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Caprice_WebMD_Staff posted:
Living with chronic pain isn't easy, however long it's been part of your life. So what helps you get yourself out of bed and moving and taking care of things you need to manage each day? What inspires you to live a life despite the pain?
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
~Joseph Campbell
15 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:What's Your Motivation?Living with chronic pain isn't easy, however long it's been part of your life. So what helps you get yourself out of bed and moving and taking care of things you need to manage each day? What inspires you to live a life despite the pain?
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jpinmiss replied to JenPBDBP2's response:
I feel like you do most days.
I get up and attempt to do what needs to be done. IOt is hard to get movited when you know every movement is going to cause pain later.
Sometimes I can get myself in a neutral zone by laying in a position on the bed with 8 or 9 pillows and find a position where nothing is hurting. When I can get there I wll doze off and sometimes I manage to next 5-6 hrs without pain waking me up.
Retired in 2000 on disability. Lost my wife of 33 years jan 2011 so don't have many goals left to reach and and most of them thgem would cause more pain than joy.
I am thankful for my family and my CHURCH FAMILY, they keep me sane.
I hope you can find something to enjoy or find something that you will find sometime to br pain free everyday without having to be doped up on pain medicine.

REMEMBER---" you can't manage this problem without help from your friends and family.

Love thru Christ or whatever your faith offers you.
Report This| Share this:What's Your Motivation?I feel like you do most days.<br />I get up and attempt to do what needs to be done. IOt is hard to get movited when you know every movement is going to cause pain later.<br />Sometimes I can get myself in a neutral zone by laying in a position on the bed with 8 or 9 pillows and find a position where nothing is hurting. When I can get there I wll doze off and sometimes I manage to next 5-6 hrs without pain waking me up.<br />Retired in 2000 on disability. Lost my wife of 33 years jan 2011 so don't have many goals left to reach and and most of them thgem would cause more pain than joy.<br />I am thankful for my family and my CHURCH FAMILY, they keep me sane. <br />I hope you can find something to enjoy or find something that you will find sometime to br pain free everyday without having to be doped up on pain medicine.<br /> <br />REMEMBER---" you can't manage this problem without help from your friends and family.<br /> <br />Love thru Christ or whatever your faith offers you.
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