Re: Stress & Pain-LindaP.C.

From: Browkenwing (browkenwing@msn.com)
Mon Sep 16 08:36:07 2002


At Sat, 14 Sep 2002, Linda P.C. wrote: >
>I have had alot of stress lately & very distressful news. My Dad past
>away Sept 1st. and since then it has been one bad thing after another.
>I have had constant flare ups with my side where I have scar tissue &
>adhesions. The physical pain as well as the emotional pain has been
>more then I can handle.
>I live in Guelph, Ontario & had to drive to Florida for my dad's
>funeral. That alone escalated my pain. I ended up taking extra of my
>perscribed medication. I don't know what to do. I barely manage the
>pain on my regular dose, but when I get flare ups they get really bad.
>I'm suppose to see my doctor this week to get my perscription renewed. I
>know he will give me a hard time because I took more then what I was
>suppose to. But everytime there is stress in my life I end up getting
>major flare ups. And what I have a hard time handling is, that my
>doctor & other doctors that I have seen, always minimize my pain, and
>make me feel like nothing. In a way I feel like I have been raped. I
>know that might sound silly, but I've been poked and prodded. I've been
>made to feel humilated and ashamed by nurses & doctors. And there are
>many times I feel like it is my fault I have chronic pain. They treat
>me and the pain like it is nothing. The pain is real and I am a human
>being. Doctors and nurses are supposedly there to help poeple, yet I
>leave the hospital or the doctors office feeling worse then when I first
>came in. I dread everytime I have to go to a hospital or doctors
>office. There are other reasons I get flare ups, but that is one of the
>causes for major pain. I can't exactly time when I will get flare ups
>either, and my doctor dosen't seem to understand that. I can't go back
>and undo all the surgeries I've had, which is the reason for my chronic
>pain today. The last several years have been hard enough with the
>chronic pain, but the last couple of weeks have been the worst yet.
>There are some days I can barely get out of bed. My two sons try to
>help & my husband, but I hate them seeing me in pain all the time.
>I wrote this because I needed to vent some of my depression, anger,
>pain. I have read many of your stories and can relate to many of what
>you all have been going through regarding doctors, pain, medication
>etc...
>I thank all of you for writing your stories, because when all is said
>and done it helps me know what to do in certain situations, and helps me
>cope with the physical & emotional pain, in knowing I am not alone. It
>also reassures me that my pain is real. Who better then ourselves to
>judge the degree of pain we are going through, after all we live in our
>bodies everyday...
>I guess to I am tired of being a victim, because that is how I have been
>made to feel like. I have read that a few people have been writing to
>the Montel Williams Show. I would also like to show my support and give
>a helping hand by writing to him. If anyone could possibly give me more
>information & direct me in the right way I would
>appreciate it.
>I would like to thank all those who took the time to read my message.
>And to once again thank all the people who took the time to write their
>stories, to help people like me.
>
>MeGaaA

--
THERE ARE BLESSINGS IN EVERYTHING
Blessings come in many guises
That God alone in Love devises,
And sickness which we Dread so much
Can bring a very "healing Touch"-
For often on the "WINGS OF PAIN"
The Peace we sought before in vain
Will come to us with "Sweet Surprise"
For God is merciful and wise-
And through long hours of Tribulation
God gives us time for Meditation,
And NO sickeness can be counted Loss
That teaches us to "Bear Our Cross"
  By ~Helen Steiner Rice~
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GOD BLESS MY ADHESION FAMILY
       ~Browkenwing~

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