Pain & Depression.

Hi maggie7

my name is Ady, im in pain all the time, i know sometimes it feels like the end of the world, but we are here to tlk and listen anytime you wanna tlk i will listen, we are all here.

I feel for you as living with constent pain is very wearing. I've been living with mine for over 10 years. It helps if you have someone to talk this is where this forum comes in. People on here understand pain or they wouldn't be posting comments. Don't give up talk to us and hopefully we can give you some hope. 

Hi maggi7,

Please don't think like that I am sure there will be people who would be

heartbroken if that happened. I am in pain 24/7 and I even have to sleep sitting up. I try to focus on the good things around me even though it is hard at time. I am facing another surgery soon which I am scared of but the injections I have every month just don't touch it. Can I ask why

surgery isn't an option for you? Try and keep positive there are lovely

people on here to listen to you.

Hi maggi7

I totally empathise with your pain and how it affects you.  I am the same, I have a chronic back condition, and the pain even with medication drives me insane most days.

You have taken a positive step by signing up to this forum.  I am new to this forum too, and it's good to talk to people who are going through the same thing. So don't feel alone in your suffering.

Just wondered if you are in some kind of pain management group.  I have just found out about one local to me and intend to give it a go. I have to see my GP every month to get the controlled drug, and I find it helpful to keep a pain diary so I can discuss it with my GP.  As a result some of my medications have been tweeked and it has helped.  I was recently prescribed lidocaine patches, that are like a local anaesthetic and numb nerve pain.  Apparently they are costly so that's why you don't get offered them straight away by your GP.   So my advice would be to keep a pain diary and keep going back to see your GP until you feel your pain is manageable.

Take care and keep talking to us. 

I find that talking about our own health problems, and also reading about the problems of others can be helpful, as we realise that we are not alone in our suffering. This is precisely why this Forum plays such an important role in the lives of people who suffer, often in silence.

I am 70 years old and was diagnosed with an inoperable spinal stenosis about six years ago. This was followed by a further diagnosis of Pernicious Anemia about five years ago, and in the last year more problems when I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes.

Like you I sometimes find that life can throw some nasty surprises at us, but the secret is  not to give in.

The medical fraternity are there to help us, and we have to take full advantage of what is available to us in order to make our lives bareable. It may well be that a particular surgery is buckling at the knees due to being overstretched, nevertheless if you have problems of a medical nature that need attention, then you may well have to put some pressure on your doctor to focus on your problems. It is unfortunate that this sometimes happens, but at the end of the day the depth of any pain and discomfort that you suffer are personal to you, and maybe have to be forcefully explained to your doctor.

If your doctor pays little or no attention to your pleadings, then you could always go to a practice that does.

Hi Maggi7,  I know exactly how you feel, I was in your situation almost 20 years ago. I pleaded with my GP to help me, and he sent me on a pain management course. This was great while you were there as it was a 6 week course, living there and just going home for weekends. The thing that gave me most relief was the Hydrotherapy pool, but where I now live there isn't one. Instead I take a lot of strong drugs and have to go into the day surgery unit every 3-4 months for spinal injections. These are not particularly pleasant, and can take 7-10 days to start really working. I suggest you badger your doctor to refer you to your local pain clinic, to see what your options are. But please don't think about what you did, as anything other than a cry for help. I wish you all the luck in the world.