Re: [QUAD-L] Pain

[Corie Jones]

It's okay Lori... I do seem to have more pain than most people (with SCI) I talk to or read about on here andon the Care/Cure site.  Just to clarify for every one why she thinks that, is that I have severe cold & needles burning in my whole abdominal area and back and have severe hot burning and needles in my butt, in between my legs, and down to my knees.  Plus, I have tendinitis and bursitis in both my shoulders which causes some pain.  The nerve pain is basically from my injury level down.  And like Lori said, I have tried everything from medication to nerve blocks and nothing has helped.  I recently had a baclofen pump put in and that has been a whole other story, but I am waiting to add pain medication to the pump.  So no Lori, I'm calling my doctor Monday to find out if the medication (a local anesthetic, numbing medication) has arrived at the chronic pain clinic I go to (I've been waiting for two weeks for the medication).  I'm praying this will be what I've been searching for for pain relief for nearly 12 years.  As Lori mentioned, my nerves are shot and I recently went on Klonopin to help with the stress of it all. Corie C4-5, incomplete, 12 yrs. post Redding, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Lori Michaelson To: Quad Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Ok, how bout I say the member here that "I know personally by dozens of personal emails" has severe pain that has nearly sent her out of her mind for the last 7 yrs or so.  Sorry Corie ... you can say it the best.  And I shouldn't have said anything.  I hope by now that you've had more (or THE) pain med added to your pump to see if it can give you any relief.   I'm soon going to wise up like you Corie and you others I know who have chosen to lurk more than post.   Lori Michaelson Age - 41 C4/5 complete quad, 26 years post Tucson, AZ     -------Original Message-------   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11/19/05 14:00:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Pain     In a message dated 11/18/2005 2:38:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The member here with the most pain is Corie Jones.  She's tried almost everything for her awful pain. Now Lori, not to start a bunch of s..... here but how can you say she is the member with the worst pain? No one can measure another's pain no matter how they tell you 'what they feel or what they're going through'. For the record, I've tried almost everything too even steroid injections. Diane