Oh, Skai.........

I think you are a vet. I am a light weight with just 8 years under my belt.

It is really nice of you to ask about our pain and how long........ You weren't a little
afraid of all the war stories you would get?

LOL just kidding.

I am so glad you found us. I haven't welcomed you I don't think.......
oh, maybe I have....... you know pain does things with our minds.

It is like someone said on here the other day..................
it is the duration of the pain that just wears us out.

Do you ever have good days?
I have a few here and there.
NOT............
no pain days.......

just good days that I can think some, do some things I like.

Thanks for the post,

Hugs, Pauli

Pain....about ten years.
Kill yourself if you don't have meds pain..three.
I was just, not five minutes ago, discussing this with s.o. with decades.
That's beyond me.

New answer......all day.......that's about all I can handle :-)

Hugs.....jc..

more than 70 years. That is 7 decades.

There are days when I read about people complaining about being in pain for less than a year and wonder what that was like.

I am so used to pain that I ignored 4 broken ribs, foot broken in three places, pneumonia, and many other ills because I was so used to being in pain I just did not notice.

Wow...bless all your hearts...thats a long time to be in pain...huggles.

Im only a little while in comparison...badly in chronic pain 5ish years...a baby in comparison.

Weird to think about it like that
hugs x

I've been dealing with pain to some degree beyond 'normal' for about 17 years. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia back then and was in pretty bad shape. I have had good years since then,seemed to be in a bit of a remission, where only a bad back bothered me but I was still able to work and take care of my family. I have been in BAD pain for the last 19 months and on disability for almost a year now. I couldn't imagine going without pain meds now, I'd be curled up in bed crying my eyes out all day every day I think.

70 years!! I think you win Sunnybunn.... wish I could give you 'no more pain' for winning but what you have won is more courage and strength than the majority of the population. Small consolation I know.

Just take one day at a time. Before you know it a week has passed, then a month, then a year, nect thing you know people are expecting evveryone to be impressed when all it was is one day at a time.
When the day turns to sleep less nights, I do the thing that gives me most pleasure at the time. Some nights I have to force myself to start but eventually the sun is rising on yet one more day at a time.

No WAIT!!!!! DAM, what I really wanted to say was.......
Oh you are so right...... I am just simply totally amazing just for living aren't I???? LOL

YES, YOU ARE.
Living like this is HARD.
Doing it with compassion, humility, and a wicked sense of humour
After all those many years.....yeh....you are just simply totally amazing.
Hugs.....jc..

You know I really don't remember . I remember when thingss starting coming on I was in my 30's and now I'm 52. Sunny you are a really have been dealing with it along time.

SkaiRain if I haven't welcomed you I do now and glad you join are family. Hopefully we will get to know each other better . Hugs and prayer for all...

How long have I been in pain??? I don't think that any amount of time is acceptable!

I am the baby of most of you I think. I have been experiencing pain intermittantly for 22 years. However, I have been in chronic pain since May 17 of 2010...so almost 2 years now.

HUGS my pain friends...we can all celebrate together!

Anyone who chooses to live against intractable pain is worthy of honor.

Maybe we should add up all these years and share with each other.

I've been in pain most of my life, but I agree with SuperDuck any amount is unacceptable!!!!

I don't want anyone to have to feel this way! Fairy dust sprinkles to everyone!!!

Actually you folks are the only ones who get my jokes......

Hey, wonder if that means that CP'ers tend to be more intelligent!!!!!
So you think it is the pain that causes more brain cells to function.

I am real close to Duckie...started march 28,2010. I call it 2 years. So Duckie and myself are still the young ungs around here.

Sunny you are amazing.
Hell I think we all are amazing!!! some of us just on a different level

Ducky, you are right none is acceptable, yet we are told to accept it.
SIgh

Sunny bunn, I just don't know how you do it....
yes I do....
it is what we do until tomorrow.
Love all