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To: KyrosL who wrote (11687)	10/10/2003 10:43:30 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793721

overwhelming pain in their lives Oxycontin is not the answer to depression, poverty or despair.

To: KyrosL who wrote (11687)	10/11/2003 1:50:34 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793721

Through his revelation, I hope we all become more intelligent about what chronic pain is and how it affects our lives. Anyone that has not walked a mile in the shoes of someone that suffers from chronic pain can't imagine what it's like to endure such pain. If you would rather discuss Rush Limbaugh's hypocrisy we can do that too, and no one should be surprised when he apologizes to the nation for it upon his return, but that still won't make the pain go away. Unless modern medicine has come up with something that I'm not aware of, there are few solutions available for the sufferers of chronic pain. And if you are implying that all pain is the same, I disagree. Through personal experience I could describe to you what it is like to suffer from both chronic pain and emotional pain......to me they are not the same. And let it be clear that Rush started taking pain medication after unsuccessful back surgery in 1996. This medication was prescribed by a physician, and eventually led to his addiction. But try to imagine what it must be like to suffer chronic back pain due to herniated disks in both the back and the neck. healthatoz.com Imagine that you have a poker that has been heated to the core in a hot forge. Now imagine that hot poker sticking deep into the flesh of the small of your back, centered in the spine, and the heat from that poker varying between unbearably hot to bearably hot from day to day on a CONSTANT basis. When the poker is really hot, the heat spreads through your lower extremities traveling down your legs. As the heat spreads, the pain intensifies, leading to what physicians call "restless legs." Sufferers of this condition can't keep their legs still due to the affect on the nerves. When the disks in the back rupture they collapse causing the vertebra to rub against one another which in turn causes wear on the bones leading to arthritis and excruciating pain. If it makes those individuals who normally champion the act of compassion, but hate Rush Limbaugh enough to be particular about that compassion feel good let them have at it. They have to look themselves in the mirror every day. I on the other hand have compassion for anyone suffering the unending affliction of chronic pain. Perceptions change when people are faced with a situation not of their choosing. I sincerely hope he finds something that will relieve him of the burden of chronic pain, but I honestly doubt there is anything that can be done. M Limbaugh, long a fiery opponent of drug abuse, has wavered over strategy. On Dec. 9, 1993, he told his listeners, "I'm appalled at people who simply want to look at all this abhorrent behavior and say people are going to do drugs anyway, let's legalize it. It's a dumb idea. It's a rotten idea, and those who are for it are purely 100 percent selfish." But on March 12, 1998, he said, "It seems to me that what is missing in the drug fight is legalization. If we want to go after drugs with the same fervor and intensity with which we go after cigarettes, let's legalize drugs. Legalize the manufacture of drugs. License the Cali Cartel, make them taxpayers and then sue them. Sue them left and right and then get control of the price and generate tax revenue from it." sunspot.net