hope
A journey to restoration
Why KettleBlack Botanicals?
I spent years looking for an effective natural treatment. I finally found one! I have felt “good” since Memorial Day 2019. After 18 years, 8 months and 5 days of extreme suffering I could finally say I felt “good!” My version of “good” is not likely the same as yours. I am not pain free, I do not expect to ever be pain free. I have, however, found a natural pain relief method that is the most effective pain management tool I’ve ever used.
I've had serious health issues due to a car accident that happened 19 years ago. My vehicle got t-boned on the driver's side by a college student who lost control of her car on a wet road. I had just enough time to recognize I was going to get hit, close my eyes and hold on. She knocked my van three feet off the road. The police said her speed was at least 40MPH when she hit me. I was holding on so tightly to my steering wheel that the impact ripped the muscles and ligaments that attach to the thoracic area of my spine.
The result was permanent nerve damage and constant severe pain. I pursued every treatment option available over the first 13 years. I went through years of physical therapy and scores of surgical procedures.
I had a great doctor until my state changed pain management laws in 2015. It took 7 months to find another doctor. Around the same time, in early 2016, the CDC released their deeply flawed guidelines for prescribing opioids. The guidelines were developed in secret without input from anyone who actually treated severe permanent pain. These guidelines have been used as a weapon of mass destruction against patients who live with pain and doctors who treat pain. The fallout from an atomic bomb would have been easier to clean up than the devastation caused by the CDC and well meaning politicians.
The government’s misguided efforts have only created more problems for patients. We’ve replaced pill mills with procedure mills. Chronic pain patients are frequently forced to undergo risky invasive procedures as a condition of ongoing treatment.
My new doctor wasn’t happy that I refused all invasive procedures. I have had an absurd number of surgical procedures on my spine since the accident, about 60. Medication management was my best option and he didn’t like it. He thought the amount of medicine I required made him look bad to government agencies. He mentioned it every time I saw him. Fear makes you do terrible things. My doctor feared the government. I refused surgery for an implantable device due to the known high failure rate and he dropped me. It is just too much of a hassle to treat patients with complex issues.
It took a full fifteen months to recover from my doctor dropping me last year. I cannot overstate the shear hell of what I went through. You’ll be amazed at what you’ll consider when you reach the end of yourself. Surprisingly, I did find an option that works well. It took 18+ years to find a natural treatment that works well for me and I had to find it on my own. There is incredible freedom knowing I no longer have to rely on the modern medical machine for relief!
Don’t take good heath for granted! Everyday is a bonus day!
KettleBlack Botanicals supports Americans for Safe Access ~ https://www.safeaccessnow.org
and Safe Access Tennessee ~ http://safeaccesstn.org.
I spent years looking for an effective natural treatment. I finally found one! I have felt “good” since Memorial Day 2019. After 18 years, 8 months and 5 days of extreme suffering I could finally say I felt “good!” My version of “good” is not likely the same as yours. I am not pain free, I do not expect to ever be pain free. I have, however, found a natural pain relief method that is the most effective pain management tool I’ve ever used.
I've had serious health issues due to a car accident that happened 19 years ago. My vehicle got t-boned on the driver's side by a college student who lost control of her car on a wet road. I had just enough time to recognize I was going to get hit, close my eyes and hold on. She knocked my van three feet off the road. The police said her speed was at least 40MPH when she hit me. I was holding on so tightly to my steering wheel that the impact ripped the muscles and ligaments that attach to the thoracic area of my spine.
The result was permanent nerve damage and constant severe pain. I pursued every treatment option available over the first 13 years. I went through years of physical therapy and scores of surgical procedures.
I had a great doctor until my state changed pain management laws in 2015. It took 7 months to find another doctor. Around the same time, in early 2016, the CDC released their deeply flawed guidelines for prescribing opioids. The guidelines were developed in secret without input from anyone who actually treated severe permanent pain. These guidelines have been used as a weapon of mass destruction against patients who live with pain and doctors who treat pain. The fallout from an atomic bomb would have been easier to clean up than the devastation caused by the CDC and well meaning politicians.
The government’s misguided efforts have only created more problems for patients. We’ve replaced pill mills with procedure mills. Chronic pain patients are frequently forced to undergo risky invasive procedures as a condition of ongoing treatment.
My new doctor wasn’t happy that I refused all invasive procedures. I have had an absurd number of surgical procedures on my spine since the accident, about 60. Medication management was my best option and he didn’t like it. He thought the amount of medicine I required made him look bad to government agencies. He mentioned it every time I saw him. Fear makes you do terrible things. My doctor feared the government. I refused surgery for an implantable device due to the known high failure rate and he dropped me. It is just too much of a hassle to treat patients with complex issues.
It took a full fifteen months to recover from my doctor dropping me last year. I cannot overstate the shear hell of what I went through. You’ll be amazed at what you’ll consider when you reach the end of yourself. Surprisingly, I did find an option that works well. It took 18+ years to find a natural treatment that works well for me and I had to find it on my own. There is incredible freedom knowing I no longer have to rely on the modern medical machine for relief!
Don’t take good heath for granted! Everyday is a bonus day!
KettleBlack Botanicals supports Americans for Safe Access ~ https://www.safeaccessnow.org
and Safe Access Tennessee ~ http://safeaccesstn.org.
