pain and how do you handle it?

Ouch. I sure feel for you. That is a lot for one person to have to go through. I have been to the doctor today, and right now, i am in pain, but i just took a pain pill, and it should be better in a few minutes. Yours, on the other hand, is a different story. You really need to be careful with that diabetis. Sure hope you get better soon.

i was hit by a car about 20 years ago and landed on my knees and with the wear and tear of 20 years plus two pregnancies, well my knees are much older than i am and also the source of constant pain, plus i have asthma.
i work 3 mornings a week outside the house and do crafts and whatnot in the house to keep my mind off the pain.

Hi cookie, you seems to be carrying a lot of health problems in your life. I have never have such a major health issues in my 51 years of living but my main problem now is my weight which I don't seem to be able to shed which result in having to take BP medications to control my blood pressure. The doctor told me that I have to take my pills for life! I am already controlling my food intake but there seems to be no effect. I think with our age, we should be more particular on what we eat.

i am sorry to hear about your experience and can only wish you the strength to bear it all. it is really not easy to handle pain as one has to bear it till it lasts. proper medication is perhaps the only practical solution. faith and belief also help at a time like this. do take care of yourself.....good luck.

Hi cookie,


That is a lot of pain you are going through, I really don't know how you handle it all, I have a problem on my spine and I am in pain but that is not compare to what you are going through, take care, hugs.


Tamara

WElcome back!
adn take all lowtabs ya can for right now.
as it hasnt been all that long.
When I had boobs cut off 2 years ago I was on lowtabs for months then just went off them BUt even tho I havent taken any more I still have muscle spassums.
weird feels like I am drawing all inward across my chest I just try to egnore it.

and with the throwing up that needs to be dealt with too. I just dont really know what to tell you but am sending you energies to try to get thru this hugssssssssssssssss

I'm also a type II diabetic, but under better control I was DX in 1999. Little pan although the health could be better only have to take OTC pain medication once or twice a month, but I have a IDEA of what your going through.

Wow, Cookie! You've sure been through the wringer, huh? Man!

I've had a few surgeries in my lifetime (28 to date) and I know pain. I also have fibromyalgia and arthritis so I know chronic pain. I take codiene at night for pain and sometimes during the day. Twice a day I take naproxin, 500 mg. I was also just put on Savella, a new drug approved for fibromyalgia pain and depression.

Still, I have constant pain. I have IBS with the fibromyalgia so I often have an upset stomach. I have to tell you that it took me a couple of years to come to terms with my constant pain. I got so depressed at first and stopped doing almost everything. A little while later, I just got so tired of taking all these pills and decided that I was not going to let this pain stop me from doing all I was able to.

So, now, I hardly ever even think of the pain. Oh, it's there, all the time, but I guess I've gotten used to the fact that it's not going to go away and simply do what needs to be done, at least that which I can handle, without even thinking about how much it hurts.

Sometimes I do overdo it and pay for it for the next couple of days but I just keep plugging along. If you can, you should try to get as much exercise as you can. I can't do much at all because my back starts screaming at me after only standing for a few minutes but I still do all I can. If it hurts too much, I sit down for a few minutes until the worst of the pain subsides then I get up and do more. At the end of the day, I usually feel mighty proud of myself for doing as much as I did. That helps to take my mind off the pain, too.

Chronic pain and exercise just don't sound like they should go together but, with moderate exercise, the pain seems to fade. I walk all I can, clean all I can, garden all I can and, even though I'm usually exhausted by the end of the day, I feel good about doing so much and my pain level dwindles.

With a bad back, I use a back brace. I bought it at WalMart and it has proven invaluable to me! I'm able to do so much more with much less pain when wearing it. Maybe you could ask your doctor if wearing one might help you? Or, just go buy one and try it for yourself. Mine cost around $16.00, in the pharmacy area.

Good luck to you!

I had my tummy cut open from above my belly button to just above my pubic area to have a 20 pound cyst and the ovary it was attached to removed. I was in horrid pain forever after that. At least it felt like forever. I ate pain pills and slept a lot.

Eventually that pain passed, thank goodness.

I have other pains. They sound minor compared to what you are going through, but feel pretty big to me.

My right foot has a lot of damage to it. I can't feel ANY of my toes on that foot, but I have a crack across the top of the foot, and injured ligaments in the ankle from when I feel off a ladder at work. Those injuries will never heal properly because I have a job where I'm on my feet all day.

After 10 hours on my feet the pain will be all the way from the top of my foot to my hip.

Then I got pregnant, and my uterus is pushing on my sciatic nerve, making my right thigh feel like I have a hoard of angry red ants biting me constantly. That wont go away until after the baby is born and my uterus descends back to its proper place.

I also have all the normal aches and pains that anyone who works on their feet all day feel by the end of the day.

There's not much I can do for it. I had a prescription for pain pills, but I've not been able to use those since I got pregnant, for obvious reason. I grit my teeth and bear it through the day, and take hot baths at night and hope it helps ease the aches a little.

It really all depends on the person. Some people can take a T'3 and have no pain at all. Others will pop Oxycontin and Percacets like candy and it won't do nothing for them. I was in a car accident over 3 years ago and have chronic back, hips and leg pain. Let me tell you it is not fun at all. I since been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and arthritis in both hips. I have had 2 surgeries on my left knee and going in for the 3rd since it is baring alot of weight on that one knee. I have tried everything that you can think of out there with no luck on anything. I do have a high tolerance to pain but I really wouldn't wish this pain on my worst enemy. I basically grin and bare it. I literally can't do nothing for my pain just to live and try to cope with it. In the long run I do pay for it on most days.

All I can suggest is talk with your doctor and see if they can put you on something that will help reduce your pain. Otherwise you might just have to grin and bare the pain.