High stress = Higher pain

We all know this. It's certainly nothing new. I'm under a tremendous amount of stress w a very close family member. And now the pain is so high, I can barely get out of bed and walk. Just tried to get out of bed to use the bathroom. I didn't think I was getting out of bed, much less moving. After a few steps, I changed my mind and came back to bed. I will just hold it.

Anice there comes a difficult lesson learned by any long-term CPer and that's the fact we have to learn to shut most stressful causing people family or not and stress causing situations out of our life. Avoid them since the cost to our health is way more than worth. Most early out learn coping skills to do this with the help of a good therapist who deals with chronic pain and health issues.

I'm sorry that you have someone causing such grief but you have to learn to let go. People who don't see or understand that we have a long-term,debilitating illness just as deadly as a malignancy won't ever avoid causing the problems so you have to change the way you handle it. Those same people would never dream of causing situations where a cancer patient is involved or a cardiovascular issue is present but unfortunately our issues and limitations are not accepted as malignant to many or most.

Amen !