Comments | icepixie: Pain in all its many permutations

icepixie

Pain in all its many permutations

Oct 09, 2016 20:07

Ugh. I got distracted talking to P before the freestyle session started yesterday and got on the ice with my blade guards on. I was hanging on to the boards with my left hand and managed to sort of let myself down gently, so it didn't hurt at the time. Today: OUCH. My whole left side is screaming at me ( Read more... )

ankylosing spondylitis, figure skating, health

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bulleteyes October 10 2016, 20:56:22 UTC

I had to make a choice over 30 years ago. The neuromuscular disease I had was impossible to treat at the time and I was in constant pain.

Did I do the drugs knowing that in the coming years my body would have consequences or did I try to forgo the relief to not have consequences.

I chose the relief. It's downside might have been my future but pain was stealing my present. I do mean pain, not just discomfort. You sound like you are way past discomfort, too.

I've talked to a lot of different people who also faced this choice. One thing most of us agreed on was life in constant pain was terribly draining in every possible way.

icepixie October 18 2016, 01:00:53 UTC

I've talked to a lot of different people who also faced this choice. One thing most of us agreed on was life in constant pain was terribly draining in every possible way.

Lord, yes. I didn't realize how bad it was until it was gone for that brief time I was on steroids. Now the pain is back, and I'm desperate for that damn Humira, ha.