Dear Firegirl, I am so sorry your in so much pain and being stuck in a wheelchair unable to leave the house. That alone can be debilitating and miserable. I too have been stuck in a wheelchair for a couple of months and it is getting old. Also, I believe my pain has gotten much worse since the wheelchair. I just had this conversation with my husband about not being able to build any body strength. I wake up in the morning, (mornings are always bad for me) and the body pain (soreness) is terrible and then of course we have the nonforgiving RSD/causalgia to combat. I do force myself out of bed and crawl down the stairs to have a small breakfast and coffee before taking anything for pain.

I do concur with you, Sandy and Loretta, you should seek other alternatives for pain control. Just as an addition so you can balance out. Your body is not getting enough time to restore any of its natural rythms. I do meditation, visual imagery, (that is where you vision yourself healed and doing something you love to do, like walk, ride a horse, etc) healing music, I listen to the birds every morning, I crawl outside on the deck to sit for a minute, sometimes an hour, watch a funny movie, crochette, cook. Just a few things you can do from inside the house to help take your mind off of the pain. being constricted to the house you have to get creative. I am truly concerned for you, please try to challenge yourself, get help if you are not strong enough to do it on your own. I have cut my medication in half and found that the pain is about the same, so why poison our body. God Bless you, I will truly be praying for you.

Jeanie