Happy Chronic Pain Awareness Week! November 2 – 8!
11 years ago
Happy Pain/Chronic Pain Awareness week! This week we show support and spread information about illnesses/disease such as arthritis, chronic migraines, fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Costochondritis, IBS, Crohn’s disease, spina bifida, scoliosis, phantom pain, POTS, endometriosis, and many others!
Anyone here with any of these? Well if so it's your week to shine!
Anyone here with any of these? Well if so it's your week to shine!
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Arthirits and migraines make life chronically painful, but I am typically quite 'well' :) My wellness levels are extremely high for the most part, as I'm good at 'toughing it out', which can result in people thinking I'm faking or underevaluating my illnesses. I'm a sound sensitive sufferer of migrianes, so I'm most bothered around loud noises. My knees aren't relieved by medicine entirely, and are only relieved by large amounts of painkiller, which isn't a feasible model to abuse for comfort, so most days I go without. They hurt within thirty minutes of standard walking, standing, or running at about a four out of ten, and can escalate within three hours to eight or worse.
Endometriosis started up around age twelve and I was quickly put on the combination BC pill to moderate it. I was bleeding extremely heavy flow for two weeks straight- heavy meaning that the 'super' size tampons would only last two to three hours. I was getting quite ill. My sister also suffers from this.
My father has Crohn's disease and cannot metabolize the vitamin cobalamin. He requires shots in the upper gluteal muscle every month or so. He has a high amount of wellness and lives his life relatively comfortably, but must take a good amount of medicine, such as immunosuppressors, painkillers, iron pills, and the like. He was first diagnosed at age eighteen and has spent multiple trips to the hospital during bad attacks, losing upwards of thirty lbs at a time. I could inherit this disease as well, but show minimal symptoms so far.
My sister suffers from IBS but has tested negative for Crohns.