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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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sending yout lots of tender hugs my second mum @Owlunar , thinking of you lots and sitting with you xxx

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I was picturing a deep maroon coloured jelly @Owlunar

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Thanks @utopia and @Shaz51

Yep - maroon jelly would be right - I had a bad day yesterday and felt as it the jelly was almost cement - I really found it hard to get started

At 11.00 am I was still in bed - I had a headache worth the name and wanted to stay where I was forever - I think I must have gone back to sleep - not sure - but I found it really hard to get up and get dressed and have a coffee - all too much - so I rang Life Line - I get a lot out of ringing them.

I can honestly say I don't have regrets about the past and I have sorted out the feelings around the anniversary - which is next week - and I know it was a lot more than just having my son die - and the whole thing was so complex - I still don't understand how my parents could behave the way they did - I guess I never will - that is not something I could ever do - still - it happened and I know my parents both suffered a lot about that

And other stuff was all under the heading of "shit happens" and a lot did back then - I don't feel as if I have to examine under every rock in my past. We can't change the past and we can't see the future - when I lived through the dark years of my life I could not see the time when I would see all of that as a huge learning curve - but in retrospect - as hard and as rotten as it was - it was a time that led to increased wisdom

My flight will be boarding soon and it's time I got myself organised and got through security. Of course it's not as comfortable out with the public - there are comfy chairs and tables where I am atm - but I never want to hurry - and I have to check that the gate hasn't changed - that happened the last time I was here

All the best everyone

Dec

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Have a safe trip @Owlunar , take care 🙂

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Thanks @Gazza75

People are getting up and moving right now - of course the airport is busy today and they couldn't all be in business class on the plane I am getting on

But it is time to put the computer away and getting through security and I am looking forward to my flight

Dec

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@Owlunar, look forward to hearig of your adventures 🙂

Stretch those legs out and enjoy your flight.

Stay safe.

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have a safe trip my second mum @Owlunar

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Enjoy your time / holiday with your granddaughter @Owlunar

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Thanks @utopia @Shaz51 @Gazza75 @BlueBay

I had a good flight up here - there were only adults in business class and I had both seats to myself - I can really stretch my legs out in the very front row of the plane

Seeing the Glass House Mountains has been on my bucket list for most of my life and I saw them from the plane - the sun was setting and so down there it was dusk and the mountains were silvery and mystical - my good luck for special moments was really working then - it was certainly worth seeing and wish I had a photo but that would not have worked looking west into the setting sun.

I was out yesterday with my grand-daughter and she drove me around the area and it is lovely up here on the Sunshine Coast - today we both had a rest and she is back tomorrow to have a look around the complex - it's really huge and worth seeing - and today I found the track to the beach and went their twice - wonderful surf

I will be back home on Saturday night - I have this weather app in my computer - lots of added extras - I can see the weather in Melbourne has been bleak, cold and wet - at least I will not be surprised

Wish you were all here

Dec

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enjoy your time away @Owlunar it sounds lovely
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