tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post8685540208226088948..comments2023-09-21T04:06:12.405-04:00Comments on She Dances On The Sand: Open Letter To Those New To The World of Chronic PainRioIririhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358432680088606342noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-66633349705923864002008-02-28T04:14:00.000-05:002008-02-28T04:14:00.000-05:00i have 2 broken ankles, they healed wrong, 8 visit...i have 2 broken ankles, they healed wrong, 8 visits to 2 different hospitals, as one closed their plastering room.<BR/><BR/>they healed bad. now every time i walk the broken bone rubs on my tendons every time i walk (it happened when i used to play rugby league i slipped on some mud and cracked the bones). but they are Not bad all the time but i do have a very high pain threshold. my brother has arthitus in his spine and a dodgy disk, and is on pain medication. (plus he has M.E.)<BR/><BR/>so there are other forms of pain as well. I understand pain, maybe not exactly the same kind. but i know what it feels like. (when you want to scream to let out the pain)Mercuriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607976378571790610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-53466143615488569582008-02-28T00:51:00.000-05:002008-02-28T00:51:00.000-05:00Thank you, Rio. You know how much I love you.Thank you, Rio. You know how much I love you.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321700447909213669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-27770803258821545192008-02-27T23:53:00.000-05:002008-02-27T23:53:00.000-05:00(Er, that is "I may NOT know your pain or her pain...(Er, that is "I may NOT know your pain or her pain or his pain" not "I may now know" Sorry.)Anniee451https://www.blogger.com/profile/03066640571157938093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-13594992487478580122008-02-27T23:52:00.000-05:002008-02-27T23:52:00.000-05:00Rio, that's all so true - and I would wish that ev...Rio, that's all so true - and I would wish that everyone would rule out *every* possible, measurable physical cause - because so many damn times there is a cause - they just don't even know to look for it. Once it's found, a whole new world opens up. People also do not understand chronic pain - they don't know why you're not "better yet" or aren't you "over that?" People who've known for years. People who push you in your wheelchair. People who help you dress and shower and eat - STILL just sort of "forget" that you're in constant agony now and again.<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth I wrote my story here - http://boombatti.blogspot.com/2008/01/fatty-boombatti.html <BR/><BR/>I may now know your pain, or her pain or his pain, but I know pain. Intimately.Anniee451https://www.blogger.com/profile/03066640571157938093noreply@blogger.com