I Am So Angry with Pain Control Doc Right Now

[Zebo]

From what I understand, there are several issues with managing chronic pain.

With continuous pain signals going through the nerves, the nerves actually conduct the impulse more efficiently, so less and less stimuli = the same or more pain. Think of a small stream that creates a canyon over the years from erosion...

By the time most get to a pain doctor, this physiological change has already occurred and it's a losing game to control the pain without using powerful narcotics.

The people I work with that have chronic pain tend to have become hyper sensitive to all pain, and they to the person seem to have a major depressive disorder as well.

Honestly, they used to really piss me off, now I can't do enough for them...

They're just babies. No one I know has pain I've had. 14 broken bones (the big ones ulna/femur/tibia). Shot twice. Never took anything unless it was in emergency room and forced upon me. Just ran as soon as possible. Couple weeks ago I cut myself with a concrete saw that needed 14 staples in my knee. Doc gave me narcotic pain killers and I never filled the perscription even though I can do it for free at my brothers pharmacy. I did fill the Ceftin though (antibiotic). A year ago I had a tune up for an old motorcycle accident. They re-broke my fibula and plated it. I took OXy for three days then was back on tread mill.

Listen - this life is no test drive. You can live it to the fullest or whine indoors and stack your cabinets with 40 pill bottles/liqueur like many of my friends. Your choice. But intense exercise makes most pain go away though several modalities (circulation, physiological strengthening, etc) and way more fun than feeling sorry for yourself.