Dear Audrey; I'm familiar in essence about what you've been experiencing alone the years. The worse that can happen to one is when it comes the diagnosis of: "Chronic Pain" in whatever area of the body. As soon as this diagnosis comes out it only means that the legal system of health won't pay much attention to that patient. The patients becomes a number in the best convenient of politics. The problem with it is that no further investigation will be carried out. The patient will gradually be given massive drugs to ingest and having as a result other areas and members of the body damaged alone the years. And everything will be perfectly legal. On the other hand there will be all those people from all kinds trying to take advantage from one vulnerability and pain. I'm talking about all those "complementary medicine" with no real training and education in them but that sell well their image....The dangers are numerous when one is in a vulnerable position. You're lucky and at the very least you have your partner. In my case I live alone in Edinburgh and every time I have one of those very severe crisis of mobility in which I can't even go to the toilette, or turning round in my bed...even if I would call the ambulance, police or doctor....the only thing I get is a packet of medication sent by the GP. Society don't know about this abuse that gets vulnerable people. All is perfectly legal. The only way is the practice of stopping and resting. Writing next post about this. I can't righ now. I'm writing from bed. I can't move much right now and have to wait for the severe pain to loose some of its strenght. Breathing and breathing out, I smile to my pain. They can clean their ashes with the medication. My medication is in my breath. Best Mayka --- On Wed, 16/2/11, audreydc1983 <[email protected]> wrote:
From: audreydc1983 <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: Pain Management 1 - Stopping To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 19:38 The chronic knee pain began after a knee injury in USMC boot camp in 2001. The back pain followed, maybe 3 years after. From what I understand from the doctors and physical therapists I've seen, after my injury I limped - and continued to do so for years, causing a muscle imbalance, which has gotten so bad that back spasms are the result (and, of course, those nasty back strains that require both muscle relaxers and narcotic pain relievers to treat). At the time of my injury, I was 17, alone, and scared of being on my own. Boot camp made me realize that I would have to take care of myself - and that I didn't know how. The arrival of the back spasms years later made it almost impossible for me to work, making me dependent upon my husband (a situation that neither of us like). Thank you for your advice. I'll start putting it into practice. :) ~Audrey --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote: > > Audrey; >  > Thank you for your response. >  > How long have you been having the Chronic Pain?. It happens sometimes that > one has received a big shock in the body and in the mind. Such a big a > shock that it remains in the mind even when the body has > already healed. And so, the mind keeps sending the message of pain to the > body. Other times, it's a bell warning one to slow down. >  > Caresse you knee and all the areas where the pain is. If you can't with > your hands then do it with your mind. Talk to them as they were your little > babies with all your love and all your kindness. This is far of being > sentimental. Each member of your body is alive. Your whole body is the > universe and each member are part of it.  Move always very gentle with the > help of your in/out breathing. The awareness of the in and out breathing > will show you how to move. > Mayka > > --- On Tue, 15/2/11, audreydc1983 <audreydc1983@...> wrote: > > > From: audreydc1983 <audreydc1983@...> > Subject: [Zen] Re: Pain Management 1 - Stopping > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, 15 February, 2011, 9:55 > > >  > > > > I just wanted to add that I will be watching this subject quite closely. I > have chronic knee pain from my short stint in the Marine Corps, which led to > chronic back pain - and crippling back strains, every few months or so. I > have tried drugs, therapy, and physical therapy, all to no avail. I'm now > trying to realize and acknowledge my pain, to put it in a new perspective, so > I can approach PT in a more healthy way. > > Thank you for your insights. :) > > ~Audrey >
