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How are you?
Everyone is always asking me, “How are you?” And not like in the, “How are you doing today on the glorious sunny Saturday afternoon” sort of way, but more of the, “How are you feeling because you’re...
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The pain makes you crazy so much quicker than you think it would.
I still think about suicide all the time. Like every single day really. It’s hard. To be in pain every minute of every day. This morning was especially bad. I had a hard time getting out of bed, and...
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All your unsolicited medical advice totally cured me! (J/k)
First of all, although I don’t really feel like I should have to say this, I will say it anyway: I flat-out asked my doctor if this whole crazy pain in my right ribs was related to the fact that I eat...
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Why is this happening to me?
I’ve gotten into a circle of asking “why” lately. As in, “Why the hell is this happening to me?” I know. I know. It’s cliche. But I just. I don’t get it. I don’t understand why this is happening to me....
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I’m still alive. My ribs still hurt though.
My ribs still hurt. Yesterday was awful. I was working from home and I managed to stay with my laptop until about 3:30 p.m., but then, after that, I just laid in bed and watched hours and hours of TV...
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What it feels like to go off hydrocodone cold turkey (for me anyway)
Yesterday — partly because of my own stupidity and partly because the only pharmacy in Byron, Il closes at 7 p.m. — I had to go off hydrocodone cold turkey. And it was hell. I ran out on Wednesday...
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9 cool things I saw online
I spend so much time desperately looking for things online related to my chronic pain that I thought I would start to do regular round-up of things I’ve found. While the round-up was inspired by...
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A year of living in pain
The thing about being in pain every day is that people expect you to get used to it. You never get used to it. It’s been exactly one year since I woke up with a pain on my right side. It was Super Bowl...
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Going off morphine is hell
Editor’s note: Like most of my posts, a version of this story originally ran in Pain News Network. This version contains profanity because going through opioid withdrawal is seriously fucking hell....
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Does Chronic Pain Define Us?
The strangest part about having mental health issues is that it makes you wonder who you really are as a person — in your core. Like if you’re feeling insanely anxious because of morphine withdrawal,...
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