Prince did NOT need an addiction specialist, someone to "help him kick his drug addiction". What Prince needed was a Pain Management Doctor - these are doctors that help you when you are in incredible pain. He needed someone who would HELP him deal with his incredible pain.

How many of you have needed a hip replacement? or a knee replacment? or broken a bone? It sounds probable that The Purple One needed a hip replacement, maybe even two..... and didn't want to/was afraid to go there because of his faith. Even though Prince had previously undergone "corrective" surgery, from what I have read, it wasn't enough to relieve the pain. Prince probably needed hip replacement(s).

When you have a joint that is bone on bone, where the cartilage/bone cushion has been destroyed to the point of being nonexistent, the pain is horrific. I mean: THE PAIN IS INCREDIBLE!!!!! My hip pain was so bad before my surgery, that after a day of walking around, I was screaming until someone gave me some medicine. Prince knew he was to meet with this addiction specialist - someone who he was afraid of, someone who he thought would take his pain meds away from him.

Prince did NOT need an addiction specialist. >>>Prince needed a Pain Management Doctor.<<< I think Prince just panicked.....

Prince NEVER should have been left alone... AND he didn't get the help he really needed. You can blame his handlers for his death. Prince should have NEVER been left alone at this stage. But he was, and Prince made his choice. You need to respect him for that. Even though it is painful for us to let him go, we need to respect and accept his choice.

Of course, everything that I have just written is just my theory. We still don't know the autopsy results. He could have just had a massive seizure from his epilepsy..... Exhaustion..... Dehydration..... Or it could have been something else. It does seem that he knew something was wrong, and he didn't get the help he needed.

Rest In Peace, Prince. We will NEVER forget you.

Apaprantly , he was past the point of a pain managaement specialist..he was in full dependance and addiciton mode

lwr001 said:

Apaprantly , he was past the point of a pain managaement specialist..he was in full dependance and addiciton mode

Maybe not.

http://www.slate.com/arti...eans.html

Genesia said:

lwr001 said:

Apaprantly , he was past the point of a pain managaement specialist..he was in full dependance and addiciton mode

Maybe not.

http://www.slate.com/arti...eans.html

lwr001: You obviously don't understand extreme pain..... and thus have no compassion. Read the Slate article - it is good.

mailaccount63 said:

Genesia said:

Maybe not.

http://www.slate.com/arti...eans.html

lwr001: You obviously don't understand extreme pain..... and thus have no compassion. Read the Slate article - it is good.

i dont understand pain,.,i only have suffered traumautic brain injury by serving as an EOD officer in the Navy..but feel free to tell what i dont undersand,,i am at teh VA hospitals with freinds frequently in pain mgmt clinics..further , i have freinds who have od and died as they moved from the mgmt peice to uncintrolled intaking of medicine

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Further, it is very easy to move between taking medicaton responsbably and abuse; you wont even know or recognize the paradign shift till its too late..And no i dont need to read the Slate article as a i ma a member of the Boston VA healthcare system who has by far the best specialists in the world for this type of thing

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