http://www.toostupidtodie.net/2009/07/12/chronic-pain-a-guest-post/ There are a bunch of cats out there missing a life because of you. –my sister, to me Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:19:32 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.toostupidtodie.net/2009/07/12/chronic-pain-a-guest-post/#comment-49 Starre Thur Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:39:45 +0000 http://www.toostupidtodie.net/?p=745#comment-49 I re-read this; slowly this time. There are tears in my eyes. If only I had had it to read everyday seven yrs. ago. The closest I came was a 'living with a chronic illness handout'. Illness isn't pain. At the time I did have an illness...cervical cancer...it went away. Ironically the steroids in the chemo kept the pain at bay. It was a miracle! I had five weeks with no pain. Everyone of my physicians ... and there were a few...said my pain could not be ... in some form or other they implied this...'real' if the steroids took it all away...and they did (the steroids). My oncology nurses had to caution me many times about 'overdoing'..."it's the steroids", they kept saying...obviously they had seen this reaction before. OH BUT IT FELT SO GOOD TO FEEL NORMAL (pain-free) AFTER THE THREE YEARS OF CONSTANT, CHRONIC PAIN, after my accident. Thanks for allowing me to rant. Oh, and as soon as the chemo was over, my constant companion returned and to this day is still here. I re-read this; slowly this time. There are tears in my eyes.
If only I had had it to read everyday seven yrs. ago. The closest I came was a ‘living with a chronic illness handout’.
Illness isn’t pain. At the time I did have an illness…cervical cancer…it went away. Ironically the steroids in the chemo kept the pain at bay. It was a miracle!
I had five weeks with no pain. Everyone of my physicians … and there were a few…said my pain could not be … in some form or other they implied this…’real’ if the steroids took it all away…and they did (the steroids). My oncology nurses had to caution me many times about ‘overdoing’…”it’s the steroids”, they kept saying…obviously they had seen this reaction before.
OH BUT IT FELT SO GOOD TO FEEL NORMAL (pain-free) AFTER THE THREE YEARS OF CONSTANT, CHRONIC PAIN, after my accident.
Thanks for allowing me to rant.
Oh, and as soon as the chemo was over, my constant companion returned and to this day is still here.

]]> http://www.toostupidtodie.net/2009/07/12/chronic-pain-a-guest-post/#comment-48 Starre Thur Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:13:11 +0000 http://www.toostupidtodie.net/?p=745#comment-48 SO well said. Thank you. SO well said. Thank you.

]]> http://www.toostupidtodie.net/2009/07/12/chronic-pain-a-guest-post/#comment-47 MHC Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:31:49 +0000 http://www.toostupidtodie.net/?p=745#comment-47 I had the misfortune to have a few months of chronic pain due to back problems. Until then I had no idea how completely pain can dominate your life, day and night (try waking up at 3am to pee and trying to figure out how to roll over when your back feels like it will snap if you breathe too deeply...). Inadequate sleep, chronic fear and anxiety, the endless balancing of medications. And it was only a few months. I'm not sure I could withstand an open-ended vista of it. I hope I will NEVER disrespect a pain sufferer. RLL, my heart goes out to you. I had the misfortune to have a few months of chronic pain due to back problems. Until then I had no idea how completely pain can dominate your life, day and night (try waking up at 3am to pee and trying to figure out how to roll over when your back feels like it will snap if you breathe too deeply…). Inadequate sleep, chronic fear and anxiety, the endless balancing of medications. And it was only a few months. I’m not sure I could withstand an open-ended vista of it.
I hope I will NEVER disrespect a pain sufferer. RLL, my heart goes out to you.

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