Hello everyone. pls help me here

Hi there Lynn, welcome to HW, this is exactly the place to talk about your pain, surgeries, offer advise fro one patient to another. No doctors so we sometimes vent and rant.

I am sure a mod will be here soon with your official welcome but do to it being a long weekend the forum is not as busy as usual.

Good morning Lynn!…and a very warm welcome to you!

Lynn, we are so glad you found this forum, and we all fully understand the chronic pain that you are living with. I also, suffer from a failed lumbar surgery, and now suffer bulging disc along with it in my cervical spine. Coming to terms with chronic pain is one of the hardest things to do. and I myself really don't blame anyone for looking back on their healthy past. The human will is amazing, and I think that is what gives us some hope. We keep wishing that either mother nature will heal our bodies….or that a miracle med will come along and give us total relief.

Sadly, that seldom happens, and we are left standing in the middle of a oneway road, that seems never ending. Friends, family…and coworkers have abandoned us after a long period of abuse, and there we stand all alone, mystified at what happened, and full mental and physical pain.

Those of us that have joined and stuck with the chronic pain forum here on HealingWell, understand that part of the mental survival is to share and seek support from others who suffer the same affliction. I hope you consider staying and making this your chronic pain support home. We come from all walks of life and from every point on the globe. Our constant pain and suffering may come from many different causes, but the one thing we all share and understand is the Chronic Pain itself.

Lynn, when you get some free time, be sure to visit the "Chronic Pain 101" located up at the top of our home page. There are lots of articles packed full of valuable information. There should be a few tools that may be handy for you as well,…like a daily pain journal you can print out and keep a record of. This may be something that you can share with your PCD/PM. There should be a pain scale there as well, that gives a description of each number on the scale from 1-10. Of course…a quick peek at the forum rules never hurts either, so feel free to view those.

With the chronic pain forum, you pretty much get out of it what you put into it, so if your looking for understanding and daily support,... I wholeheartedly encourage you to engage, and get to know the members. You will find that the effort is well worth it…and has been such a blessing for many of us here. We always accept support for our members as well, and if you have experience in areas that members are seeking, feel free to do so. It will be greatly appreciated…more than you know. The chronic pain forum depends on members who give of themselves when they can,... and many of our members support here on a daily basis,….and our moderators are extremely grateful to them.

Again, Welcome!….Enjoy the forum and it's members!

SE

Welcome! Hate that you need a chronic pain forum, but glad you came upon this site. You will find a ton of support and information.

Hi Lynn and welcome to the chronic pain forum. I am glad that you found us but sorry that you have to be here. Everyone here has a story behind their life with chronic pain. It is a very hard road to travel no doubt. But, by coming here perhaps your journey will be a little lighter because everyone here suffers with CP and understands many of the bumps in the road we encounter.

You know when a person has any kind of life altering illness/injury we actually do begin a grieving process of the things we have lost. It can be the loss of a job, loss of financial soundness, a home, friends, even family, but the hardest one for me is having a body that cannot do the things it use to do. I was not able to come to terms with all of this on my own and I am not one bit embarrassed to say I needed professional help either. I am still in the learning process, some days are better than others. Learning how to make peace with it is a long process. I try to take things one day at a time, sometimes it may be one hour at a time, but thats ok too.

I do hope that your appt in NY pans out well for you and that you can get some help. With the DEA being involved I am afraid all we are going to see is a bunch of under medicated and under treated patients. That is going on right now and its so sad.

Any way, I wanted to pop on and tell you hello and welcome aboard. Take care....Susie

Welcome and howdy.
Wish we were meeting under better circumstances than chronic pain.
Many well wishes and know we are likefamily here and the members here all so very kind, with great support.

Lynn… I wanted to post this on your thread, as I just did for a couple of other new members….so I copied and pasted it here for you.


…and while it's on my little brain dead mind, I wanted to bring attention to two special days of the week here on the chronic pain forum. Those are Mondays, and Thursdays!

Every Monday, ...our own "momto8kids" (Tina/moderator) post a "Survival Mondays"…and is a chance for members to tell how they survived the weekend and what they did. We also use it to let members tell us about their upcoming plans for the week. Please look for it, and feel free to join in with us!

Thursdays!…I post an "Answer Me This Thursdays" post…and is basically a question that I randomly picked out, for our members to share their thoughts on. It can be a lot fun to read to comments! Also feel free to participate in it as well.

Both of these special days of the week here on the chronic pain forum, are an excellent way to get to know the members better. We would love to see you participate!

Enjoy,

SE