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Hi @Wanderer

I remember you said you had CPRS and that alone would make it really hard to think at times - then add the strong medication and also - insomnia - that would definitely get into your brain and have a go at your short term memory

I have spinal pain along with other orthopaedic issues - arthritis etc - and increasing age - I don't have memory problems unless I forget that I have - sometimes I can't fine a word but it's there all the time -

But for you - it sounds massive and must be really hard to live with - great idea someone gave you - if I knew where I could find an ironic emoji I would put it here - ah - write it down! First you have to remember to do that and then you lose the notebooks all over the farm and mostly likely forget that too

I don't know what's causing your memory loss but the above issues you have would not improve it and I care about that. I know when I am having a hard time with my pain I find it hard to remember the beginning of a sentence by the time I get to the end which is frustrating but that stops when the pain backs down

It's so good you have found us - it must be tough - I forget your circumstances now but stick with us - there must be other people whose medication interfers with their memories - if there is one there must be more

All the best

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I understand @Wanderer

The journey into chronic pain is full of misunderstanding and disbelief - I found it hard to convince doctors the pain was so severe at the beginning - finally series of tests and then an MRI proved the truth of Degenerative Disc Disease and Spinal Cord Canal Stenosis - and yes - had they operated then it might have been different - possibly worse though because the surgery I needed was not happening then - now - as it is for you - too late -

Still - let's read back - a long wait for surgery that should have been done immediately and an 18 month wait - sounds like medicare - I am so sorry - it is hard when the surgery is delayed and should not be the case -

I take the strong medication but the - we can't talk about our regime in detail so it is nebulous - I had to stop driving - I really miss driving - I would so like to drive -

And I have cut my medication back a lot - but chronic pain is a life-changer and it seems to me that you have been through a similar mill

Thanks for your kinds thoughts also - I do wish you the best

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Hi @Wanderer

You are right - the chronic pain club is one no one would like to be part of - and I really don't have a choice re medication except to gradually cut back and find I have to increase again sometimes - and it was such a silly accident - I was riding my bike in a wind-storm and didn't even fall - I had to put one leg down to prevent that and pushed my spine out of alignment - but with DDD it was already well established - the pressure on my spinal cord started then

And of course I am sure you know we get back press at times - I understand the lonely world you must be in at times

And lost your world as you knew it too - lost so much financial ability - having to start again - really hard things - I have been through much the same stuff - I am an acccountant and loved doing that but I had to take early retirement a long time ago now

It's really great you are going to rebuild the mustang with your daughter

I wish you the best Wanderer - btw - I have lived with this pain for a long time - my story is under Our Experience and Stories - Life can be a Pain -I'll try and tag you - there are other people suffering with pain sharing on that thread - and it is a supportive group - part of this forum yes - but as well as dealing with the pain we have depression and anxiety - it is natural to feel these things - in fact really weird if we did not

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