Recent content by paddipaws

I am worried, not terrified but I need to know, the outcome is beyond my control. I think thats part of our TMS - we need control. I have a friend who is in a lot of pain, she goes regularly for injections, therapy, drugs and never gets better. I've given up physical therapy and am no worse...

I went for my flu jab yesterday. First one ever and nurse said I might feel unwell. I said I already felt unwell and we got talking, so I told her about my back pain around the waist and sides, my complete exhaustion and my itchy arms and legs. She looked at her computer and said 'it might...

I shouted at my pain a while ago, told it to go away in a rather impolite way. It sort of did so when it came back a bit later I told it go away again and that I would deal with it later. It did come back again latet so I'm afraid I just took two tramadol and went to bed. But it did work for...

Bruce, sorry didn't mean to quote you, just getting used to my new tablet. It is so sensitive, like me, it keeps overreacting. I did a nice reply to Walt last night and lost it all, it took me ages and I suppose its floating around in cyberspace with nowhere to go. Paddipaws

Hi Bruce, Yes my mri scan showed nothing major, just a healing annular tear. However I know that I cannot just launch into full activity but need to ease in, particularly with regard to bending and lifting. I know my back would go into spasm and I would be flat out again. I am beginning to...

I have posted a couple of times and had some kind advice, I know some of the pain is from the anger at exhusband and other things even further back, and I'm okay with that, if it was only that I think I could eventually come to terms. But I haven't mentioned the elephant my room and now I...

Please advise, should I just ignore the pain and keep walking and moving about, or is okay to rest up for a day or two until it subsides? Paddipaws

I walked about one and a half miles yesterday, not much I know compared with a year ago. Have done it several times recently but this time it was up and down slopes and on some uneven ground. Last night I was in a lot of pain and today its worse. Should I just do it again or let the pain...

Thanks Steve The ruptured appendix was not really an obsession in fact it affected me much less than this back pain, actually it's bodywide pain now. The appendix hurt like hell and I realised I could have died from peritonitis yet I recovered from it quite quickly. I thought I was better all...