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Intense Rib & Sternum Pain/Tenderness (costochondritis)...How do you deal?

JaidaMoon
  • By JaidaMoon · Posted October 14, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 0 replies
  • To My Fellow Costochondritis Friends; I live with episodes of intense, acutely severe rib and sternum pain and tenderness, also known as costochondritis (not really a diagnosis as much as its a medical ...

How much medication is too much?!

Team_Bambu
  • By Team_Bambu · Posted October 3, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 4 replies
  • My day consists of a daily ritual of about 30 pills. I wake in the morning to Neurontin, Baclophen, Tramadol, Oxycontin, Valium and Celexa (That is to keep me happy!) Then it is time for the Roxycodone ...

Tens or burning damaged nerves?

janet54
  • By janet54 · Posted October 3, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 2 replies
  • Hi,I am new to this group and would like to hear if anyone has had experience with any of these 2 procedures.I am a lung cancer survivor of 1yr.7months.I had the old barbaric lobectomy,upper right lobe ...

PAIN-Fibromyalgia

Glenda-C
  • By Glenda-C · Posted June 13, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 2 replies
  • I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia about 8-9 years ago . The muscle pain is dreadfull. Every place that is touched is so painfull when an exam is preformed by any of my doctor's. I get real upset though ...

New To Chronic Pain - Why Don't Dr.'s Get It?

gracie62
  • By gracie62 · Posted June 8, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 5 replies
  • Hello - I am 42 y/o. Brief history - 1st heart stent age 39, 2nd age 40. 41 brought triple bypass 12/30/07 followed 18 days later by a heart attack caused by a blood clot in one of my new bypasses. I ...

Chronic, severe abdominal pain and home PCAs

Kozush
  • By Kozush · Posted May 3, 2008
  • In Traditional treatment · 0 replies
  • Hi everyone, I have severe, chronic abdominal pain (epigastric mostly) due to severe gastroparesis and chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction (for those that don't know, those are GI motility disorders ...

It's only my opinion

deebelle
  • By deebelle · Posted April 29, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 1 reply
  • There are lovely people writing poetry on the site, but I would rather have how they feel, how they deal with pain, what their life is about. I want to know about them, their soul, what they feel. I have ...

Just wondering......

janet54
  • By janet54 · Posted April 10, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 0 replies
  • Hi to all, I am new to this group and I have a question.I am 1 yr.lung cancer free.I had an upper right lobectomy.I still suffer terrible pain at the site.They did have to go through ribs to get it out.I ...

Fibromyalgia

DonsBon
  • By DonsBon · Posted March 16, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 13 replies
  • Hi, everyone. I have had Fibromyalgia for at least 16 years, and sometimes the pain is so bad it's all I can do to get up and shower and brush my teeth. I do still work full time, tho, and on the weekends ...

Hello to Everyone!

JaidaMoon
  • By JaidaMoon · Posted March 15, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 9 replies
  • Hi everyone in this group!! I see that no one has posted anything yet, so I decided I'd bite the bullet and be the first... So here goes! Living with chronic pain... what a phrase! Those four simple words ...

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