By Contributing Writer Needles ‘n Pens
As we enter this patriotic season, opening with the solemnity of remembering those who gave their lives to protect our liberties, and continuing on with the public patriotism of Flag Day on the 14th of June, and the carnivals of explosive color exuberantly celebrating Independence Day on the 4th of July, it’s time to exercise those rights of citizenship.
As Americans, we have the right to petition our government. We have the right to ask that our government not only provide for the common defense, but also promote the general welfare of our people.
We could toward that end approach the great debate over healthcare, a very broad topic indeed and likely to be lost in the myriad arguments pro and con. We might even advocate for improved and extended accessible public transportation outside of the big cities, where the rest of us live in our MS-compromised pursuit of happiness.
Or we could reach for a more attainable goal – we could petition the FDA to work as an ombudsman on our behalf in requiring that the effective but painful DMD solutions MS Patients must, with blind faith, self-inject be modified in the interest of care and comfort … that the caustic formulas within those syringes be amended to include some pain reduction … and that the medical personnel responsible for prescribing such punishing, unsupervised self-injected solutions be more available and personally attentive to the process and the patient’s personal need for consultation and consolation.
At the very least, we could petition an end to age discrimination in the trials of the seemingly more humane oral DMDs.
Our Constitution promises to strive for a “more perfect union.” Those who marched bravely and paid the ultimate price believed in the words of the document. They believed that our nation would continue to provide the best for our people, and were on the track to achieving the best for us. Our weaker, halting steps will still lead us there, one legitimate, humane petition at a time.
Or am I the only ungracious recipient of this painful, unattended, life-long solo treatment?
Hello all,
Just wondering whether any of you had a moment to send letters to your senators?