February wrote:Aww. Man :( Hugs to all the people here who have to deal with chronic pain- I know how it is.
They can't treat mine much. I was deadly allergic to the only thing that actually helped (Elavil) They want me in physical therapy but even with good insurance and medicare too the copays are ginormous. I looked at the neurologist's suggestions, did the math on the copays alone, and told her as soon as I became an adopted Hilton or won the Megaball I would get right on setting up those appointments.
Sometimes for the nerve pain I get all I can do is slap on a lidoderm patch. Like when you wake up with your leg itching so bad seemingly at the bone level that you think you might have to scratch clear through to get to it. Then the burning starts and you seriously wonder if amputation is an option.
The patches don't always work, but at least sometime they take a tiny edge off. Usually I spend a lot of time lying awake and wishing that they would work.
Pain sucks. Sorry you have to deal with it too, ladies.
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Yeah, Chronic pain sucks. Especially when you are still young and should be out walking around and dancing and well, doing lots of physical things. When I cannot even lift a box on my own anymore, life sux!
Yesterday, I leaned down to unload the clothes dryer, I felt a HUGE spasm in my lower back right where the pain is coming from. It lasted a few minutes and I could not straighten up and stood there bent in half for a few minutes. It just spasms and spasms and hurts and you cannot move!!!! Finally the muscle relaxed, the nerve quit twanging and I stood up. It HURT!
I had a particularly bad day yesterday. I think the steroid injection has worn off completely. I am back in that unlivable pain, the one that makes me want to jump headfirst off our deck. It hurts so bad, I cannot walk, I cannot sit, and even lying down, I cry my eyes out.
I ate so much Percocet yesterday, that I got worried last night and did not want to take anymore, bcaue I was afraid I would go to sleep and not wake up. I took Arthritis strength Tylenol instead, which helped actually, except that Percocet is full of acetominophen and that is what Tylenol is and you are not supposed to take so much of that because you could get liver damage. At that point, I did not care about ANYTHING except making that excruciating pain stop.
I need to talk to the Spine Specialist about surgery. Forget the injections. They are NOT helping and we KNOW that it is arthritic bone that is crushing a nerve, let's just go in and shave off that excess bone and stop the pain. And check out the disk while you are in there. It probably needs to be replaced now too. This has been going on for 5 years now and I am tired of pain. I hate pain. I do not want to live this way. I want them to DO something. It is time to do something about it and injections are NOT going to help anymore. :(
My good thoughts and prayers to all of you who have chronic or acute pain. It is NO fun and no one should have to live with it. Pain colors your life and changes you as a person. It has me. And I don't like who I have become with pain in my life everyday. I guess after another 5 years, you get used to it and maybe can find some good in everyday, but right now, all I can think of is HOW to get rid of the pain.
HRH* Pain in the ass...* Susi ;)