Today, You Beat Me - a poem about chronic pain
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I have been suffering with joint pain for a long time, I’ve been given every pain killer available to no avail and now they’ve finally referred me to the hospital for rheumatoid arthritis so hopefully I can finally be diagnosed with an actual illness and be treated accordingly
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Hi @mrcold and a warm welcome to the community! It is great to see you jumping into discussions I really do hope you manage to get your treatment sorted as joint pain is no fun!! (talking from personal experience!)
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I definitely resonate with the poem.The worst thing of having an illness which cannot be seen, people just assume because I get on with things, everything is fine.
I work full time and have chronic pain daily. I work 5 days a week, then crash at the weekend which obviously my husband and teenager aren't happy about so I have half a rest day, usually Sunday's. I have a curvature of the spine with degenerative L2 and 3 discs . Fybromyalgia, arthritis in both knees, wrist and thumb. Constant pain in all joints, but I just can't stop being busy which leads to fatigue, catch 22. -
Welcome to the community @AngieMBal, and thank you for sharing this with- I'm sure many of our other members will be able to relate to your experiences.
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Thank you Claire brought tears to my eyes as you summed it up so beautifully. Living with constant pain is such a hard thing to do knowing everyday you wake up it’s going to be the same.
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