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Hi Saniya,

My youngest daughter started grinding her teeth as a teenager. It was loud enough that I could the grinding from my bedroom that was across the hall from her’s. I took her to see her dentist and he recommended a custom fit mouth guard. By custom fit I mean they took impressions of her mouth and then the mouth guard was made to fit…[Read more]

Hello Bravelittletess,

We want to start out by saying how sorry we are that you are on a pain journey. We want to welcome you to The Pain Community Family, we are here to help in whatever way we can and to let you know that “you are not alone” on this journey. We will be here for you to offer hope, compassion, support and connection to others who…[Read more]

Mjshawn17,

We are so sorry to read what you and your husband are going through. We are unable to give you any names for specific healthcare providers however have you tried searching for a new provider using the American Medical Association’s “doctorfinder”?

Here is the link, https://apps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.jsp

We do hope that this…[Read more]

Hi Willowwisp,

Welcome to family at TPC. I see that TPC YaYa has already told you about the great ways to get and give support using the chats and phone support group.
I have to share that the phone support group is like talking to old friends, it is so relaxed and I love how it is open discussion. We just get on there and share and support and…[Read more]

Hi Willowwisp,

We are glad that you found us and we want you to know that you are not alone on this journey and we want to reach out and help you the best way we can.

It is very hard to keep one’s spirit’s up all the time when we live with pain. It is physically and emotionally draining on us.

I would like to share a couple different ways that…[Read more]

Hi Ruthie,

I don’t have the whole body itching from the patches but I do get the itching around the edges of the patches from time to time. One thing that has helped me for the itching around my patches is to clean the spot with an adhesive remover to make sure I get all the old adhesive off. Now with that being said you have to make sure you…[Read more]

Hi ToebeanS,

Welcome to The Pain Community discussion forums we are happy to meet you. We would like to invite you to check out our live hosted chats, Monday-Wednesday-Friday at 11am ET. The chat room is located under the “community” tab at the top of this page.

We also offer Outreach Support calls 4 times a month on Tuesday’s.

The call in…[Read more]

DaleAdams,

I am so sorry to read that you have not been fully diagnosed yet. It can be so frustrating trying to deal with the unknown. What medications may or may not help, what therapies may or may not help. I do hope that your healthcare providers are helpful in getting the diagnoses so you can begin to work on a pain toolbox that will carry…[Read more]

Well we are very happy that you and Bd made it through the storms.
You take good care of each other.

TPC YaYa
TPC Community Moderator
“The views or opinion(s) contained herein do not necessarily represent those of The Pain Community.”

Oh to be in the 70’s would be great. We keep flip flopping between temperatures and my chronic pain body does not like it.
It really would be better if it would just get cold here and stay cold. Of course I would prefer it get warm and stay warm but I live in the North so we have cold winters.

Quieter is good as long as you do not lose your good…[Read more]

Hello Fortunateone,

It appears you had a long year. I don’t know if it helps to hear but I have the diagnosis of chronic muscle strain/spasms in my chest, rib and shoulder areas. They tell me it stems from the degenerative joint disease that I have in my neck and back.

That is one of the long list of things that have gone wrong with my body. I…[Read more]

Hi Barb,

No apology needed for making a long post. The forums here at The Pain Community are here for you. We want you to have a safe place to vent, ramble, to get support and to give support. We understand that it can be very difficult and frustrating to find the right words to use when we talk to healthcare providers.

We would like to invite…[Read more]