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Posted 9/13/2013 3:28 AM (GMT 0)
Hello everyone! I'm new to the community and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Stephanie and I'm a 51 year old mom of 3 grown men. They have given me 6 grandchildren. I have a special love for animals and I love reading.

I have several medical issues that cause me to have severe chronic pain. I joined the community in hope to find others that can understand where I'm coming from and maybe have advice or suggestions. I do take quite a lot of medicine every day. But, there are days when nothing touches this pain. I feel like I'm babbling because I'm not looking for sympathy. Just understanding and perhaps educational guidance.

Thank you to all who took the time to read this. I look forward to getting to know you.

Stephanie
Posted 9/13/2013 4:09 AM (GMT 0)
Hello, and welcome to HW CP, Stephanie

So glad you found us and decided to join among us.

Great place to be.

Perhaps you can share some of your issues so we can understand your level of chronic pain.

Look forward to hearing more from you too.

David
Posted 9/13/2013 4:10 AM (GMT 0)
glad to have you
Posted 9/13/2013 4:37 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Stephanie and Welcome to Healing Well Chronic Pain Forum. I definitely think you will find understanding and support here on this forum! So you came to the right place. You really won't get sympathy here on this forum, but rather empathy, which is so much better! We all know what it is like to live with chronic pain, so we understand and can definitely empathize with you! So share with us what ever your comfortable with, I think you will find that we have some of the most caring and compassionate people that you would ever  want to meet on the internet right here on this forum!. When  you come here you are no longer alone with your pain!  Besides giving you support and what advice that we may share, we will also lend you our ears and listen to you. That is what make this such a great place to come and vent your frustrations about your pain! We have all done  our share of venting at one time or another, as we all know what it is like to be frustrated about living with chronic pain! 

 

I would strongly suggest you read the forum rules, and there is also plenty of really good resources concerning pain management, here on this forum, so if  your interested in that just do a search for the information your looking for. 

 

Again I Welcome you to our CP family!

 

White Beard

Posted 9/13/2013 5:18 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you for the welcome!!

I'm am trying to figure out the set up here. Once I do, I will give a list of everything that I have been diagnosised with.

I look forward to getting to know you. :)

Steph
Posted 9/13/2013 11:35 AM (GMT 0)
Hello Stephanie and welcome to HW!

Like WB said you wont find much sympathy here but an abundance of empathy. I think you'll love this forum as we do. Just look at the longtime members here and know that people tend to stick with what works! This does!

Its an awesome network of caring and compassionate people struggling to have a life not defined by their pain.

We share many things with each other and in turn help those out there looking for answers,

Glad you joined us and if you need help with the posting features or forum set-up dont hesitate to ask.
Posted 9/13/2013 11:48 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Stephanie.Welcome to HW.We're all kind of in the same boat here.Lots of great people here.

Welcome aboard,
Rick
Posted 9/13/2013 4:21 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Stephanie,

Just wanted to say hi and welcome.
I'm sorry about your pain issues. I hope the meds you are using are helping you.
I also hope to learn more about you.

UA
Posted 9/13/2013 4:29 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Stephanie,

We understand where you are coming from with pain issues. I love being here because I can actually talk to people who understand where I am coming from and don't judge me for it. This is a great caring forum and I love it. I can come here and vent about my issues and get suggestions. I am new to chronic pain and many of these people have become my guide. They are my den mothers &fathers guiding me through the steps of how to get through the medical system.

I hope you find this forum as wonderful as we do
Morgan
Posted 9/13/2013 7:19 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome Stephanie

Look forward to getting to know you. I spent many months reading thru the threads, including, those many months old, before I became a member. Found that the people on here are very caring & they provide believing & caring that people without pain simply cannot ..
Posted 9/14/2013 2:21 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Stephanie Welcome to our chronic pain forum. We have a lot of empathetic and compassionate members here that will lend an ear to your vents or give any help that we can. I look forward to getting to know you better.

hugs
Loretta
Posted 9/14/2013 3:55 AM (GMT 0)
Hello Stephanie and welcome to the chronic pain forum. Glad you found us but sorry that you have to be here. But, you are in very company because one thing we understand is pain.

You asked about how to list what you have been diagnosed with. If you will go into your profile at the top here, there is a place where is says signature line, list everything there and that makes a signature line that will automatically show up at the bottom of all of your posts. Listing what meds you take is completely up to you. The same goes with making a signature line its totally up to you.

Anyway, I wanted to pop on & say hello & welcome aboard....Susie
Posted 9/16/2013 7:16 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you all so much. Just reading so many welcoming messages from others who also suffer from pain, has brought tears to my eyes. Of course, I seem to do a lot of that lately. I get so, so tired of the pain. And I take so much for it that I cant imagine what I would be like without it. I really am grateful for my doctors and their knowledge. And, when I'm feeling sorry for myself, that it could always be worse. My heart is healthy and I don't have anything terminal. I'm blessed. I know that....but then why am I crying mess so much lately??? Ugh sorry....I don't mean to start off so soon by ranting. I have been dealing with this for 7 years and its just gotten really old I guess.


I do have a question for those with Fibro...do your hands hurt? For about the last 2 weeks both of my hands hurt terribly.I rub them a lot to alleviate the pain. Doesn't help much though.
Posted 9/16/2013 7:24 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Crying, you mentioned tearing up & crying, well that sounds like depression. Nearly everyone of us here at the forum have depression as a result of our chronic pain. Depression & chronic pain go hand in hand. I would get an appt and discuss this with your dr. It can be your primary care or your pain mgt dr that can rx you something to help with this. You may have to try more than one of the meds used to treat depression too. It is a matter of finding which one helps the most.

Take care......Susie
Posted 9/16/2013 7:36 PM (GMT 0)
That does make perfect sense. You would think that I would have come up with that on my own :) I have an appt. with my chronic pain mgmt doctor on 9/30. I will address this with him at that time. Thank you again for picking up on that so quickly. I will update you afterwards.

Stephanie
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