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MZBIGGREDD
  • By MZBIGGREDD · Posted 3:40 am
  • In Living with chronic pain · 0 replies
  • It has been snowing here in Ohio and today I went outside in the snow now I am in so much pain I want to cry and scream. Every year around this time I experience a severe flare up of my Sarcoidosis due ...

What's the dumbest thing someone has said to you during a pain attack?

achybreaky
  • By achybreaky · New reply January 6, 2009
  • In Living with chronic pain · 5 replies
  • I hate it when people who don't understand your pain say stupid things. These are some of the things people have said to me while I was obviously in pain: "You can handle it." "What's wrong with you ...

Tens or burning damaged nerves?

janet54
  • By janet54 · New reply January 3, 2009
  • In Living with chronic pain · 4 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 · New reply January 1, 2009
  • In Living with chronic pain · 4 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 ...

Going to Hip School

achybreaky
  • By achybreaky · New reply December 24, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 1 reply
  • A nice article discussing "hip school". I never heard of it before this article. Read Going to Hip School ...

Something To Make You Laugh!

achybreaky
  • By achybreaky · Posted December 22, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 0 replies
  • Just a little something to make you laugh. Merry Christmas and I hope you all feel better! :) Click link to watch a funny video -> http://www.boltarcade.com/viewtopic.php? f=6&t=1030 ...

How much medication is too much?!

Team_Bambu
  • By Team_Bambu · New reply December 17, 2008
  • In Living with chronic pain · 5 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 ...

Relieving The Pain of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Acupuncture

achybreaky
  • By achybreaky · Posted December 15, 2008
  • In Alternative treatment · 0 replies
  • I've never tried this but it might help someone out there. Relieving The Pain of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Acupuncture ...

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 ...

Fibromyalgia

DonsBon
  • By DonsBon · New reply September 3, 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 ...

It's only my opinion

deebelle
  • By deebelle · New reply September 1, 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 ...

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

gracie62
  • By gracie62 · New reply August 2, 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 ...

Hello to Everyone!

JaidaMoon
  • By JaidaMoon · New reply July 21, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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