I have been in pain for at least 30 years. It is like I don't know what it is like to wake up and it not be there. I have learned to live with it for the most part. I have so many things wrong with me it is crazy for me to take pain meds. I do on the days I can not even move.
I am diabetic, have buldging disc desease, degerative arthritis, fibromyalga, HepC, my liver is basicly just hanging on, the list goes on.
The pain is more intense now and I hate the thought of having to take more pain medication. I have taught myself for years to push through the pain but it now to a level that I just can't do it any more. Being an addict and being clean since 1979 still makes me leary of getting hooked.
I know that I stay pretty positive most of the time. Just have to believe that one day there will be something other than a drug that will help. Ya always gotta have hope.
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30 years of living with pain
- By Shoshonegirl
- Posted June 23, 2009 at 12:23 am · 2 replies
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- By deebelle
- Posted June 24, 2009 at 7:56 pm
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Its tough with pain. If I don't sleep well, the pain is worse. I live also with pain.....it is manageable at times but then its over the top other times. That is a tough one. I just lay down, take a pain pill or decide to cry. Other days I yelp, and fuss, but can still do some things.I worry sometimes that my yelping especially at nite will disturb neighbors, but so far so good. I think I wrote somewhere else that I was afraid they might think it was C.S.I. and a crime scene...can't have that!!
Glad you posted...we are all here for you...whine as much as you want because we all understand!!!
Blessings;
Dee
- By Bex09
- Posted November 5, 2009 at 11:07 am
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Hello.
I was just wondering how you have managed to cope with your pain for 30yrs?
I am 18 and have been in pain 6yrs ... I am struggling @ the moment and wondered if you had any tips on how to stay positive?
Thanks. B
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