After Ron's request for prayer yesterday, I started thinking about chronic pain and those of us that live with it. You know, until this last episode that started last year, I really didnt realize just how many people live with chronic pain. It is devistaing. there really is no facit of my life that has not been impacted but the thing that has changed in a positive way is compassion for others.
What i have found is that there are more people that live in constant pain every single day of their lives than we realize.
So, i would like to know who here on AFF, live with chronic pain.
I know that
Ferd (back pain)
Ron (back pain)
Praxius (dialisis and a host of other things)
all live with it. so if you live with chronic pain share your story. it doesnt have to be more than just a few words about what the source is or you can give us detail if you wish. But lets be a strenght to one another. I know, that just knowing there are people out there that can relate is a help to me.
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I suffer from osteoartheritis related to my leg injuried in a 1991 car accident. I have a 12 inch plate in my right femur and about 9 screws in my left hip. I have a torn miniscus in my right knee. I take 800mg of Ibuprophen 2X per day and Nexuim to protect my stomach. On good days I have no trouble walking and you can't tell I have injuries, on bad days I limp and drag my left foot.
I cannot stand cold and therefore when in cold climates I wear layered pants to protect the metal from getting cold in my legs. Taking large doses of magnesium and calcium prevent me from having muscles spasms in my calves.
Blessings, Rhoni
P.S. Compared to death, which was what I was looking at in 1991...I am blessed and highly favored of the Lord.
Chronic back pain, left knee, and have been going through something since December of 2006 that we still can't figure out what is going on. That pain is probably the most severe. I did get good news Tuesday, the doctor told me he did not think it was bladder cancer, PTL!
On July 4th in 1999, I suffered a back injury. All I did was bend over and pick up some trash. Nothing heavy at all. The result was a herniated disk that I have lived with since. In July of ’06, I re-injured it really bad and was off work for 5 months
I had to have surgery to clean up the disk last November and still face the possibility of further surgery to stabilize a rupture that has not been dealt with. I have constant pain in my right leg and hip and take Norco (the strongest Hydrocodone) and Neurontin daily to deal with the pain.
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I hate being negative, but I do live with chronic pain in my right knee.
I had torn cartilage when I was 16 and had surgery. Eight years ago, I had arthroscopic surgery of the same knee which has basically left no cartilage at all in the one side of my knee, so it's bone on bone.
Eventually, I will need a partial knee replacement, but want to put that off as long as possible because they only last 10 years, so at my 'young' age, I would have to have a couple replacements - lol!
In the meantime, a gel therapy has been helpful (rooster comb shots in my knee).
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I have back pain due to my discs being outta line. I am not gonna say mine is every day but it is more often than not and while I have been pregnant it has been pretty much every day. I have been suffering from this since I was a young teenager. All through high school I went to the chiropractor on a regular basis so that I could still be active and play volleyball and have fun. But now that I am older and less active it seems to be much worse.
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I hate being negative, but I do live with chronic pain in my right knee.
I had torn cartilage when I was 16 and had surgery. Eight years ago, I had arthroscopic surgery of the same knee which has basically left no cartilage at all in the one side of my knee, so it's bone on bone.
Eventually, I will need a partial knee replacement, but want to put that off as long as possible because they only last 10 years, so at my 'young' age, I would have to have a couple replacements - lol!
In the meantime, a gel therapy has been helpful (rooster comb shots in my knee).
Renda, thanks for sharing. There is nothing negative about sharing here. it is about people who think they are isolated and alone, realizing that they arent alone and there are people here who understand what they are going thru.
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If you remember two years ago when I ruptured my C6 verebrae in my neck and had to have surgery. I had lost complete use of my right arm due to the nerve being severed.
Well for some reason I am having the same problems again, but it now is when I lay on my sides or stomach my right arm and now sometimes my left go numb down to my fingers.
It hurts to type, count money the things I have to do at work.
I pray I am not looking at more surgery but I need this fixed.
Do I live with Chronic Pain? I refuse to describe my wife that way!
Seriously, there are many on here that have had much worse pain then I have had.
I agree Ferd, Renda is not complaining, and I am praying for not only ones I know, but as more burdens are shared I will continue to pray for these needs.
I have chronic atypical fibromyalgia according to my rheumatoligist. Additionally, I have had Radical ACL reconstruction of my right knee, my left knee has been scoped twice, I have had L5 and L6 fused, my left shoulder has been radically reconstructed twice, and I currently have bulging disks at C4,5 & 6. I have also recently developed problems with vascular neuropathy due to my diabetes that causes my feet (specifically the toes and ball of the foot) to burn and hurt and feel like the toes are going to explode.
I suffer greatly and get less than 2 hours of quality sleep a night and rarely more than 4 or 5 hours totally.
all that said, I do not let it slow me down although there is not much I can do about the effect the pain and sleep deprivation have on my performance. I work out every day for approximately 1.5 hours lifting and walking or riding a bike. I find that activity is the key to my being able to continue to be active. I fear that if I ever quit I will shut down.
I actually walked 16 holes of golf yesterday carrying a full 14 club bag but I had to drop two holes to finish due to the pain in my feet. I make it fine for nine holes but my feet really begin to act up on the back nine.
Oh well, enough pettiness! I am truly blessed to be where I am and able to do what I do. I am possessed of a grateful heart!
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