Re: What a PAIN week & weekend!
From: Mandii (minimandii@hotmail.com)
Sun Oct 21 08:37:30 2001
At Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Wally wrote:
>
>Hi everyone....
>
>Well I really don't whinge & complain too much about my pain, I am a
>stubborn person sometime :-)......
>
>This week has been a toughy, last weekend's celebration of my daughters
>birthdaty, hit harder than I thought it would :-(
>
>I have been taking 2 endone every 4 hours, and I've also used a couple
>of valium! Sitting is hardest at the moment. The pain under my ribs on
>the left side from in the back radiating around to the front feels like
>I have a baby in there with it's foot firmly planted in my rib cage!
>
>It's hard to breath, my whole left side is aching, and I've got some
>pain in my hip...last time I had THAT pain, I had an ovary remnant cyst!
>Great me thinks,...another visit to the hospital :-( I am soooo tired of
>pain & living this half life!
>
>I'm really not a demanding person, I'd say I'm usually pretty
>happy-go-lucky.... I very rarely loose my optimistic out look ..... BUT
>after a week of really aweful pain I feel like &^%$. :-0 can I whine?
>Why me? What did I do that made me suffer with this pain? You know...I
>know you know....'cause you all get like this too don't you? Well thats
>enough bellyaching from me....I think I hear my bed & fluffy pillows
>calling my name, & the noise is getting louder!
>
>Sorry for acting like a silly old goose.....I promise to be all bouncy &
>happy next time I'm here.
>
>Really huge gentle warm hugs & love
>
>from Jo (Australia)
>
>--
>Positive Affirmation
>
>Say this with your hands above your head
>(victory style) and repeat three times:
>I'm Alive I'm Alert I'm a LOT of fun!!
>
>That should get you smiling!
>
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I am sorry to hear you have had a bad week Jo.
When i am having a really painful day or week i try to think positive.
Remember that tomorrow is a new day and tell yourself it will get better.
I used to worry that tomorrow would be another painful day and worked myself into a cycle
of upset.
Now I think positive. I tell myself that tomorrow will be better and the day after that even
better.
I have now gotten to the point where i can blindside the pain.
I turn it off mentally.
I focus on the good things and try to overcome the bad.
I have a draw full of morphine, endone, etc but have forced myself not to open it recently.
Sure I still get pain but I am alive, I have a clear mind and I am beating it.
I now feel like I have achieved something, it has not been an easy path but one I will continue to walk.
I hope your tomorrow will be a better one than today was.