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Life can be a Pain

DecadianSenior Contributor07 Feb 2017, 1:19 pm AEDT

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

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OwlunarSenior Contributor02 Jan 2018, 3:11 pm AEDT

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Yes @outlander

I'm having a coffee and then I am going for a walk

If nothing else the gardener might have finished when I get back - I realise that I haven't had lunch either - headaches tend to make me feel off-colour

Dec

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outlanderSenior Contributor02 Jan 2018, 3:20 pm AEDT

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@Owlunarbeing hungry-even without realising it- can make a headache worse too so maybe try a small snack of some sort. maybe a few bikkis with your coffee?

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OwlunarSenior Contributor02 Jan 2018, 3:26 pm AEDT

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Good idea @outlander

I even have a pack I bought for the holidays

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outlanderSenior Contributor02 Jan 2018, 3:29 pm AEDT

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there you go @Owlunar eve if you use those and replace them before you go

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OwlunarSenior Contributor08 Jan 2018, 7:41 pm AEDT

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Hi @outlander@Former-Member@Former-Member@utopia@Shaz51

Today is the 3rd anniversary of my mother's death - we never got on but still - I find it harder that the date my Dad died - and he and I were very close

I think I am okay - I have had a lot going on in my family atm and I am seeing a new therapist on Wednesday - and I am not sure why I am going but I guess I need to think about it - talk about it - get it out of my mind

After so much time alone I recognize again that I like to live this way but then - it was good to go out this afternoon - I had my eyes checked - good news there and I am getting a new pair of glasses because the last pair I got were not great for me - fine for other people - but it would take ages for my lenses to clear when I first put them on and I have no patience to wait until they warm up for the day - glad have new ones with super-light frames with transitional lenses

After that I walked to the beach and walked along the water's edge - it was warm enough and a few people were swimming - I picked up some weathered glass off the beach to add to my collection

I sent a Christmas Card to my interstate rellies and added a hand-written note - it took me ages to get around to knowing what to write but I have done that and mail it and they probably have it by now - I definitely am flying to their city in a few weeks regardless - I am very easy to push away but this time - no way

I hope other people are getting along as well as possible - with one thing or another - life can have lots of ups and downs and this is not easy - life can be rough and tough and have pain off all sorts in it

But caring about each other is always a good thing

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