My teaching on living with severe, chronic pain
 

Just added my latest chapter to my teaching on "Living with Severe, Chronic Pain". You can view it here:http://fionab-lessonslearnedfromlife...onic-pain.html

Hope you find it helpful. You guys have been so supportive and encouraging that I can't help but feel that you've been part of my inspiration behind doing this topic on my blog. Hopefully others will come across it and learn not only about living with chronic pain, but also the pain relief they can find through these wonderful Spinal Cord Stimulators, and other such technologies that are out there. Knowledge is powerful, and encouraging to those who are struggling!

Thanks everyone :grouphug::grouphug:

Fiona

Great reading Fiona
 

Hi Fiona :)

I have just finished reading through your blog. How fantastic it is. You know if I was someone who has literally just come onto the web in search of information ,advice,help inspiration etc your blog is definitely the place to find it.

It's so easy to understand and gives us such a great insight into what we can expect and what help is out there. Wonderful. Well done. Keep it up now and I will certainly take a lot from it too.

I hope you are feeling somewhat better and not in too much pain :hug:

Jackie :hug:

Thanks, Jackie. So glad you enjoyed my blog. My goal is to pass on information in an easy to understand style which would help others...ok, so I do have a little fun doing it, too :) I especially like the main blog section where I get to post funny photos, etc.

Have added to "Lliving with Severe, Chronic pain"
 

It's a handout that I've had for some time (forget even where I got it) that helps others to understand what it's like to live with chronic pain. Feel free to copy it or just use it to help your family/friends get a better understanding of what it's like to live in the world of "chronic pain".

Link: http://fionab-lessonslearnedfromlife.blogspot.com/

What an eyeopener!
 

Fiona I have just read your letter on your blog and what an eyeopener that is to anyone who DOESNT understand what we have to put up with day in day out.!

Amazing how we all hear the same things.........eg...just get on with it, try harder, you look well etc etc etc :rolleyes: and what is amazing is that in the letter there are things in there that I probably wouldnt dream of saying to someone face to face, but wouldnt actually mind handing them this letter and say that this is similiar if not the same as to how I feel.

It definitely hits the nail on the head so to speak. Im sure a 'lay' person (someone NOT suffering from Chronic Pain) would understand us so much better if they took the time to read this fantastic letter. I urge anyone who might be in a position that they are now frustrated trying to cope with family and friends who just DONT UNDERSTAND their pain to hand them a copy and then see what their reaction will be to you in the future.....

Certainly worth a shot..Well done Fiona and thank you:hug:

Jackie:hug:

Very much appreciated Fiona!
Well done my friend! :hug:

Glad some of you are finding this teaching helpful. I figured if I'm stuck here at home and can at least sit at my computer for a while, then I might as well make myself useful somehow and do something with all this stuff I have in my head!

I know that if it wasn't for forums like this, and the Internet in general, I wouldn't be where I am today...where, believe it or not, is a better place than I was several years ago. I believe strongly that knowledge is key to our getting better, and like many here on this forum, want to pass on what I know to help others so that they may not have to go through what we all have.

Thanks for all your support with my blog. Makes me weepy thinking about how you all have supported me in this endeavor. It's helped me keep my sanity, and it's good to feel like I still have something worthwhile to contribute to the world and those in need :grouphug:

Doing Well
 

You are doing well with your Blog, my friend! Very Well, reminds me of another counsellor friend of mine who pours herself into such means of aiding others although she is NOT one who has suffered IP as you; thus, you intorduce a fresh topical approach many will seek.

Glad you are reaching out, glad indeed,
Mark56:hug::hug::hug::hug::hug:

New teaching on identifying your pain triggers
 

I've just added to my teaching on "Living with Severe, Chronic Pain" and discuss identifying your pain triggers as a way of coping and trying to keep your pain at a manageable level.

