I am applying for CPP, the equivalent of Social Security in the US. I am doing so on the advice of my pdoc. I have been sickly all my life. As a child I used to get pains in my legs at night so bad, not only could I not sleep I would weep with the pain. My mother gave me 222's. Then, they were prescript
ion. Kinda like Tylenol 3's. Ma's a doctor. She called them "growing pains. They felt very similar to the all over body pain I experience almost daily. I am in pain, quite severe pain about
six days out of seven. I can count on one hand the pain free days I've had in the past two months. And, they are never all day, pain free days. Today I am excruciating pain. very verbose I'm being today on the forum, trying to distract myself, somehow, anyhow, just to get through. I have no pain medicine. I am using all the bed buddies, heating pads and I even got out the tens unit, something I haven't done in ages. I am out of pain meds, see doc tomorrow. It's pure unadulterated h---, today. A day to be goten through any way I can. Eat a pound cake, if it would help. I don't care. I know I periodically have to go through this sometimes to break my reliance on the pain meds, as over time they lose their efficacy, due to tolerance. I don't experience withdrawl, just unbearable pain. So, Reddianne; glad to hear from you. Haven't heard much from you lately. I think the progressiveness of Fibro, is tied to the progressiveness of aging. We cannot stand up so well as we used to under this adversity. Plus various forms of arthritis are emerging. This sets off the pain cycle for me. My blood pressure today was like 190/121. unbelievable. It's the pain. Same thing when I went to emerg for chest pain, they gave me a shot of morphine in my butt. Blood pressure dropped to 110/78, from havens knows what. I just know I couldn't breathe w/o excruciating pain. I'm still looking for the silver lining. Anyone here know where it's at?