Chronic Pain Support Group

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...

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I had my first level 9 pain.

blizzard2014
blizzard2014

I had a three hour bout with abdominal pain that was so bad I was praying to God to save me. Now I know what some of you guys are going through with the higher pain levels. I don't know what happened, but I became ill 12 hours after eating and threw up all of my food. It was still undigested after 12 hours. Some of it looked just like it did when I cooked it. I had pain, then threw up once, still pain, threw up again, still pain, then I threw up a bunch of acidic food and liquid and felt a thup in my liver like something moved forcefully. I then had complete pain relief. I was moving from teh couch, to the bed, to the chair, side to side wirthing in pain and could not get comfortable anywhere. It was horrible. I was about to call 911 and then it subsided. Since Wednesday night I have only eaten 1 can of soup and 1 salad tonight. Under 600 calories and only drinking diet iced tea. I am fearful the pain will come back. I see the doc this week but don't really know what to do. I have been having  alot of digestive issues that seem to be gastroperisis or gallbladder, but a bad gallbladder would not have you throwing up completely undigested food. Whole pieces of egg, bacon, and everything else. Not even churned in the stomach. 


I have been struggling with a lot of autonomic nervouse system issues lately. Extremely high heart rates and wildly swinging blood pressure. Wild blood sugar highs and lows. One day 60 units of insulin works fine, the next day same amount of carbs and I'm going low and blacking out. One night I lost eyesigth in the center of my vision, just saw bright snow and could only see on the edges. I have however managed to make it to work, even today on barely no food and all messed up. I have had to sham some on my Monday job, because it is a lot of work, but so far I am hanging in working 12 hours a week. Oh, how the healthy have it so easy. All that pain free energy to work like crazy. I hope I never get level 9 pain again. I heard one guy say he was asking the ER doc to kill him when he had pancreatiti. That is scary stuff. :-(

blizzard2014
blizzard2014
So far no pain in my stomach. I ate the salad last night and all was well. Today I will have two tiny mini donuts before work and a can of clam chowder for dinner. I guess I'm not going to be a fat guy anymore after all of these stomach issues. I read somewhere that it can also be from emotional distress. I am in severe emotional distress over my cat. I always have anxiety that literally feels like there is a burning hole inside the pit of my stomach. I see the doc on Wednesday. I'm scared now though to eat regular sized meals. Having a window into what can happen when the big pain comes is very scary. I was too sick from pain to even eat a Norco if I could have even held one down. Just like that guy in the ER a year ago when I was with kidney stones. He ate an oxy at home and pain was so severe he threw it right back up. He kept asking the ER doc if the pain would come back after the shot they gave him wore off. He was just sitting there so quiet before he got his pain relief. All of this is really out of our control when the body goes crazy. We can only hold on for the ride. I really miss all of the people who used to post on here. I know I am kind of a jerk at times, I am not very social sometimes and can get pushy. I am working on that. If you see this Bill, I hope you are not still mad at me for pushing diabetes care on you. I was way out of line. I am no one to be giving medical advice. I'm a very reckless medical patient at times, but mostly because I am always depressed and sometimes don't care of death eats me up. Hugs to everyone.