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Good grief. I'm feeling quite miserable right now. My neck is really bad tonight. I have a migraine. I seem to have injured my shoulder today. My back is tight. My legs are stiff and my feet are torn up. Yep, that's a whole lot of complaining. Humour me, please.
I have chronic pain. No big deal, tons of people have it and we all deal with it. At least this week, I know where it's coming from.
I did two really big, really steep hikes this week. One was 20km one was 34km. I ran a good portion of both hikes. Today, I had training with my Search and Rescue team and we did rappelling and rope rescue (carrying a subject down a steep trail on a stretcher). The stretcher business did something to my shoulder.
I'm sitting around grooming ponies, trying hard not to focus on how rough I'm feeling.
Anyway, the part I'm actually more distressed about is when there is no cause for the pain. I've been hurting every day for years. Aside from this post, I don't really talk, whine or complain about it, because I've just learned to deal with it. However, it was only more recently that I realized THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
I'm kinda freaked out a bit. I worried that my body is aging too fast. I'm worried about how I might feel in another 20 or 30 years. I have never let pain stop me from doing anything I'm a super active person, but what happens if I break down and can't do it anymore.
Anyway, thanks for reading. If you have any personal experiences you'd like to share or things you've found helpful for chronic pain (I don't take prescriptions), please share.
Cactusflower
I have chronic pain. No big deal, tons of people have it and we all deal with it. At least this week, I know where it's coming from.
I did two really big, really steep hikes this week. One was 20km one was 34km. I ran a good portion of both hikes. Today, I had training with my Search and Rescue team and we did rappelling and rope rescue (carrying a subject down a steep trail on a stretcher). The stretcher business did something to my shoulder.
I'm sitting around grooming ponies, trying hard not to focus on how rough I'm feeling.
Anyway, the part I'm actually more distressed about is when there is no cause for the pain. I've been hurting every day for years. Aside from this post, I don't really talk, whine or complain about it, because I've just learned to deal with it. However, it was only more recently that I realized THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
I'm kinda freaked out a bit. I worried that my body is aging too fast. I'm worried about how I might feel in another 20 or 30 years. I have never let pain stop me from doing anything I'm a super active person, but what happens if I break down and can't do it anymore.
Anyway, thanks for reading. If you have any personal experiences you'd like to share or things you've found helpful for chronic pain (I don't take prescriptions), please share.
Cactusflower