I'm wondering if ur group would be a good fit 4 me. I'm currently 42 w/3 beautiful children 18, 20, 23, hubby, & what people call r petting farm (down 2 just dogs,cats, snakes, turtles, & lizards. I have suffered from pain fora large part of my life. The chronic 24/7 pain started Feb 1999 with a l5/s1 disk problem, herniated, leaking, & something else wrong I can't remember. It is now also affecting the l4. I have pain issues head to feet. Suffer from weekly headaches & migraines since childhood. Neck pain over 20 yrs, even had 4 lbs removed from my chest 2 see if that would help-NOPE. Pain in rt elbow last year or 2. Pain in both wrists, thought 2 b carpal tunnel, even wanted 2 do surgery but since breast reduction didn't help didn't have surgery. Turned out 2 b a good thing cuz new dr's say it isn't carpal, but can't tell me what it is. Add to left wrist a part of my palm hurts now too. Have suffered with IBS for several years (diareha kind), better now. The last few years I've had major constipation problems, a little better now. Have had pain in right hip this year. As I said l4&5/s1 r major problems w/pain area growth & pain level intensified. Both knees hurt, w/right side hurting more. Everytime I bend it 2 sit on toilet or walk up stairs @ dr. U can actually hear/feel something most times when it bends. Left leg was amputated below the knee cuz I had a cancerous tumor in my heal bone. Leg removed July 2010. So I have some phantom pains but not as bad as I hear other people complaine about. I do have a bone that sticks out that hurts at times & just the normal pain u get from losing a limb. Have had problems w/both ankles in past-solved one by removing it. Right heal has been hurting 4 2-3 weeks so will b talking 2 chemo dr about that. Have had pain real bad in big toe and thumb both on right, I'm thinking this might b arthritis from what I've heard. I did have almost a year of chemo, a throat biopsy and a lung wedge biopsy which can hurt at times. My latest pet scan didn't show any new cancer but it did show something on my right knee that they thought should get looked at. Due to the level of pain I spend most of my time laying in my bed. I can only stand 4 about 5 min, sit 4 about 20, walk short distances & doing this will cause my pain levels to shoot up sometimes 2 an unbearable level. Even laying in bed I can't lay on my left side 4 more than 5 min, my back no more than an hour, I have 2 b curled up on my right side the most but I can't stay there cuz it hurts my hip 2 much.
So I'm real limited 2 what I can do overall, exercising is going 2 b real challenging. My dr is going 2 try to have a physical therapist come 2 my house & see if they can get me doing something. When I come back from the bathroom when using the walker I raise my foot & hold 4 2 sec each step. I will be trying an ab vacuum 2 see if I can do that without 2 much pain & I will see if I can find something small & light 2 do w/my arms.
I log my foods every day & other than today when I ran out I have finally managed 2 get 8-8oz glasses of water down every day.
So look me over & see if u think I would be a good fit in ur group. I don't know what causes a lot of my pain but some have actual diagnoses. So plz let me know if I'm welcomed into ur group & if I am what is it we strive 2 do in this group.
Tks & hopefully I didn't leave any problems out that u should know about, I do have problems with memory, focus, & concentration (along w/spelling-sorry). If u need more info just ask.