Tenderfoot

Hi Lizzben,

It is nice to hear from you. I wondered how things were going with you.
Thank you for sharing I have never heard of dry needling.

I took yet another fall yesterday on the steps leading to our basement. I am okay, just sore and bruised up
a bit. Several years ago when the falling started my primary care provider sent me to work…[Read more]

Puma,
We also had that plan to travel when he retires. He will turn 60 this year, so we have a few more years to go.
Plus we have hit a snag in the road so not sure that traveling will be in the cards. One of our daughters was given the diagnosis of cancer.
The insurance that she had through work turned out to be horrible. Lots of big co-pays…[Read more]

Ms kitty I wanted you to know that i did ask to come along to meet you. To say I was mad is an understatement. I heard my owner brag that she got to pet you. The fur around my collar stood up when I heard that happened. Not that I could do that myself…I do have paws. But it was the thought that made me boil with anger.

I do love to swim so…[Read more]

I try to be positive. One thing that unnerved me was saying to myself I am grateful for and finding out often what I was grateful for would happen: surprise, surprise. There must be a lesson there somewhere? It is sort of what BD is saying that we learn to live with the next hurdle. Like an athlete training we have the skills to cope and move on.…[Read more]

Hi Puma,

You sound just like me. Pain has been the third person in our relationship for 27 out of the 28 years we have been together. I have always tried to protect him. He is beyond wonderful, beyond supportive, beyond compassionate and he would fly to the moon if it could help ease my pain. Even though I know all of this, I have always tried to…[Read more]

Ms. Kitty I am so glad to hear you are keeping BD in line. You well know you are lucky he has a great sense of humor. He does try to make life fun.

Imagine what life would be if you lived up north. They are expecting 18″ of snow. Now you get to live where the snow doesn’t fly and balmy breezes fluff the fur on your face.

Sadie says hello. She…[Read more]

Great stuff to think long and hard about. Am going to sit down and do my list of 1 through 10. Great idea.

Ms. Kitty,

I gasped when I read that you had a mis-step and went in to the water again. I am so happy that you are so smart and know how to get out of the water and back to BD so he can help you dry off.

Take care
Noki4

I am also on that journey of finding the “2016” me.

Each year, each month, each week, we find things changing when it comes to our pain and how it affects our life.
What I could do in 2015 has changed. The new year brings new restrictions, I really dislike that word, restrictions, but there is not a better one. It is what it is, I am restricted…[Read more]

I totally agree with what TPC YaYa shared. I have degenerative joint disease and I am bone on bone, no discs left. That makes it hard for me to bend and the reacher/grabbers are wonderful tools to have in our pain toolbox.
I have run in to the same issues, finding one strong enough, small enough to carry around and affordable.

To answer your…[Read more]

Glad to hear you and Bd are staying warm on the cold days and nights.

Noki4

I totally agree about walking helping to relieve some of our pain. Over the years I discovered for me that the longer I was down…the more stiffness and pain I had. I cannot run a race or walk miles or even several blocks but I can walk around enough to keep some of the stiffness and pain at bay.
There are days that walking is impossible due to…[Read more]

Excellence ideas. We all can benefit from adding different types of tools to our day to day toolboxes.

Noki4

BD,

I have heard you mention about writing down what the different pain levels mean to each of us. I think that is an excellent idea. After all we may have some of the same diseases/conditions/syndromes but the similarity stops there.
We each have different pain thresholds, different ways we interact with our pain levels. I have been meaning to…[Read more]

The winds pulling on the Lonoh and high waters sounds a bit scary. When that happens at the dock does the water become rough like it does out at sea? I image the Lonoh, you and Ms. Kitty being rocked side to side and waves. It made my day to read that your neighbors had you over for Christmas dinner, I don’t worry as much knowing you have someone…[Read more]

I have been thinking about you and Bd with all the rain and storms that have been tossing around lately. I am so happy that Bd has you to look after him. Don’t worry about the picture and your tongue sticking out, I think you look beautiful in any pose. I cannot wait to hear more about the red bug Santa brought you, that sounds like fun.

Noki4

Hi Ms. Kitty,

To help start Ms. Kitty’s world off…I hope you don’t mind that I am sharing one of your photo’s aboard the Lonoh that Bd sent to me.
I look forward to seeing many more pictures of your adventures.

Noki4

Hello,

I am so sorry to read the journey you are on. Chronic pain conditions can be hard to diagnosis and that is beyond frustrating for the person who lives with the pain. It is hard to make a treatment plan to help ease the pain if one does not know what is causing the pain. I do hope your healthcare providers are searching for the answers you…[Read more]

Well said my friend…

I feel it is safe to say that we are all happy that she is no longer fighting the vicious cycles of chronic pain with the added demons of cancer pain.
At the same time, we want her back, we miss her, we want to chat with her on social media and in The Pain Communities chat room. We want her laughter, her humor, her support,…[Read more]

Hi, Shadowbox,

It is nice to meet you. I do wish it was under different circumstances. You are so right, we each have to find our way to accept what life has become while living with pain. Support is a very important key but it is up to the one living with pain to decide how to move forward or not to move forward. It is a struggle all the way. It…[Read more]