The question is, how do we get these people to listen and answer? I’ve sent numerous letters and emails to my congressfolks. They’re either ignored, or I get a bot-generated email that tells me they’re glad I wrote to them about the opioid epidemic and how they’re so proud of doing everything they can to reduce opioid prescribing!!! A group of us even got together and met with a rep of Senator John McCain’s in his office, to ask for help with arachnoiditis awareness AND with the difficulty of being a pain patient in a country where the government is standing between us and our doctors/treatment. So far, no one has returned any calls from that meeting.
So here we have a group of chronic painers that attempt to get their message across to a EIGHTY y/o… FIVE TERM REPUBLICAN SENATOR… in a SOLID REPUBLICAN STATE… Who just got re-elected for his SIXTH… 6 yr term. BY a 12% margin…
Just another example of the LACK OF UNITY of the chronic pain community ???
I haven’t seen any stats… but… I wonder what per-cent of chronic painers DON’T VOTE…
I am sure that the bureaucrats have those numbers… and if there is a HIGH PER-CENT that don’t vote… why should an incumbent – in a state that there is little chance of not getting re-elected… listen to those people ?
In the politician’s world.. the only two things that they are interested in is donation to their re-election campaign and votes… and IN THAT ORDER !
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Less than 50% of eligible Americans actually voted in the last presidential election. Off presidential elections percentage is about 30%. When you have that many people who just can’t seem to get off their ass to go vote it doesn’t make for much of a democracy.
I feel we are between a rock and a hard place. We can’t give up but it’s especially hard when we know the likelihood of anyone in power listening and doing anything about it
Exactly! We have a unique opportunity to possibly get President elect Trump to listen to us. I’m not giving up. I’ll listen to any suggestions.