Ok so here& #39;s something wild imo: My floof baby Misty recently was diagnosed with arthritis in her hips and leg. Her vet told us that she& #39;d have to be on certain medication for the rest of her life to help with the pain. And so it was given to us.
1/x

Like, she was just GIVEN pain medication.
Because she was in pain and always will be by all known expectations. She has a chronic disease. They will only need to look at her medication again if it stops being enough.
Otherwise she can just continue with this medication that 2/x

immediately made a difference to her quality of life.
I get that since we as her human parents are in control of dispensing the medication, it& #39;s not a 1:1 direct comparison.
And I& #39;m definitely not saying animals should suffer in pain bc we do!
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But...why is my pain - or even just my hip & leg pain - not treated as seriously as my pet& #39;s?
In <2days she went from limping to x-rayed to not limping bc of meds.
Why are neither Misty nor myself shamed when we go into the vets to discuss her health or pick up more syringes?
4/x

The vet didn& #39;t try to tell me she was just lazy or wanting attn or maybe she& #39;d grow out of it or it would just go away on its own.

I can& #39;t believe that getting actual pain treatment for pain is such a bizarre concept to me... But here we are.

#WhatEDSisLike
#MyEDSstory
FIN/

Cc: #neisvoid

For anyone wondering, Misty absolutely hates her medicine https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Face with rolling eyes"> we probably spend about 1.5hrs p/day giving her her 2 doses. but luckily, she& #39;s incredibly adorable, as you can see from this video.