IsThisRealLife

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[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

At the end of this story, you'll know why I wrote this, complete with photos. PLEASE READ:🚨

Im an ex H addict. The final straw that made me quit? My gf and I were living in ATL at the time. We had just scored some H, a bad batch I'm guessing.

We pulled into the local McDonald's parking lot to get high. After I did my thing, I could tell I missed the vein slightly.

After a day, my forearm starting hurting. After 2 days it was red, day 3 was very swollen. After day 4 the pain was unbearable and I started getting a fever.

I decided to go to the local CVS minute clinic where they gave me some weak antibiotics. They dud nothing.

Day 6 my arm was so swollen and painful, the wind hitting it almost brought me to my knees. I decided to go to the emergency room where they put me on IV antibiotics for 12 hours and sent me home.

After being home another 24 hours, the redness started creeping up my arm and shoulder so I went back to the ER.

They put me on the heaviest IV antibiotics they had, vancomycin, for 24 hours to no avail. The redness hit my chest.

That night the doctor poked her head in the door and said, "the IV antibiotics aren't working, the cellulitis is too advanced. We're going to take you into surgery first thing in the morning nd amputate your arm at your elbow or you'll die," then she left.

My heart sank. I thought to myself, "this can't be happening." But it was. This is the fresh hell I created. I also thought the doctor was very rude to just pop her head in the door, not even stepping into the room to tell me this horrific news.

There I lie in bed, alone, hundreds of miles away from my family, contemplating every decision I had made up to that point. The movie Requiem for a Dream popped into my head. If you know you know.

Morning came and they prepped me for the hand surgeon. All I could think about was losing my arm. My dominate arm at that. I played sports my entire life. This can't be happening. It was.

The surgery last a couple hours. I came to and immediately looked to my right. I could barely see my fingers sticking out of the bandages.

The doctor said, "the infection was only in one of your arteries in your arm. I took about 6 inches of that artery out and was able to save your arm." I was elated to say the least, but the nightmare wasn't over.

I found out why the doctor was so rude. I had been in that same hospital a week prior bc I OD'd.

Word spread that I was an H addict. So the lead doctor took me off pain meds a day after my surgery.

The wound care crew came in to change by bandages. They had packed my arm with dry gauze (not the treated, slick gauze that made it easy to change and come out of the wound easily) and tape so it had dried in my wound for over 48 hours.

When they started taking the gauze out I could see the little capillaries sticking to the gauze. To say the pain was excruciating would be as big of an understatement as anyone could possibly make.

They sent me home after a few days (I didn't have insurance) with a box full of wound care supplies. I was to change the bandages 4x a day myself.

3 days after doing that, I packed my stuff, left my gf, and drove home to TX where all my family was.

I could write a 6-book series about all the horrific sh*t. Thought I'd share one story from that bad time in my life. 6 OD's and a near amputation later I've been clean from H for 18 years. I have a family of my own and the best, most handsome 5yo son I the world. I wrote this bc I just learned another buddy if mine from the old days just passed from drugs. I see ppl struggling with addiction on here, and if this helps one person, it was well worth it.

I've lost 8 buddies from drugs and everything that comes with it. If you know someone struggling with addiction share this with them, like, comment, repost.

Photos in comments.

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@In_mente_vacia_ @isaacrrr7 What the fk?? The outrageous thing, besides him only doing 6 years, is that the mom did any time at all, and the bastard only suffered a few days!!!

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@nicksortor I have half a mind to sign up. Idk what else I could do to help.

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@DudespostingWs Had an owl kill one of my kittens. Now he's done for.

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@lulu_solomo @MidOktober Im not going off what she has said. Im going off of my eyeballs and my thorough experience with breasts, fake breasts, and boob doctors.

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@KyleKulinski Why are your panties in a bunch over a GOP smear campaign when that's all democrats do? Fair play, right?

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@KyleKulinski You have proof Trump is a pedo and you're withholding it from the authorities? You really are a sick fck.

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@VigilantFox They really will parade anyone out who is against MAGA, no matter how dumb

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@SummerForPA You are tough to look at

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@eh_verdade_sim @ggreenwald And you're go-to is "moron," and qualifying it with "fucking," to make "fucking moron."

What's your point dipshit?

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@tgksqp @StudyStock @ggreenwald "Democratic socialist no doubt" you say. Also calls himself a communist.

What do you rhink the end result of socialism is? Communism.

If this isn't enough evidence for you, you can't be helped.

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@eh_verdade_sim @ggreenwald Finally. You got it. Fckn hell that was painful.

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@eh_verdade_sim @ggreenwald Not offended. I just dont understand how you remember to breathe unaided

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@tgksqp @StudyStock @ggreenwald If your story is true, I've no idea why he did it. I haven't heard thst particular story.

No, I can't show you anymore evidence of him espousing nazi ideology. The tattoo is enough.

However, him being a self-avowed communist is far more alarming to me than his tattoo

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@eh_verdade_sim @ggreenwald Im convinced, you're a clinical retard. I tried having a conversation, but you're literally too dense.

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@tgksqp @StudyStock @ggreenwald Is this satire? He had a Totenkopf for 2 decades. The fact that he danced around at his brother-in-law's Jewish wedding with his nazi SS tattoo showing is a testament to how big of a piece of shit he is. How does that help YOUR argument?

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@eh_verdade_sim @ggreenwald Do you have an argument, or just ad hominems?

Do you have anything at all resembling a refutation? Another brain-dead leftist?

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@eh_verdade_sim @ggreenwald 1. He said he was

2. He couldn't get a security clearance bc of it

[IsThisRealLife @TXStrong11]

@eh_verdade_sim @ggreenwald Do you think platner is a good guy? Do you like communism?