Those of us who are lucky enough to be blessed with high pain thresholds, or relatively manageable pain, should never say “don’t do it” because we do not know what it is like. I had a high threshold of pain before I broke my neck-walked around on a broken foot with multiple breaks for four days before I went to the Dr.! I still have constant pain to deal with, but for the most part it’s manageable with OTC drugs and keeping very busy. I have been in bed now for five months and the pain has been much more difficult to manage then when I am able to be up and outside. But that’s the nature of the beast.
Each of us struggles with a different problem-and we have to deal with our own problems in the way that is most acceptable to us. Before we make a blatant statement in response to an email on this list, we should remember that speech inflections do not show up in our printed words. And we might mean this as tongue in cheek, but the opposite of what we actually mean is taken offensively by others. Have a great day every one Joan From: RONALD L PRACHT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 7:03 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Pain one of the most personal battles Hey, I read the arrogant comment to stay off drugs. Well....obviously this person has no real pain because let me tell you this much, if you are in serious pain that puts you in bed moaning and crying...you will try drugs. People that have little or no pain think that those that use drugs are weak addicts. This is flawed thinking. If you are in bed 5 days a week with pain, and with drugs you are able to function just lets say two more days it is worth it. None of us are going to live forever, so making the time we have more productive and happy is the name of the game. Life is about doing what you gotta do, moreso with spinal injury. Ron c7 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 5/2/2007 2:16 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 5/2/2007 2:16 PM
