Physicians and professionalsdefine pain as chronic if it lasts longer than three to six months and is persistent. It's distinct from acute pain that is a direct result of injury or trauma. This support group is dedicated to those suffering from chronic pain. Discuss treatments that have worked for you, find advice for your specific experience, and find support. You're not alone in your pain.
Chronic Lyme Disease
anyone out there suffer w/ chronic Lyme disease. Constant pain, fatigue, debilitating and invisable. I need people to talk to that understand my life, from the inside out. Not talking about a tick bite and 3 weeks of doxycycline. Referring to 2 percent of the spectrum that end up with chronic, degenerative pain and all that encompasses, physical and cognative
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Hi Everyone. I'm new to this group, my name is Doug I'm 47yrs old and I have Spina Bifida, CRPS & I'm a Below Right Knee Amputee. I'm here to try and make new friends and to learn things from those who suffer the same sort of chronic pain that I do :)
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At the end of last year I had a pretty serious fracture of my tibia, which involved plates , screws and months of recovery. One of my major complaints from the beginning, was a numbness on top of my foot and tingling in my toes. Almost from the onset I felt something in my foot wasn't right. From electric type nerve pain to a crushing feeling. I had all sorts of different types of pain....
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Good morning! I am... well, really, I'm dragging, but that's normal given circumstances. Here's hoping we each get some Wellness Now! Yeah!So.... Mom's discharge yesterday. Yeah.Only I end up in these situations.I had this convo at the hospital yesterday. Mom's discharge paperwork was sloooow... Mom: I am getting up! Me: Mom, I will find out what's taking so long, but stay in the chair! Mom:...
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Whoopsie! Well, I slept! Yay! Of course, I fell asleep at four AM. ... Anyway, starting late today... so ending early. Got an appointment to deal with Mom's landlord/management in only half an hour. Our alarm clock batteries died. We were meant to be up at 6! It's 8! Ack! Late at 8!Much love,HealingTo ALLLeo
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Sorry to hear that you have this! My brother just found out he has chronic Lyme's disease, I haven't talked to him about it yet. With Fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis, I can relate, invisible diseases are difficult for yourself and others to understand what is going on.
Hope you get some help with treating it!
How do you get friends to understand. It's always I hope you feel better- I never feel good - only bad and worse
I know what you are saying, the concept of chronic pain is so foreign, unless you have had it in your own life. Friends and family tend to get tired of listening to us, so then we stop mentioning it, and just say we are surviving.
I have chronic Lyme's. It is very hard. I spent 2 and a half months in the hospital when I first got it.
One thing that has helped me explain my many medical illnesses is "The Spoon Theory" check it out on Google. It has helped me to explain things to people.