You can find it under today's date, February 4, at: http://fionab-lessonslearnedfromlife...onic-pain.html

Hope you find it helpful :D

New teaching on developing a plan to attack your pain
 

You can find it here, under today's date, February 13:

http://fionab-lessonslearnedfromlife...in-part-2.html



Fiona

Have a new teaching posted
 

Today's teaching is on how uncontrolled pain can cause other health problems in our bodies.

It also has some tips on how to better communicate your pain and the problems it's causing you to your doctor.

You can find it at my blog, under today's date, February 24 at: http://fionab-lessonslearnedfromlife...in-part-2.html

New teaching on different pain medications available
 

You can find it under today's date, March 6 at:

http://fionab-lessonslearnedfromlife...in-part-2.html

Hope you find informative and helpful. Wish I had had this information when I was starting my journey to pain relief many years ago...would have saved me a lot of painful days, as well as aggravating and useless doctor appointments, that's for sure!

Living as a person of faith with chronic pain...
 

Today I talk about living as a person of faith who deals with chronic illness or pain. You can find it, under today's date, March 16 at:
http://fionab-lessonslearnedfromlife...n-part_11.html

Added new topic to my blog..
 

It's called "Living with Chronic Illness", now that I've finished my series on Living with Severe, Chronic Pain. They are very much inter-related as many of us have to use the SCS's to deal with our pain which is disease-related. Hope you enjoy this new section of my blog! You can find it at: http://fionab-lessonslearnedfromlife...c-illness.html

Beautifully stated
 

You bless us,
Agape,
Mark56:hug:z

Thanks, Mark. The Lord continues to allow me to encourage others and share some joy (and the occasional wacky humor :D) even though this body wants to give me trouble. The key, I'm finding, is to pace myself and accept the days I cannot do what I want and to focus on those things I can still do. I've actually been contemplating The Dragon myself for those day I find it hard to sit at computer.

You know, I would much rather have a reprieve from pain for the rest of my life than winning that huge lottery that was the big deal a week or two ago.

Growing up as a kid I could never understand why the "old folks" in my family were always talking about their ailments and I did not heed their warnings to take care of this precious body the Lord has given us. Youth is definitely wasted on the young :winky:

Ah, BUT
 

It is that very gift of youth to the young which allows through the impetuous the compilation of experience ultimately dawning as wisdom. It seems wisdom is a trait borne of experience rather than the teaching. There are some of the rare who take and receive SOME bit of wisdom from elders as their experience compiling, hastening wisdom. I see this in our youngest, our daughter, who now works with me, and in tiny steps she experiences something, we compare notes and it dawns on her face the situation hearkened to some wedge of wisdom I attempted to share with her.

She internalizes, learns, and realizes the leap forward. She is becoming "wise beyond her years." Some are willing. Others are not. I think instead youth is the foundation of wisdom. Now, if we are able to help them to put aside only fractions of their time to achieve slivers of wisdom without stifiling their creativity, for there is a huge amount of creativity in youth with their brains unmuddled by cynicism........ then, a younger person can be birthed who is able to internalize lessons learned before more swiftly and retain the youthful spontaneous creativity.

I, for one, kept a diary of inventions my brain would pour out over the years.... undercapitalized, due to youth, I could not bring them all to reality, but some have made it. Another, and greatest insight from God waits in the wings, for it is the wisdom of age which makes me respected and believable so as to take God's inspiration forward. It was difficult for me over decades to see things like a large department store chain introduce a tool I had designed with the concept of function, detail, drawings then fifteen years later it would be a mastercraft widget, this one a flexible ratchet extension for hard to reach places.

So, I don't necessarily believe youth is wasted on the young, but see it as the foundation of possibilities if the youthful mind is willing, as with our daughter. The miracle of the dawning is wondrous to behold.

Yup,
Mark56:grouphug:

I'm happy for you that you have such a daughter. Unfortunately I was one of those headstrong ones that thought they knew better than others...can you imagine "me" being stubborn and strong-willed? Boggles the mind, doesn't it:Grin-Nod::Grin-Nod: