Tenderfoot

Alexia,

I hope you received my message to you. I am sorry I did not see it earlier. If you look at the bottom of page when you sign in to chat, you will see a small icon with a number one in it. Click on that and you will be able to see our message box. Here on the site you can send private messages to members and I received the one you sent me.…[Read more]

Dee,

So sorry it failed. I know how hard it is to get our hopes up that a treatment will work and then to have it fail. However, don’t give up…keep searching for treatments and keep coming back here to talk with us and receive support. You are not alone!

Take care,
Noki4

Alexia,

First let me say, how truly sorry I am you have been treated so horrible. No one….No one.. should every shame you for being in pain.
There is such stigma surrounding those who live with pain because of illegal drug addiction/prescription addiction. People living with pain have been lumped into the same category as those who have made a…[Read more]

I grew up going to church and for many years after I left home I continued to go. I moved to another state and for many different reasons stopped attending church on Sundays. With that being said, I do feel that my spirit is fulfilled in a different way now. I still have all the beliefs I held as a child growing up in church the only difference is…[Read more]

Fredfriend,

I am not familiar with glove liners, could you please explain what they are?

Thanks,
Noki4

Gosiatracz6,

I hope you were able to help your husband and look forward to hearing an update.

Noki4

Happy to hear that you are having less pain after the trigger point injection. Hope you had a low pain holiday.

Noki4

FredFriend,

First let me say, thank you, for sharing the beautiful journey that you went on with your dear friend. I also want to share my sympathy for the loss of such a wonderful friend. I have found over the years that when I have been called to duty to be a caregiver for a friend or loved one that my pain goes to the back burner. I do not…[Read more]

This ARD & CAPPS sounds so scary. I am happy to meet you, Deep. I love to make new friends.
I have a list of pain issues but the one that sounds a little similar is the struggle I have with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome). I know the pain that can come with the muscles cramping has made me feel as if I was going to pass-out before. Thankfully my…[Read more]

I am going to try this, always on the lookout for new things that may help me deal with the pain and stress.

Thanks for sharing,
Noki4

The games are a great tool to have in our pain toolbox to help us distract from the pain. You can find really fun games for free in the app stores on smart phones and tablets.
Since my grandson got me hooked on playing Minecraft Pocket Edition with him I have even started my own little world.
The building and creating takes my mind off the…[Read more]

First love the pictures of you and sgt. You really started me thinking about pain levels with your recent postings. Am going to reread. Made me start thinking especially the knowing about getting through. Thank you so much for those thoughts. Are very helpful to me now with my latest issues.

This is so much fun seeing both of you together. BD, you could pass for a member of ZZ Top!!

BD and Marinesargeant meet face to face after talking with each other for years online.

For many of us here at TPC, we have been talking to each other online for years and we found TPC to call our online home. It is always so wonderful when one or more of us get to do the face to face meet-ups.
Noki4

BD, I know I speak for all of us old timers when I say it is so nice to see you.
Noki4

Hi everyone,
This is Noki4 and I am sharing a couple photo’s for my dear friends, BD and Marinesargeant.

Marinesargeant was recently on vacation and had the opportunity to meet the man behind the screen that we
all have been talking to you for years.

This first picture is BD on the Lonoh.

I love how you said that it is important to not let the pain control your actions too much. That is wonderful!

We must never let the pain control us or own us. I talk out loud to my pain and I tell my pain to back off and that it will not cause me to stop living my life.

Moving forward always — take care

Noki4