Hey everyone. I'm in London with my mom right now and she has ruptured disks in her back and is on a heavy duty painkiller Oxycontin. She did not bring enough with her because she's been taking lower than her full prescribed dose and didn't realize how bad the rain would affect her (we're from Phoenix, AZ...no rain). We went to a couple private doctors, but half didn't have the license and the other half said they can't prescribe it because they didn't know her. She has her bottle with a fresh date on it from her doctor and they can call her doctor to confirm she has serious pain and is prescribed the meds.
What can she do? Someone said to go to NHS GP, but we didn't know where that was and someone said it'd have to be an emergency room trip which would cost a fortune. We thought of shipping, but won't customs stop the meds? And they'd have to get here really quick...like 2-3 days...is that possible?
Would the U.S. embassy help?
Any ideas at all? She's in so much pain we can't really enjoy ourselves or go anywhere =(. We barely had the money to make the trip in the first place, but as it is now she's willing to spend the last 200-300 pounds of her spending money to go to a private doctor/nhs or what not.
Can anyone here who is on a heavy duty painkiller message me with any ideas? Anything creative? Extra money?
Please help
