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[davidsons]

after an injury time is supposed to heal all wounds. Now after almost three years of spinal cord injury I think that the pain I suffer now is much greater than before. I wish that someone can tell me that the pain will go away.

[greybeard]

Glad to oblige.

The pain will go away.

Wish I was able to make it true and hope you find the right mix of meds to help.

Good to see you posting again, by the way.






ps. Let me know if my pain removing words work. I'll set up to be an online guru and split the income with you if I can use your cure as an endorsement

[Snakeye]

I think the phrase "Time heals all wounds" has to do with emoitional ones like intense grief or a lost love, etc..As for physical pain: I can only speak for myself and my own reality...It hasn't gotten any better but I've either got tougher or just don't give a damn anymore cause I'm able to ignore more pain than I was previously...Hope your reality has a positive outcome and you learn to somehow live with the pain or get on the right meds, meditation or whatever..Good luck

[Tetracyclone]

The pain will go away.

Oops, I lied. i just try to keep my medication in balance.

[bongorum]

Having never been subjected to post-sci pain myself, I can only concieve of the extent to which constant pain, as has been described by yourself and many others here as an inescapable part of their condition, must be undermining your attempts to achieve a higher quality of life. Insofar as the tiniest toothache can be such a damnable bugger, I really do feel for anyone who must bear such an evil burden. Although I'm painfully mindful of how greivously we here suffer from a dearth of physicians properly schooled in the treatment of sci, I nevertheless urge you to consult as many of them as you must with a view of obtaining whatever drugs you need to subdue your agonies, otherwise the frustration of wanting physical comfort and never achieving it will only lead to psychological symptoms such as despression and despair. To be free of pain constitutes a human need, not a want or desire, and if not saisfied can lead to no good result.

Stay strong, my friend.

Perhaps going into the guru/con artist business with the honourable grey one as his partner in crime might prove beneficially distracting from your present troubles. But then again they might add to them when the law catches up with you two.

Edited by bongorum, 03 November 2011 - 12:48 AM.

[my-sister]

my sister has been in massive pain lately too she tried a minor adjustment to meds and ended up with gas and bloat, which now creates some symptoms of AD. found underlying uti on top of it all. but on the bright side, her health has been really outstanding until recently. hope you both have it better soon. wishing you the best! peace

[wheeliebear75]

I've been at this longer than I was "normal" (my sister claims I've NEVER been NORMAL).....14yrs blissfully unaware of what PAIN really was; I got my hand caught in a van door when I was 7 & broke several bones in my hand & wrist, I'd had my left knee dislocated by a snowboarder running into me when I was 12, & then when I was 13 I stepped on a stingray.....at the time they seemed to "hurt" really really bad.....THEN, then along came SCI with an entirely NEW level of "HOLY PAIN-HELL"! I've since being HURT (eh that knee dislocation was a stroll in the park) found a whole new "strength" I didn't know I had. Along with what the Dr.s can prescribe I've found/learned that the MIND can actually be a fairly powerful tool. It doesn't always work but meditation can ease some of the symptoms...and if nothing else....I find that even if the physical pain isn't eased by the meditation I can at least reduce some of the "anxiety" or psychological component to something somewhat more manageable. I also find that coming here may not make the pins & needles sensation any less but it DOES lessen my feeling of being alone in this struggle with pain & trying to have some quality to my life. I wish you all the luck in the world.

[tomsov]

Damn. And my doctors call me the drug addict. JUST KIDDING> Maybe i am looking into this to deeply, but i am thinking that the "pain" that Davidson is refering to is EMOTIONAL????? If that is not the case then yes NORCO's do work, but only until you get used to them.

If you are talking emotionally yeah I have been back and forth on this topic a few times. Mentally this life sucks and the only thing i can say about that is it is the cross we now get to bare. Everything we do is at least twice as hard as any able person. Just think how much they complain. The bitch and moan that there feet hurt that they have back pain, that they work to hard, or that they are bored. Ask them if they want to switch lives just for a day. tell them to use a catheter instead of just going whenever they feel like it. as them to move themselves around with just there arms.

No matter what when pain is this deep it can only be masked. It will never go away. You will just learn to tolerate it over time.

Conclusion at least in my case: Pain management is kinda a joke. Narcotics like Norco, Hydrocordone, oxycotton, vicodin, and tramidol only mask the pain. they block recepters that feel pain. There for in reality the pain is still there you just don't feel it.

[goose]

Davidsons

You know you're asking the million dollar question! We all suffer from some kind of pain whether it's physical and or emotional...just part of SCI. Drugs only mask the pain but do not eliminate it. Personally, I've found keeping my mind occupied with other things works the best. You can't sit around and think about IT or what was. That will consume you.

Find your positives...you have a wife you adore and 2 healthy sons!! Try to focus on them or other interests you have. I know you miss being a body guard which was physically challenging. That has to be hard to accept but you have other qualities that you can tap into.

You'll need to look within and find what will make you happy. The pain will always be part of you but it's up to you as how you choose to deal with it!


Sorry, no magic pill or cure....yet!