Pain Robs Years From Folks at Mid-Life

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I find at times the only way I can stop that constant emotional nagging that goes with chronic pain I must take enough medication to put me to sleep or until the pain subsides which ever comes first..

Allin Harley of NM 1:14AM November 19, 2009

I WOULD HAVE TOO AGREE WITH YOUR STUDY.IM 55 YEARS OLD.I HAVE RSD/CRPS.I ALSO HAVE SPONDOLOSIS OF THE ENTIRE SPINE WHICH AFFECTS SEVERAL JOINTS.I ALSO HAVE POLYPERPHAL NEUROPATHY.I HAVE HAD THESE FOR NEARLY 12 YEARS.I HAVE BEEN IN CHRONIC SEVERE PAIN FOR 12 YEARS.I CAN ATTEST TOO FEELING MUCH OLDER THAN I AM MOST OF THE TIME.THAT IN ITSELF IS A DISABLITY WHEN YOU TRY AND DO CHORES AND TRY AND ENJOY SOME OF THE THNGS YOU USE TOO DO.I EXERCISE ,PRAY,GO ON WALKSRUNERRANDS,STAY BUSY.UNTILI HURT THENI LAY DOWN .BY THE GRACE OGF GOD I AM STILL HERE AS I WAS ELECTROCUTED IN 97 AS A POLICEMAN.I HAD TOO RETIRE AFTIRE 8 ATTEMPTS OF TRYING TOO GO BACK.BUT EVEN THRU ALLTHIS PAIN I HAVE FOUND NEW JOY IN LIFE IN HELPING OTHERS ASI CAN.THIS THEACHES YOU TOOBE HUMBLE.NONEOF US KNOWS WHATTHE NEXT SECONDS ARE GOING TOO BRNG,MY LIFE CHANGED IN LESS THAN 2 SECONDS.TK

THOMAS KANE of OH 6:25PM November 17, 2009