support because, I think they believe she will just spend the money to find another doctor to give her more narcotics.
She swears she has fibromyalgia; but, so far as I can tell, she has never seen a rheumatologist, who is the only physician capable of making a decision about that disease.
There are NO tests for it, but there are certain criteria that he can ascertain to determine if her problem is arthritis or fibromyalgia.
At any rate, I did some research on fibromyalgia and she is not taking any of the recommended drugs to treat it.Â
I really wish I were not in such close proximity to this woman. I truly enjoy sitting out on my patio, but I just don't want to listen to her complain. Â
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