lol @no pain no gain RJR. I guess it's a good thing none of us are married to or related to Arnold Schwartzenegger. He would try to rehabilitate us and end up killing us in the process.Chronic pain is a blessing and a curse. It is a curse because it causes us to have bad thoughts, loss of income, strained relationships with our friends and family, loss of mobility, a bleak outlook of the future, and a myriad of other negative issues. But it is also a blessing in that it makes us more empathetic for others, it makes us appreciate the little things that we can still do, it makes us grateful for what we have. I know it sounds cruel, but no matter how bad things get for us in our chronic pain journey, there is always someone who is worse off. I am grateful that I can still walk around and do things for myself even though I have to do them at a much slower pace. Chronic pain dues suck! It sucks monkey dung. But those of us who have had walk down the path of chronic pain are some of the strongest people you will ever find. We get up every day and live our lives despite the fact that we face extreme adversity in everything we do. We are fighters...overcomers. We are brave; and most of all, we are survivors.

Not only does pain totally suck it is ruining my life. *sigh*
It is depressing and it is overwhelming and a very helpless feeling.
I just want my life back the way it used to be before being in so much pain each day. Does anyone have a magic answer? LOL
Wouldn't that be amazing? I would cure everyone if I did. :)

I totally agree however you put it so nicely

and bites you in the a__!

No agrument from me :)
We need a pinatta named PAIN and smack the you know what out of it...even if our aim is bad-I will never forget my mother laying a pinatta face down on the concrete and beating it to death :)

Yup

Totally agree...

Seems to suck the life right out of me

Laughing over the visual of annettearizona's mother beating up on a piata on the ground! That would make it a fair fight for me, since my pain is too severe to lift a bat over my head if it's hung up! I could get into stomping that thing on the ground for sure. Lol.

Lynn, I would beat the Pinata with my cane. I would cane it to death. lol

Glad the pinatta story is appreciated! To this day that is how we deal with a pinatta!

The HOT weather here in Arizona S**k's and sucks the life outta me and makes my Chronic Pain even worse! I can sooo relate!

SO, ditto!

I know how hot it gets there in Arizona. I once had to stop at the bus station in Phoenix for an hour and they have sprinklers outside that spray a mist of cool water on people who are sitting outside. When I was a delivery driver I would get a hotel if I had to layover in Phoenix for more than a day. I used to pick up a lot of automotive parts from the border over in Nogales, AZ. The scenery is always nice there though.