6 Things about Chronic Pain You Didn’t Know You Knew

So yeah, chronic pain is more than just a physical thang! Take 5 and read this brilliant post by: Then Everything Changed

Then Everything Changed

Chronic pain isn’t just constant pain, though that would be more than enough for anyone to handle, the truth is chronic pain always brings friends. These added challenges are obvious, but rarely taken into consideration by “healthy” people.  Remembering that like all bullies chronic pain travels with a gang can help to better understand the life of someone in chronic pain.

Pain is exhausting.  We have all had a bad headache, a twisted knee, or a pulled muscle, and by the end of the day it is a monumental effort just to read the mail.  You may not have consciously realized it, but the pain that has relentlessly nagged you through out the day has drained you as bad as any flu.  Even when you try to ignore pain it will stay in the back of your mind, screaming for attention, draining away all of your energy. With chronic…

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War

V1:
I didn’t want the fight an’ I don’t want a war
It’s not a game to me, there’s no keeping score
I don’t want your apologies, ‘cos I’m not given’ out mine
I just wanna talk it out with you, we gotta distinguish our line

V2:
You told me to find, who I really am
It was true I needed it, I was lost in a no man’s land
So I started to learn about myself; the bad, the ugly and the good
An’ I’ve learnt to look myself in the eye, like a true, free spirit should

CH:
I don’t want a war but I’m not backing down
I’ve got to be the woman I am, gotta stand on my own ground
Know that I love you, I would never cause you harm
But to thine own self always be true
I must be myself or I’ll be gone

V3:
It’s not about power, you can have it all if you like
It’s about the joint responsibility every time we fight
No games, masquerades or playing games inside my mind
It’s about standin’ up, dealin’ and drawing out our solid line

Ch:
I don’t want a war but I’m not backing down
I have to be the woman I am, have to stand on my own ground
Know that I love you, I would never cause you harm
But to thine own self always be true
Must be myself or I’ll be gone

V4:
I didn’t want the fight, I don’t want the war
Not gonna be who you want me to be
I’m not willing to conform
But I’ll meet you at a half way house, anytime you care to call
My flag’s up, I’ll be waiting
I don’t want a war.

Updates and Elvis in high heels…

Sooooooo yeah… Other than poems and songs, it’s been a while (again). I have a good excuse tho’. Honest 😉

Brief update to last post… Wrist healed, went to court (for the complete waste of time that was), sorted out my pay roll, sorted out loads of things in my business… My Nan passed away. So from my last update it has been as eventful as ever – Oh but I have been eating, like a good girl, and have put on a MASSIVE 1 stone 3llbs so far 🙂

Around two months or so ago, I started getting pins and needles in my hands and feet constantly, it then spread from below the knees, down, in both legs, and sometimes in my lips and face. I have lost complete power in my left arm twice now and walk, at the min, like I am doing some dodgy pelvic shake walk! Haha… Oh you have to laugh… Been to the docs, sent to the MAU, then, most recently had an MRI on my brain, neck and spine and am awaiting results… Docs think possibly MS and said , quite cheerfully, that they don’t think it’s a brain tumor (erm… yay?!)  So yeah, all go, metaphorically that is, in my household.

As it took me a millions moons to write the above, I thought I’d have a little go at vlogging.. I had not realised my Youtube was set to public and meant it as a test run but hey ho, it’s up now, so apologies for the dressing gown and un-brushed hair, next time I will make more of an effort! 😉

Please find below my first vlog, a means of helping me feel I am still connected to something whilst I have gammy hands!

Until next time. K x