I wish that there was something I could say to make it better, hon. Do you have local support?

Do you have good medical care and have you told your provider how you are feeling?

Please take good care. I am here to support, hug and care. Pls keep us posted.

Big hugs,
Melinda

Know the feeling sweetie, feeling the exact same way at the moment. Just cann't stand it anymore. My Dr won't give me any pain meds, just keeps giving me anti-depressants, so I'm using way to many codiene tablets and feel sick from it. Time for a new Dr I think for me. I need someone who's going to friggin listen and help me manage my pain. I don't have a pain management clinic where I live. I'm just over being stuck in the house because of pain, sick of look at this messy house, sick of not being able to do things with the kids and not being able to sleep properly. It's a real Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My life is good with family and everything else, but my pain is destroying everything else I love about life. I want to live, but the pain is taking over. Best of luck and if you need a chat, message me and vent away:) xxxx

smile, don't be sorry about this post. i'm sorry that it's getting you down so badly right now. we all go through that part of the cycle. i hope that you have some releif today and are able to do something you really want to do. praying for relief for you. hugs, seren

Praying for relief for you too. I go to this place myself. And I just cry. I think you do need to find someone to help you with your pain. Antidepressants are not going to do it!!! Please stay in touch and let us know what we can do for you. Sending you healing prayers for your pain, both physical and emotional. love binetp

I'm so glad you posted this.

The stark reality of what lies beneath for us seems to have become the misery that dares not speak it's name.

Times roll back around where we just HAVE to say all that you did,because I think we carry it always quietly when in other stages of this cycle.

This is a CHRONIC PAIN support group if you can't scream your pain here, then where. Why do we still feel we have to say we're sorry?

Thank you for your truth.

Hope your truth is a little better somehow soon.

Yeah, I have to agree.. I came here to scream away or laugh away my pain. Sometimes some people need to do that.

i woke up feeling fairly energetic even though i woke from pain 4 times last night. have to be glad that i got 1/4? at most of what i thought i could do. food is out in the kitchen and drawers are 1/2 cleaned and lined. i appreciate what i've gotten done. now i must push myself to put the other food food away. hoping i can take a nap, which i hate, and get back to it later. yes, i long for the day when i could have done this and 10x more. it's frustrating, but i have to see that i have accomplished things. i'm not whining, i hope, just comparing and contrasting. i still have a lucky life.

We'll, I AM whining. Unapologetically.

My criterea for self pity.........if you would pity someone else in the same circumstance.....why not you........are you somehow less deserving?

Not at all jc. I think we are aloud to take some time once in a while to pity ourselves. In fact, I think it is healthy because then we are facing our situations instead of constantly pretending to be ok. This, I think, leads to acceptance. You can't accept what you don't acknowledge or mentally process.

i really feel grateful for all i got done today. last two drawers lined and food put away. i know of so many others who've had way bigger challenges which is why i love to read or watch bios. all my arms and legs and most of my brain,some sort of income. i have to focus on gratefulness. i said "could it be worse once" and got the answer YES!!!
wish the best possible for everyone here.

Serenity a, Never ask "could it be worse?' Every time I've ever asked that, I got an answer I didn't care for......haha

bwhaaaahaaa, to quote the universe. lesson learned the hard way! i do have pity parties, just feeding on the decent good things lately. hope rest and some lidocaine cream will restore me for a few more hours. jan, you and anyone else are welcome to whine. and i'll have a shoulder for you any time. :)

Hi Smiles..
Hope your not suffering to much from the beach trip...and.. it wouldn't help, being so hot over there.......
Knows how you feel, the frustrations of CP, meds and the lack of fun.... wish I had some words of wisdom..... dooooh..
Hope today lifts your spirits a bit higher n your feeling better mate.... hugs