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Life can be a Pain

Life can be a Pain

Hi @BlueBay@Zoe7@Former-Member@Faith-and-Hope@utopia@oceangirl@TAB@Shaz51@PeppiPatty

I know there are more people I could tag but maybe I will think them up as I go along - actually I already have

I think I need my own thread - mostly my problem is chronic pain syndrome - I damaged my spine with the sporting excesses of my youth - a long time ago now - and I managed to rearrange it when I fell of my pushbike in a wind storm nearly 22 years ago and that seems a long time ago now but there is nothing they can do except treat the pain - and I do have Section 8 medication and I see a pain specialist

And the pain has been worse lately and wears me down and I get fed up and very tired -

I have issues with my mother as well - and although she died 2 years ago I still have bad times now and again - she was abusive and as well as I know myself and her this can get to me at times - and this is another reason I opened my own thread

Then there is TS - my Toxic Sister - she was under my skin for a while but not at the moment

So yesterday I felt so bad when I went to see the doctor about my back pain - and my pain specialist has cut my medication back several times over the last few years and she has gone too far - and I started to tell my doctor - yes - I cope with the pain better since my mother died - but it's driving me crackers atm and so are the memories of my mother

So that's it for now - I have had trouble opening this thread for some reason but now I have - I will run my own story - I would like to think I don't need to but yes - I do

You are all such wonderful supportive people - you are my soft place to land - that is so true

And anyone I have missed I will tag as I go along

Lots of hugs everyone

Dec

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Hi @outlander, and @utopia 💜💜💜

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how are you holding up loveley lady? @Former-Member

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Hello @Former-Member @outlander. Hope you are both having a good night

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hello @utopia i hoep your nights going well too

how are you going besides your arm?

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Besides the arm, I'm doing okay @outlander. The depression has faded. Just waiting for my energy levels to increase.
How are things with you?

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Thats really good to hear @utopia im glad your getting better, have you thought of taking some suppliments for energy? Magnesium and b12 are suppose to be good...

Im fighting a kidney infection or so they say until i get results back hopefully it is just that and a vital cough infection ad well. Mh well thats another story but thats just the way the cookie crumbled for me so gotta work with it

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Hi @outlander & @utopia, thanks for the tags, yea I am holding up well considering. Having said that - I currently have a heat pack on my back sciatic pain (after being on my feet most the day), nice but not really helping. I know you get it @Owlunar. Though u other guys also have your fair share of pain.

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Siatic pain is meant to be awful @Former-Member. I hope it fixes itself soon and the pain stops.
That's no good @outlander. The medication should fix the kidney infection soon. There is a bad cold doing the rounds that is really messing with peoples chests - coughs, infections. Hopefully yours will pass soon.
When you are in pain or uncomfortable - it messes with our mental health

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Im hearing you @Former-Member i get that pain as well pain in the back side isnt it! But im glad your holding up ok 💜💜


@utopia yes your right there. Pain is also one of my triggers but panicing makes it worse ao its a vicious cycle till i get a handle on it. Sometimes its hard to pick which one to tey and treat first.
Hoping you have a good day today 💜


Goodmorning @Owlunar 💖💖

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Hi @Former-Member

You are right - having everything happening at once is like waiting out a storm and all we can do is to pray - I do - and this morning I was wondering what to pray for and yes - it takes courage to sit in the rain and wait it out

But that's what I do - I have done this all my life - it gets easier to wait out the storms because they do pass and what can I do about any of them but deal with them one at a time and I can't change other people's minds - only my own

But yeah - it feels bleak this morning - I feel really tired today and that's okay - I have to go through my files and find my last pension statement and feel as if asking for a subsidy for this Aged Care Package is a total waste of time. I mean - the system is set up against us and it's sometimes easier to go along with it and I like to pick my battles and the cat feels like the most important one right now

And I understand your sciatica - that is serious pain - and I have back pain today - whatever it is I don't really feel up to much today and so with your pain - which is going on long enough to be called chronic - not easy at all

So I feel really flat and I can accept that and tomorrow is a different day and like everyone else I don't feel happy with uncertainty - but yeah - right now I am living with it and I okay with not being happy -

All the best with that back and leg pain Lapses - I understand

Dec

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