- Oct 12, 2005
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I've had Rheumatoid Arthritis since I was a small child. As a kid I could generally get through pain fairly well. Plaquenil came out when I was in something like 2nd grade and it made a huge difference in my life.
I'm not in 2nd grade any more - I'm well into my 50's. It's really difficult to get pain killers these days. And that stupid arthritis makes movement painful.
I'm sure athletes push their bodies really hard and must often be in a lot of body pain. If so, how do you deal with the pain? You probably don't grab opiods very often. Do aspirin and tylenol help you to keep going when you're in pain?
I've been through childbirth 4 times - yes, painful. But tolerable because at the end of the process, they hand you a baby.
Do you just assume that it's part of the fitness process and ignore it? Do you use visualization and yoga and stuff like that? That's what docs are trying to do with us RA folks. There are some really depressed folks in my RA support group now that painkillers that work are basically illegal. Sure don't want anyone to die of overdoses, but for some of us, painkillers make it possible to get through the day.
Anything, any thoughts? How do you deal with pain?
I'm not in 2nd grade any more - I'm well into my 50's. It's really difficult to get pain killers these days. And that stupid arthritis makes movement painful.
I'm sure athletes push their bodies really hard and must often be in a lot of body pain. If so, how do you deal with the pain? You probably don't grab opiods very often. Do aspirin and tylenol help you to keep going when you're in pain?
I've been through childbirth 4 times - yes, painful. But tolerable because at the end of the process, they hand you a baby.
Do you just assume that it's part of the fitness process and ignore it? Do you use visualization and yoga and stuff like that? That's what docs are trying to do with us RA folks. There are some really depressed folks in my RA support group now that painkillers that work are basically illegal. Sure don't want anyone to die of overdoses, but for some of us, painkillers make it possible to get through the day.
Anything, any thoughts? How do you deal with pain?
