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“Do not resist the pain. Allow it to be there. Surrender to the grief, despair, fear, loneliness, or whatever form the suffering takes. Witness it without labeling it mentally. Embrace it. Then see how the miracle of surrender transmutes deep suffering into deep peace. This is your crucifixion. Let it become your resurrection and ascension.

Eckhart Tolle

I don't need to be fixed

I actually heard a congressman talking about the "opioid crisis" a couple of days ago on TV. He was saying that one way to fix the problem was to allow alternative medical treatments such as yoga and acupuncture to be covered by medical insurance this way people who have chronic pain can get treated by other means than narcotics. WTF are you kidding me, we aren't on narcotics because we want to be we are on them because we need them. Just another "have you tried..." suggestion from yet another moron who doesn't have the first idea of what he is talking about.

Since chronic pain frequently cannot be seen or measured, unlike acute pain, doctors, colleagues, friends, or family may question or doubt your pain. In effect, it doesn’t matter if anyone believes you, but it is extremely important for you to acknowledge that all pain is real.

Pain Recovery: How to Find Balance and Reduce Suffering from Chronic Pain

From one pain patient to another

For all those out there who suffer daily with chronic illness/pain

Who suffer every day in silence and alone

Who have illnesses that are invisible to others

Who can’t sleep at night

Who have pain flares on a regular basis

Who are criticized by family and friends

Who are told that they are making up symptoms for attention

Who are told that they are lazy

Who are told “at least it’s not serious”

Who aren’t given respect by the medical community

Who feel isolated and alone

I see you! No one can ever know what you go through on a daily basis, the indignity you suffer, the feeling of hopelessness and loss unless you have been there. So if you are thinking of giving up, please don’t. Reach out to someone who understands whether on a website, by phone, or blog. Just don’t give up there is a whole community of us out here who understand and can offer support and guidance. You are amazing, you are heroes, and you are valued.

This looks exactly like my bedroom

One can only hope for cancer, then you can get opioids.

Hurray, I finally got my morphine pump and am out of the hospital. I went into my doctor’s office for my check up and was very excited about my new pump because it comes with the option for me to give myself boluses of morphine for break through pain, only to be discouraged once again. Even with my pump set at an extremely low titration, my P.A. told me that if I use the bolus system she has to cut off my Norco. She explained to me that according to the new opioid laws that all of my narcotics are still too high. She greatly sympathized with me, but she told me that for every prescription she writes she has to submit a patient history explaining all the treatments I have undergone and next steps to get my narcotic consumption down to my pharmacy. Since when did pharmacists become prescribing and treating physicians? Things are only going to get worse if the war on opioid addiction continues and lining the streets are going to be the bodies of the pain patients left behind as casualties of war. She did explain that if I had cancer or aids that the guidelines are not as strict, well now isn’t that interesting. One can get the treatment they need if they are dying so I guess I can always hope for cancer.