"Unfair"

I was rushed Into hospital after a brick wall fell on me damaging both of my ankles/feet. 

Since then I have had 4 surgeries and 1 skin graft during the course of 2 separate admissions. After the 1st 2week stay in hospital I was sent home both feet in cam boots, 1 foot on vac dressing pump, I have to go pharmacy every other day to pick up my pain meds tapendadole which is a opiate replacement medication,  with a appt to go see outpatients Godrich clinic in a week. I made my appt.

All was looking so good said the doc/nurse, I can come off antibiotics now another week with vac dressing & they will see me back in a week. During this time my wound got smelly. I didn't realise it was my wound until the Friday, no one gave me much information about what to look out for, so I thought it was my dog when I got the odd whif, then I thought maybe something rotten in my hospital bags ( yes they weren't unpacked as I have 2 cam boots/2 broken ankle & not moving much. Went to ED that night when I knew it was my wound it smelt like rotten meat.

I was admitted the next morning for a debriment maybe a tendon repair as tendon clearly is damaged now. Mind you that's a week between dressings or anyone looking at it.  That morning 1 particular nurse keeps remarking "Oh you very tired aint you, you sure you not tired cause of something else." I am tired due to a very infected wound for the past 4 days but I stay quiet. I started fasting on the next day at 12am as they maybe time for surgery. I was not taken into surgery. At 5pm the nurse is telling me to still fast as I might still go to surgery. But when my food tray come by I was hungry, I told the food lady they forgot to take the fasting sign down please give me my tray & she did.

As I was finishing the food the nurse come in sighed at me & says well I better go ring the doctors then. It's 5pm & I was on the waiting list, it's not happening. So 12am the next day I start fasting, no surgery, The following day at 12am start fasting, I go into surgery that morning 9 o'clock.

I have a Opiate Dependancy for the past 30 years in which I have never hidden (I feel it's important to be honest, especially when general anaesthetic is used) the anaesthetist is usually grateful for my honesty & there is few different methods needed to help with my safety. I understand that, I also understand I won't get the same pain relief as a normal patient, I also get there will be judgement cast but I still will forward this information & anything to do with my drug usage.

As I said Iv been a addict for 30 years, I'm what you would call a functioning addict/cupboard junky a lot of people who know me, would never know I use drugs. I don't get sh%* face or you will never see me "nodding off" nor do I steal for my habit, I don't live with drug paraphernalia left out. I've never hurt anyone. I'm quiet well spoken & polite.

Anyways 5th operation happens, I wake up with 2 nerve blocks & vac dressing and of course the other foot in Cam boot. I get told the following day it was just a debriment. Tendon is still in question & prob have to go for another skin graft. So a couple days on the ward hooked up to the nerve blocker machine & vac pump, I don't give anyone grief, I am not asking for medications.  Even thou 1 particular nurse seems to continue to treat me with negligence & seems discriminatory. They open the Vac dressing, the Doc has a look says I need dressing every 2nd day. When I ask about Silver Chain & I am told by that nurse that some people get that service & some dont, thou the look on her face I feel I know exactly why I don't, but I try not to jump to assumptions.  I ask them if they could please find out why I dont, as I really need Silver Chain it's always provided to others & I believe I'm in a far more difficult situation. 

I believe if Silver Chain was offered, my foot wouldn't of gotten so rotten & me not needing the second admission to hospital. The nurse comes back with Silver chain wont come out course you are a iv drug user. Then I get told my pain medication tapendadole will not be dispensed every other day anymore, I have to make the pharmacy everyday for pain meds.

So both ankles broken, 2 cam boots. 5 surgeries down, broken tendon + more surgeries in the near future, I must try make it to pharmacy everyday for pain meds, every second day to clinic to change my dressings, plus a out weekly plastic outpatients appt, and physio coming soon. Because I'm a opioid user, I get below par care, if its offered that is & have to do all these extra to get minimal pain relief. I didn't ask for this to happen to me. Nor did I, or was I doing anything for this to happen to me. It was a freak accident where a friend's side gate brick wall fell on me after we had been walking my dog at the dog beach that afternoon. 

And this is what I'm having to deal with. I know I  won't ever have use of my feet like I use too, but I would like to be given the same health treatments to try gain as much mobility & the best recovery possible. 

As it is, I'd been discharged for 7 hours, I'd got no pain meds and my wound was weeping threw the bandages, making my cam boot moist,  is that OK? Should I go ED again?