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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

Dec

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Unknown userMember03 Apr 2018, 8:02 am AEST

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Good to see you venture out @Zoe7, so proud of you for your progress. Think i understand how hard it is - this healing business takes courage - stay strong ❤❤❤

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Unknown userMember03 Apr 2018, 8:19 am AEST

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Great discussion to read @Owlunar & @Zoe, we can learn so much listening in, thank you 🙂 Particularly liked when you said, yesterday "great day for snuggling on the couch with a little white fluffball Smiley Tongue" - Now that sounds like self care, bigtime! Zoe7.

Have a good day you two ❤❤❤

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Unknown userMember03 Apr 2018, 8:50 am AEST

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@Owlunar, i'll answer your Q - how i am - on the carers side DDD thread. Thanks for asking
Lapses ❤❤❤

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OwlunarSenior Contributor03 Apr 2018, 1:51 pm AEST

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Hi @Former-Member@Zoe7@Appleblossom@outlander@Faith-and-Hope@utopia

My daughter has had her procedure done and is home from hospital - it's in and out really fast now - and better home from hospital than staying overnight as it was - how long ago - I really forget - when I had a few similar procedures - she is a bit sore and drowsy and it's easier to sleep at home than in hospital

I am so glad that is over and that's for you comments everyone - it has all been helpful

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OwlunarSenior Contributor03 Apr 2018, 2:20 pm AEST

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Hi @Zoe7

Primary school teacher - years 9 and 10 - that sounds as if it's a good plan when you are able to return to work - I don't think that would be any time soon though - it's a plan

That was a great chat we had last night - it was really good to catch up - and successfully too - it seems you are recovering slowly and I hope this continues

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utopiaSenior Contributor03 Apr 2018, 2:58 pm AEST

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@Owlunar - so pleased your daughters procedure went well. It's always a worry until it's over.
Hope you had a nice Easter long weekend

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OwlunarSenior Contributor03 Apr 2018, 3:11 pm AEST

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Hi @utopia

Yes - I am glad it's over - I was really glad to get the text to let me know

There will be pathology results of course and I don't know how long they will take - but endo is endo - and it seems common for some reason - I am wondering if there is anyone who doesn't get it

And I wonder why this is - perhaps it has something to do with women often having fewer children - I just thought of that - the uterus gets really every month and nothing happens

I am sweating about my doctors appointment this afternoon - I have not spoken to this doctor before and many doctors are not prepared to give people the kind of injections I need - of course if she doesnr't give me one I can get the locum doctor in to do it but I don't like that either

The thing is not to fret too much and keep cool about it - everything is well recorded and well monitored and everything is authenitcated -

Of course all of this gave me a headache

The Easter weekend was quiet and I enjoy it - I lost track of the days yesterday but I know it's Tuesday

I hope you are as well as possible today

Dec

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utopiaSenior Contributor03 Apr 2018, 3:59 pm AEST

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Is it a new gp or a new pain specialist you are seeing today @Owlunar?
My friends and I have never had endometriosis. We've been lucky. But I think you're right. There does appear to be an increase in this condition. Not sure why.
I had a lazy weekend. My son started his first job last week. Working in a take away food shop in a service station outlet. So it was very busy with the easter traffic. He's enjoying it and can't wait to get his first pay later this week. Lol. I've told him half of his pay must go into his bank account to be saved.

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OwlunarSenior Contributor03 Apr 2018, 6:13 pm AEST

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Hi @utopia

Today I saw the new doctor our my clinic - my GP is on holidays this week so rather than use the Locum Service and wait for hours - I saw the new GP and she asked questions and I must have had the right answers because she gave the nurse instruction for me to have my injection and it was okay

My BP is high - totally convinced it is stress and my stress is caused by things I have no control over - thought about things a lot - it went down after my injection but not enough really when the pain had stopped because of the injection

Stress - those things we cannot control but we have them anyway and the alternative is not to care about things and I have never been good at that.

I think it's great that your son has started his first job - and that he is expected to save half of it - it's never too soon to start saving - I am so pleased for your sake and for his as well

Endometriosis - yes - I am sure you know what it is and that it's painful - women seem to have more health issues in the female department - I was having a suture put into the the cervix when I was pregnant - to help me hold the baby and on my way into the theatre complex I saw a chalkboard and I think there were 10 people having operations and the 9 women all had female operations and the one man had his appendix out

Old age ain't no place for sissies and being female has to be a good second

Actually after all of the stress today I feel better than I have for a couple of days

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OwlunarSenior Contributor03 Apr 2018, 6:21 pm AEST

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@Former-Memberwrote:
Great discussion to read @Owlunar & @Zoe, we can learn so much listening in, thank you 🙂 Particularly liked when you said, yesterday "great day for snuggling on the couch with a little white fluffball Smiley Tongue" - Now that sounds like self care, bigtime! Zoe7.

Have a good day you two ❤❤❤

Hi @Former-Member

I am glad you had the chance to listen and learn - I do read other threads at times - or other people's posts - I can't answer everyone but I hope I do remember what I learn

But although I can't answer everyone doesn't mean I don't care - there have been times when I been triggered and we all need to protect ourselves from that - but I still care -

There is a saying "They also serve who only stand and wait" and "Silence is golden" - we don't know how many people read what we write - also I think we help more people than we can know about

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