What Happened?!
Can you believe it! January is but a distant, and very cold, memory. A blink of the eye and February is here – the shortest, longest month of the year. It’s that odd month that nobody really thinks about. We all look forward to January as the first day of the New Year, and March as the first day of Spring. But February? Well, it was February 29, 1980 at 10:30pm that I quit smoking.
Now that the holidays are over, you stood in the ‘Return Merchandise’ lines for hours on end and your holiday credit card bills have all been paid off (sorry, couldn’t resist!), how is your HA pain doing? Better? Worse? No change? For me personally, I went through a really rough period. So rough I actually called my doc and “whined”. Now, as a manager of 150 people, I have very little tolerance for whining, but it was MY turn. Fortunately, my doc is a very patient, tolerant person and was able to help me – and not out the door! A week later, I was back to my old self, maintaining a consistent pain level of #4 to #6.
What are you doing for your pain relief and tolerance? Are you actively pursuing treatment? Do you keep on “keepin’ on”? While not obsessed, I continue to read everything I can find about “my condition”. Books, websites, pamphlets, etc. I actually read the insert that comes with a new prescription. It is a wealth of information. (Yes! I DO have a life!!) When I see the doctor, I ask questions and questions and questions and more questions. Another tactic – I go into the website of whatever pharmaceutical company supplies my prescription. Searches on Google reveal a wealth of information. It has become very clear to me over the years that the more informed I become; the better I can deal with my chronic pain, even if the actual level of pain is the same. In the early days, a #6 HA would have been devastating for me. Now, it is “acceptable.”
Hang in there. Spring is around the corner. Better days for us all.
(Post carried over from previous website)
