Has anyone had reverse shoulder replacement surgery?
I had rotator cuff surgery on both shoulders (2yrs apart) many years ago. Now doctors are telling me the surgeries have failed and I need shoulder replacement surgery on both. I just finished… read more
My husband told me that Pres. Trump said he’d like to do away with half of all pain meds use! I’ve been on pain meds off and on from 21 to mid 30’s since I had received approx. 20+ surgeries in that time. Then 20 years ago ruptured L-4 and L-5, L-5 S-1. Pain was unbearable . I’ve been on them straight since then , Oct 21st at 1:10 pm ,1997. You don’t forget the date that changed your life. I’ve been treated like a drug seeker all my life on meds. Once and awhile you’ll find a dr who knows pain… read more
Hey Kiddo, Believe half of what you HEAR and all of what you SEE!! If Trump wants to be president--he knows--the drugs are for street use. That is what he wants to stop. We have to believe in… read more
I know that they are bad people out there, but we are not one of them, and yet we get treated like we are bad, because we are in pain and what helps us is being decided by people who do not feel what we do
I am a Veteran. 3 doctors in 1998 put me o methadone and I've been taking everyday all this time and now they want to get me off methadone at 73 years old. Everyday for a year I have to beg for my… read more
I've been suffering from chronic pain since 2019 after I was rear-ended. I have fibromyalgia that developed shortly after the accident. I saw in my medical records recently that my pain management doctor had also diagnosed me with Chronic Pain Syndrome. I didn't even know that was a thing.
If you've been diagnosed with it what have your doctors done and what have you found helpful for your pain?
I do from having a stroke back in 2015. It’s almost completely consumed my life. It’s horrible. I’m almost bed bound and rarely go out anymore
In two weeks I’m having a Risotomy done to see if it… read more
I work for a pharmacy that specializes in serving chronic pain patients and we know the financial strain that medication can cause. Does this make psychological help unaffordable?
Do you find that different specialist are working well together, as a care team? The reason I ask is that our pharmacy believes that they probably don't so we need to step in to deliver therapies… read more
I know living with someone who is in constant pain can be hard. Sometimes we take it out on the person we love, because we can’t fix ourselves and it is so exhausting. We are staring down a monster who can actually change in the matter of a minute. It’s unfair of us to do this, especially to the ones who love us and are there for us. There are no excuses. There aren’t any words that can describe the extent of how it hurts. The mind games it plays. I am a chronic pain survivor myself. I am also… read more
Hi Arlene , I’m so sorry that you and your husband both deal with Chronic Pain. I deal with severe nerve pain for 16 yrs 24/7 I continue to look for some thing to help. God Bless you both🙏❤️
Thank you...I have never made it thru complete sugarless. I have tried. I am addicted, no doubt at all. I've read and researched and tried to. I use honey and we make our own maple syrup and I've been… read more
Us the goverment planning to force chronic pain sufferers to go off their opiates?
that should be opiods not onions. Gotta love auto correct
Iv got chronic ibs nd diverticulitis in agony daily dosnt matter what I take or eat in pain in and out of a,e like a yoyo any ideas what I should be doing xxx
Oh my you’ve been through a lot take care sweetheart 🤗
Thanks for all your replies it helps. I am slowly learning to relax a bit more when going out and visiting family and it does help. However unless like all of us who live with many different chronic… read more