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I am a wonderful, beautiful, soulful girl/woman with undiagnosed chronic pain. I had a muscle spasm in my thoracic region 7 years ago and haven't been the same since. I've tried every therapy you can think of and many medications. My team of doctors have worked very hard to figure out what's going on, but have given up and I am in chronic pain management mode. It's so hard to think I will live in pain for the rest of my life when I am so young (34). As you can imagine, I also suffer from depression....living in pain is depressing, as well as sleep problems. My week is filled with doctor's appointments: physical therapy, behaivoral therapy, pain doc, regular doc, cranial sacral therapy, and massage therapy......Oh, and I work 30-40 hours on top of that! I'm still in the fight though. Sometimes I want to cancel all the appointments, quit work, and stay home in bed.....and sometimes I do that for a day or so. I am lucky to have a wonderfully supportive husband. The only non-supportive part of him is the part that has to work, and for him that means a lot of travel.....so I have to rely on just myself most days. I feel like all I've talked about is my pain in this bio, which is telling....it has consumed my life. I used to hike, ski, kayak, and bike, but can't do any of those right now. I am doing yoga, which has brought me some pain relief and soul food. I've also just got a dog who brings me much happiness. At first I was overwhelmed at taking care of something else when I can barely take care of myself, but it's nice to focus on something else.
Welcome to our pain site.There are lots of very compassionate people here who know exactly how you feel. Getting a dog was a very good idea. My dog is what gets me out of bed on the days I don't feel good enough to. Since I'm unable to work I could just live there on the days when my pain levels are really high. He is now my best friend. Good luck to you.
Thanks, Scooter. You're right, the dog definitely gets me out of bed and out of the house on days when I would just stay in bed otherwise. Wanted to stay in bed today....didn't get up until 10am for work....luckily my boss is lenient. How are you feeling today?
Hi Lavagirl, I hope your pain levels are low today. I'm feeling ok. I always feel better when the weather is warm. Winter just kills me. Wow,you sure have a lot of appointments. The only appointments I go to now are to my pain management doctor. I go four times a year. My doctor is awesome. I was referred to him by my neurosurgeon after having five lumbar surgeries.I have scar tissue encased around the nerve roots because of the surgeries. Therefore I have nerve damage and chronic back and left leg pain. This has been going on for ten years now. You never get used to it. I hope you have a good day. Scooter
Scooter- Glad to hear you're feeling ok. I'm tired again today, but trudging though. I have physical therapy this afternoon, so hopefully that'll have my back feeling better for the long weekend. I agree about never getting used to the pain....it's unrelenting. My mom says stupid things like "take some ibuproferin" or "put a heat pack on it"...as if any of those things could actually touch my pain. It's so hard that noboby can understand what I'm going through.
Hi Lavagirl, I hope you are having a decent day. It is hard when people don't understand what we are going thru. People do say some stupid things to those of us in chronc pain. Have you read my sharepost titled 13 things you don't want to say to people in chronic pain? I read it on another pain site. I've heard a lot of them myself. It's amazing what other people think about us. None of it very nice. Scooter
Scooter- Got your email. I hope you are doing well. I'm REALLY tired today and want to go home and crawl into bed. I need to make it through a full work week though....haven't done that in a while.
