Ce matin j'ai profité d'une belle journée d'automne et d'un agenda pas trop chargé pour aller livrer à #velo 10kg de #pain au #college
Je fais ça depuis mi septembre. C'est cool #velotaf ? #paysan
lol en tout cas miam! 🤩
Tu fais du pain également?
J'ai un soucis : la mie sort toujours brique malgré des levées satisfaisantes?
Des astuces? #Pain #Boulangerie @Flobzh
This is why asking people with chronic pain issues what their pain scale number is doesn't work.
When I did my shoulder injury, there was a definite POP sound, & the pain was about a 2/10.
I ignored it for about 4 months before going to the doctor, bc while it was still sore & I couldn't' move it quite properly, I knew that my doctor would tell me it was probably a sprain or a strain & that they could take some months to heal.
My doctor said exactly that, & when I pointed out that it had already been 4 months, sent me for an XRay and ultrasound, decided it was bursitis & sent me for a cortisone injection. The pain was maybe a 4/10 on the worst days at this stage. My range of motion was impaired, & the pain being constant day after day was wearing on me, as was only sleeping a couple of hours at a time... but hey, I have a chronic pain condition. I can just suck it up.
6 months after the cortisone injection I go back to the doctor bc of the pain, it had gotten slightly better for a while, but now it was about a 6/10 & by this point had been going for nearly a year. He explained that cortisone often needs a second course, & that 6 months is about normal for it to 'wear off', so we'll do another cortisone treatment, & this time refer me to physio as well (to start a few weeks after the cortisone so that the swelling etc was settled).
The cortisone dropped the pain back to maybe a 2/10 most days, but I was still not sleeping properly and my range of motion was getting worse.. or maybe I'm just getting more tired of being in pain all the time? I don't know. At this point I started wondering if maybe this is just what 'old' is for me, & maybe I was being a sook & didn't have such a high pain tolerance after all.. especially if the pain is like a 2/10 & I'm getting this upset about it.
It never occurred to me that I was getting so upset about it bc my pain was NOT only a 2/10.
After another 3 months of physio not really doing anything, I went back to the doctor & asked for an MRI.
The MRI shows:
the shoulder had dislocated
one high-grade tendon tear with a significant retraction of the tendon
3 other tendon tears
muscle volume loss
bursitis
mild arthritis with degenerative changes and joint effusion and thickening
a SLAP tear with fraying in two places
two lesions where the bones smacked against each other in two different spots during the dislocation
a muscle and a tendon sprain
2 other effusions
another thickened and frayed ligament
All of this should be able to be dealt with via physio rehab, except the SLAP tear, which will need a surgical review & will (best case) be able to be dealt with via an arthroscopy.. but might need a more serious & invasive surgery.
That's 18 months of pain, sleep loss, & inability to function to my normal level because the experiences of someone with a chronic pain disorder can't be summed up with "between 1 and 10 how painful is it?"
Microdosing #mushrooms of various kinds have also been suggested. Can’t get the magic kind without a prescription from a psychiatrist, but the rest are legal afaik. Do they work?
Refused meds by GP who promised to prescribe until I found a new GP (he dropped me bc my case is too complex). Changed his mind! Now have 6 days to find any doctor to write a script or #withdrawal agony & no #pain control.
If things go bad & I can’t get #pain#meds on time, can anyone recommend #herbs/remedies/whatever to help withdrawal?
Also, is there anything legal & equivalent in pain control to 25ug fentanyl (not as strong as you think). If I can find something I don’t need a script for that would be great so I’m not held hostage like this in future.
Medicating yourself is pretty much illegal in #Australia unless it’s alcohol.
Refused meds by GP who promised to prescribe until I found a new GP (he dropped me because my case is too complex). Changed his mind! Now have 13 days to find any doctor to write a script or #withdrawal agony for me & no #pain control.
Refused meds by GP who promised to prescribe until I found a new GP (he dropped me because my case is too complex). Changed his mind! Now have 13 days to find any doctor to write a script or #withdrawal agony for me & no #pain control.
Refused meds by GP who promised to prescribe until I found a new GP (he dropped me because my case is too complex). Changed his mind! Now have 17 days to find any doctor to write a script or #withdrawal agony for me & no #pain control.
The marks humans leave are too often scars.
-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
If someone is able to give you immense #happiness today, then it must be obvious that they can one day be able to show you #sorrow beyond recognition. As long as you let outside entities lift you up, you'll have to bear the #pain of being pushed down at some point.
Je tente une recette de #pain j'ai besoin de 375g de levain liquide. Réactivé ce matin puis vers 13h pour atteindre le poids approximatif. Y a juste les bulles au fonds pour l'instant j'espère que vers 18h ça va être bon
American oligarchs have taken billions, no, make those trillions, from our own government. Some of the ways they scam people is by giving “defense” contracts to companies like Halliburton and Lockheed Martin
America’s oligarchy is seen in everything from healthcare and fossil fuels to the war business itself. More than half of all guns sold around the world are made by American Companies.
Everyone’s personal experience over a breakup or other loss might be different. But scientists say our bodily responses are pretty much the same. More from Sky News: https://flip.it/oU2Ckz #Science#Pain#Heartbreak
gibt es hier in den Weiten des „Universums“ Menschen die ebenfalls an CRPS/Morbus Sudeck erkrankt sind?
Ich selbst bin seit 7 Jahren erkrankt, Typ II, rechte Hand, mittlerweile bis zum Ellenbogen und seit Oktober 2022 linke Hand.
When I’m dizzy with a #migraine sometimes I feel very clever and witty.
It could be the full spectrum CBD I take to help take the edge off. Or the delta 8 tincture. Or the kratom. The things we do for legal pain relief when we could just smoke weed. Or have proper healthcare. I’d take either at this point. #pain#ChronicPain