Hi Keep Smilin'
Hey, maybe we'll get Remission for Christmas, to make up for the birthday diagnoses!
I am wondring how you cope with the pain without meds. Is there anything you take that might be natural, or any strategy you have to make it though the day..and the night?
What I have found so helpful, is meditation and relaxation techniques, to ease into the pain rather than avert it..this has helped me through a lot of rough times.
Currently I am taking an 8 week series of classes called Mindbully Based Stress Reduction' originally developed by Jon Kabat-Zin out of the University of Massachesetts Hospital...it is primarily for chronic pain sufferers and for anxiety as well. It focuses on meditation, relaxation techniques to ease pain, simple yoga, information on the biology of mind/pain connection..it has been extremely helpful....also meeting people with similar circumstances has eased that feeling of isolation and loneliness, of not being understood.
Wishing you a restful Sunday!
Hope4thebest