“Chronic pain is horrible to deal with though. Mine had definite emotional and mental aspects. It’s hard to feel hopeful, and hard to imagine being out of pain. I really wish I could do something to help you”
Thank you.
I love you for this!
*HUG*
May I ask what your diagnosis is?
I think I missed it in your post.
Nothing new for me!
LOL
Oh I don’t think I said it. I have a multitude of repetitive stress injuries. It started with carpal tunnel syndrome, and then when I had the surgeries under workers comp, I think the doctor was in collusion with them. He sent me back to type three weeks after each surgery. After that I started getting horrendous pain up my arm.
The carpal tunnel doesn’t bother me these days, but intersection syndrome (a tendinitis in the wrist) and radial tunnel syndrome (a compressed nerve in the forearm), cause the most pain. Both are bare. So putting them together, and combining the symptoms, mini orthopedic surgeons just couldn’t figure it out. If I’d had just one or the other, it probably would’ve been different. I’ve been given a lot of pain pills and told to go back typing. Well I felt fantastic on vicodin, so I did. Did a lot of permanent damage too.
But it’s OK. After finding a fantastic doctor at USC and finding jobs that don’t require typing, I can live pretty normally. I just have to be careful not to overdo anything. And to keep up my stretching and icing every day. The last week I have had problems though, pretty much been continuously. And I don’t even know what I did! My husband just shakes his head and says this is my normal. But it really isn’t, I can have some pretty good days and I can accomplish a few things.
After years, I finally figured out why God had this planned for me. I met two people who were also in excruciating pain, one had hip problems and another was pretty much and diagnosed, he had headaches, shoulder problems, back problems. Both said that I helped them a lot, in relating my story and for empathizing with them, especially their frustration with going to doctors. One lived near me so I went with her often.
The other was an Internet friend and he just disappeared. Before that he was talking about not being able to stand it any longer. He couldn’t get disability because there was no diagnosis, and he was having a hard time working. He lost his house, had to move in with his ex-wife, I felt so helpless. So I fear the worst. This was two years ago that he disappeared. I sent an email probably every few months, just in case.
So I don’t like it when people disappear from us! - ok, LG? ;)
I’m going to go get some weeds out of the raised beds. The wet earth really makes it easy. And I can only do a few square feet at a time so I’ll be back often on.