Sorry if I stepped on any toes. I really didn't mean to...just trying to say that my lack of taking Jesus into my life isn't the cause of my CP (nothing more and nothing less, in fact I completely agree with most of the teachings from Jesus Christ because they tell us to be kind and considerate to all).
O and yes finding true love is the cure to all illnesses (in all the movies it cures all the maidens from their ills). Except when your true love only loved you in the summer when you were feeling healthy and is now calling you immature and irresponsible because you can't take on much more responsibilities than keeping yourself alive and breathing from one day to the next and can't understand what happened to you.

MichES,
I did not know you had not taken Jesus into your life. You didn't step on my toes but I do appreciate you letting me know the situation.

I see where you were speaking from. I agree with you.

Many faiths teach us to be kind and considerate but Jesus has the unique place of being God incarnate.
He is worth taking Him into your life.
Thanks for your kindness regarding this.

Did someone already mention "walking" it off or how about "rubbing" some dirt in it? lol
Gotta love these old sayings, at least we can get a good laugh out of them.
hugs,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Or how about the good ole just spit on it and jump back on the horse.

"If you just really believed in ______, you'd be healed."

Really!

I really really believe that my pain meds are strong enough to get rid of all my pain. Why am I still in pain?

I don't even know there is snow coming or the weather is changing soon, but the pain comes BEFORE I see the weather report. So is that BELIEVING that the pain will be worse? HOW? I did not even know the surprise cold spell was coming.

Is it at all possible that physical disease is a painful process?

Oh yes, I've heard about the coffee enemas... that's supposed to be the cure for everything. I'heard it in relation to curing my Fibromyalgia. My mother is the best for coming up with cures... she reads all the women's magazines and they always have ALL the answers. I know she means well though, she worries about me and just wants to offer anything that might make me feel better.

Please tell me how putting something in your colon - which is not designed to deal with products like that - will IMPROVE your health in anyway, shape or form. Seems like something kinky to me and nothing else.

I wonder what that coffee does to the colon! Seems like it would eat throu the lining with too much use. Can't imagine how that is helpful

MichES, I love the gaggle of smokes. Maybe we could call them a murder of smokers...a group of crows is called a murder of crows. Seems fitting. LOL

We need to carry with us a list of things we have tried unsuccessfully when we go to our doctor appointments. Then when doc mentions for the third time "you should try ___" we can show him our list that documents the last three times he told you the same remedy that doesn't work.

This is such a great thread. Keep 'em coming.

lol I love a Murder of Smokers...makes them sound so menacing, like they will come up out of no where and blow smoke on you to death. lol
O I just remembered something that one of my first neurologists told me the reason for my joint pain, nausea, and headaches was. What was his ingenious diagnosis you ask? Well it is obvious...STRESS TADA!!!! I was getting all these symptoms in the middle of Summer back in middle school when I had no responsibilities or anything that was a possible stress aside from the fact I was going through puberty. Apparently I needed to acknowledge the elephant that was in the room that we had all been obviously ignoring and I needed to go to a psychiatrist (the answer for when doctors can't come up with an actual diagnosis).

I have heard the stress one too!!!!

But really please tell me, "Why is it you are still complaining about the same issues? You know it is going to be for life, so just accept it and move on and try to live."

Yeah, like pain just stops hurting after awhile or perhaps I just stop feeling. Does a cook stop feeling burns and cuts just because they happen a lot?

Don't you wish those judgemental people could feel your pain for just one minute?? 60 seconds and boy would they change their tune!!! It takes one to know one....
I don't wish my pain on anyone bu8t just for a minute....all those standing in the way of pain relief. They sure would get out of the way if they could feel it!!!! They say what goes around comes around but I never see that happening...never see them finding themselves in severe chronic pain! Not yet anyway. Where is this carma? I think the world needs a good dose of it NOW.
God bless us and keep us strong enough to endure...
Anne

Hmmm why am I still complaining about the pain? You are right Sunny I will stop feeling the pain once I accept that it is just a part of my life now. How ingenious! Why haven't I thought of that one? lol

And livewithhope I have the same feelings! If all the doctors that stand in the way of giving treatment had to deal with the pain we feel everyday for even a minute they would understand and step aside and let us feel better (one can hope). Karma seems to be rather lacking because I have yet to see any of the board members of the IDSA, who say chronic Lyme disease is just an autoimmune response and nothing can be done so you just have to live with it, get chronic Lyme Disease (I both don't wish this disease on anyone and on them at the same time). Bet the docs would be singing a different tune if they got diagnosed with some of our diseases and had to live with them.

Doctor language translation:
Accept it as part of your life and get on with it = I don't know how to help you so go away and leave me alone.

Something like that.

Well, if they are men we should be allowed to kick them in that really tender place that causes them to double over and roll on the floor while telling them to just "accept the pain and you will not notice it".

Course the minute they stand up, we get to kick again REALLY HARD!
And we choose the number of kicks randomly without telling them how many times before the "procedure" starts.

Of course, if they really can't take it, we can always give them a 1/2 tylenol for pain.

lol I say go for it!! Too bad that doesn't work on women and I am pretty sure it is illegal....sigh