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04-10-2007, 06:56 AM | #11 | ||
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"Dealing with chronic pain... how do you cope?"
Very good narcotics!! |
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04-13-2007, 06:27 PM | #12 | ||
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Anne
Are you feeling any better today, with the jerking and things. I am hoping things are better. Not sure but are you maybe also having seizures. Or do they know. I am dealing with a form of chronic pain, its in my elbows, and my neck. has to do with a fall or two I've had, that resulted in post concussion syndrome, and now I have chronic pain, I have gotten rid of the other problems but still have the problem of the neck pain that I can't seem to get to go away completely, and I will always have problems with my elbows that I've had dislocations in, thanks to falls. Donna |
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04-13-2007, 06:50 PM | #13 | ||
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Hey KateLynn, When I realized I had a chronic painful condition with no known cure (trigeminal neuropathic pain) I considered my husband my caregiver. We talk about what he sees, how he thinks I'm doing, whether he thinks I can complete tasks. I tell him if I'm having a really bad day so he can buffer things for me. So - find somebody who can stand to see your pain (some of my family members are in denial) and ask them to help you. Another life lesson I had to learn: be gracious in receiving. I was really good at giving but I felt that I would be "pitiful" if I had to ask for help. One other thing: Journal your daily life. When you're up to it, review it and see if maybe something triggers your pain. It'll also help you understand that you CAN make it through a day of hell.
Hope this helps. Janet from Tennessee |
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04-13-2007, 06:52 PM | #14 | ||
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Narcotics, caffeine and nicotine - then praying - then cussing-
Works for me! |
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04-23-2007, 12:20 AM | #15 | ||
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I've got RSD-CRPS since 1988. My story is after you travel your way thru the pain doc's, the meds, the depression, your left with yourself. It's such a mind game, how will I feel in the morning, can I go to a party this weekend, how many people have I let down.. YOU haven't, this is why I'm on this forum. You have to recreate yourself, stop beating your body up from things you can't control. Take one day, one hour, one minute at ah time. I have found out thru this group and people I've met here, I've wasted so much of my life it makes me sick The years lost, years on meds, things when I look at the photo albums I'm not there. Don't let this happen to you, fight for everyday you have. Has far as people in your life they love you for whats inside, not the pain... s, many hugs................. </IMG></IMG></IMG></IMG> |
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04-23-2007, 12:35 AM | #16 | ||
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Keep on Trucking, if you want to whine I have big shoulders and plenty of time... So write on, let it flow. And go give your hubby a big kiss
thinkin of ya.......... |
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04-27-2007, 10:48 PM | #17 | |||
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"Dealing with chronic pain... how do you cope?"
One day at a time... With meds, massage and plenty of rest... ~Jaime~ |
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04-28-2007, 05:45 AM | #18 | |||
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I am the same way, I have not been in pictures for years. I take them or I am not there. I totally am with what sadly is saying.....we are great here....if I do say so myself. If you need shoulders.....we got plenty!
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04-30-2007, 10:36 PM | #19 | |||
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Thank you for the support! You are too sweet!
I am having a rough time lately, I feel like my reflex sympathetic dystrophy is getting worse and worse. I have been majorly misunderstood by a friend who thinks that I should not take any medication for pain... and I am so upset over the situation. I am on narcotics, antidepressants and anticonvulsants, all to help with the pain. I know that Lyrica is working for me, and it makes me hope that with an increased dose I might get more pain relief. It has been pure hell for me lately, and I am in such severe pain. I try and not show it to anyone around me, but it is so hard to live with all this pain. Does anyone have ideas on explaining to a friend why you take meds when you have chronic pain? Thank you so much everybody for the hugs and kind kind words! Idealist~ hey that sounds like a great idea about setting goals. I will have to set teeny goals because of my pain and limitations. Thank you so much, everyone. I really was helped. And thank you SO much, sadlyme and Janet and Idealist. You all were a great help and I can't thank you enough. I can use your prayers and support right now, and can you please give me an idea on how to explain to my friend?? Thanks!!!!!!!!! Last edited by KateLynne; 05-01-2007 at 10:34 AM. Reason: I was just correcting some mistakes |
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04-30-2007, 10:43 PM | #20 | |||
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A schedule sounds like a good idea, except I think on my real bad pain days I would have to change it a little bit. Thank you! |
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