Comments on Pain Management and Migraine Relief: Pain Awareness Month in Full Swing!

well I hate to burst your bubble but I have some v...

2008-11-18T00:58:00.000-05:00

well I hate to burst your bubble but I have some very serious pain issues and without the opiates I would be a couch potato I dont know but when you take pain meds for pain you can live a somewhat normal life at least I did and nothing is perfect at some point I will become immune to them (I hope not)but by then maybe medicine will have come around with some better choices. so you dont have to suffer find a compasionate dr. and live life as full as you can.

I hear you. You just described my life pain wise....

2007-04-17T22:04:00.000-04:00

I hear you. You just described my life pain wise. I do resist the drugs, but I take so much advil, all day and tylenol 3 or oxy at night to sleep just for a few hours...I want to loose my "lazy boy" pounds, I want to run again, I want.....to .....not.....hurt.....why is that unrealistic?
Nancie
lyra2@mac.com

aaron croft said... I want to tell you a story....

2006-10-19T23:59:00.000-04:00

aaron croft said...

I want to tell you a story. About three years ago I injured myself badly skiing in CO. I was a Breck resident and skiing was a way of life. So was the outdoors and activity. Well, I had a problem called Scheuermann's Kyphosis, along with scoliosis. My discs were shot and nerves were pinched. I got on morphine, followed by Oxy, followed by Fentanyl, you get the story. I still hurt. A lot. All the time. Yet, I had been in a Lazy Boy for 2 years, lost my home in CO, lost my girl of 3 years, came back to Omaha, and I was 50 lbs heavier, and INACTIVE. I decided this was NOT working. I started walking and cut my meds. Slowly. I started walking 1/4 mile, you get the picture. Now, I am completely OFF meds, jogging 7 miles daily, and yes, I still hurt. BADLY. But I lost the extra weight, am active, and don't have the side effects of opiates, which included forgetting the move back to Omaha, not remebering how I lost my girl, my home, and 1 semester of classes, along with 3 years of my life. OPIATES ARE BAD!! KNOW THIS! DEAL WITH THE PAIN, IT WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. FIGHT ON!!