tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post4491104517302343011..comments2023-04-28T10:53:10.258+01:00Comments on KNITMAN: A Day At A Time ( or less)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14864658805462324550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post-49995127716536112362007-05-05T17:14:00.000+01:002007-05-05T17:14:00.000+01:00I too suffer with constant pain, so understand wha...I too suffer with constant pain, so understand what you're on about. And I've just turned 36 and don't look ahead either, it's just too scary. I don't want to think about where I'll be in the future and to be honest, it takes all my energy to handle where I am at the moment.<BR/><BR/>On a more positive note, Do you have a pain clinic you can be referred to? Amazingly I have found the consultant at the one here to be really helpful and, although I still have good days, bad days and some inbetween, the pain and medication is much better managed now than it was. And best of all, they take you seroiously and don't just tell me to 'get out and take my mind off it'. I do get out and have plenty of things I could do-it's just dealing with the frustration when the pain's too bad that I struggle with!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post-87178790762501879072007-05-04T16:19:00.000+01:002007-05-04T16:19:00.000+01:00Hi Colin,As a chronic pain sufferer, (a victim of ...Hi Colin,<BR/><BR/>As a chronic pain sufferer, (a victim of back surgery that didn't go so well) I agree with you that sometimes one must moan about it for a while. I always feel better afterwards. I usually do it in my live journal, so that I don't bore my family.<BR/><BR/>Knitting, reading, music, and petting my kitties also help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post-11955284472139758982007-05-04T10:32:00.000+01:002007-05-04T10:32:00.000+01:00Hi ColinSometimes having a moan does help. I symp...Hi Colin<BR/>Sometimes having a moan does help. I sympathise cause I get pain most days but not as bad as yours.<BR/><BR/>I think as we get older we think about the future more and that is scary. The prospect of never getting better is not nice but as you said most of the time you cope with it.<BR/><BR/>I just take one day at a time. When it is a bad day I knit or read. On good days I do the housework - groan :-) Mind you I prefer the days when I can sit and do what I want so maybe there are some compensations.<BR/>Thinking of you and hope you will have some better days soon<BR/>PamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com