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| Emily with Chronic Pain Bear |
I have
chronic pain and am in pain every day but I’m luckily than a lot of people who
have constant pain. My pain levels are generally low enough that I can live a
mostly normal life. But sometimes the pain flares up and slams me down,
reminding me that I am sick and will be for the rest of my life.
Saturday
night I went to bed feeling ok with plans of working and then doing some
housework on Sunday. I slept the whole night but I woke up feeling exhausted
with high pain levels. It had been raining and I think that’s what triggered
this flare.
I managed to
work my whole shift but felt awful afterwards so it was off to bed. I didn’t
get anything done that I had wanted plus I couldn’t even find a comfortable
position in bed so I couldn’t even work on my cross stitch. My pain derailed
all the plans I had for that day.
All I can do
when I get a flare is rest because there is no medicine that works for me. I’m
feeling a little better today but the pain levels are still higher than normal.
I’m still
lucky though. Some people in my chronic pain support groups can’t work, can’t
do much of anything because the pain is so bad. For me flares come and go, but
the pain always goes down after a while.
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