I curl up in a BALL and pray for SLEEEP ! !

Geeze I'm so sorry you are having such a pain flare.

On days like this, I know that I'd burn thru all my breakthru meds, which would leave me with no 'ammunition' for the NEXT flare not to mention taking my liver and kidneys for a ride. And....I'm pretty suscepticle to depression and a day like this would sometimes open a door to some pretty 'dark' thoughts.

I sure wish I had something better to say other than - we sure know what this is like. And that - this place is the greatest place to be to vent or blow off steam.....we usually have to talk each other thru it. It does help

Hey, I wanted to ask you - is this pain the same type of pain you had PRE-scs?
When I have a day like this, it's a whole 'different' kind of pain....
which makes me wonder if the scs is somehow to blame....is it possibly aggravating the nerves?

Wearing tight clothing can spark a flare. Mrs D pointed this out to us over on the Peripheral Neuropathy forum....and sure enuf I realized that my lower back and hips were burning on a scale of 9 - why? Because I had been wearing my lumbar support belt too tight!

Anyway, as Mark and Jenna have shared, my heart goes out to you...
oh, and I wonder if Jen is talking about the Lidoderm patches?

..........Rae