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HI , I will try and share with you how I make it living in chronic pain. A little of my background first. I was once a fairly active man that enjoyed hunting and fishing and so forth. Not any more. I have not been able to go hunting for the past three years. I am disabled and on social security disability. I have had chronic neck pain in one form or another since about 1986 or 87. I was hurt the first time in a martial arts class when I was thrown by someone that did not know what they were doing. This resulted in my first neck injury. I have had pain in my neck ever since that time. I also have had several auto accidents {rear-end collisions} that resulted in neck and back injuries. The last time I was hurt was in October of 2003. As a result of that accident I now have a herniated disk in my neck as well as several bulging in my neck. I also have a disk in my low back that is bulging and putting pressure on the sciatic nerve of my left

leg. It's extremely painful. There are times that I am unable to sit for more than a few minutes before I have bad pain in my left leg. I'm unable to stand for more than 10 minutes before my legs go numb. I'm like almost everyone else in the group,I suffer from chronic pain every day. The way that I cope with all the pain is to live my life just one day at a time. I try to just concentrate on today and not worry about tomorrow. Many times it is easier said than done. There have been many times that I just wanted to give up. This is when the people of this group have stepped in and given me the encouragement to keep going The people of this group have helped me to come to terms with the fact that I am no longer able to do the things that I was once was able to do. This group is a good place to come and vent your feelings when you need to do so. There will always be someone here that will respond to you when you need someone to talk to. This group is a good place to come to ask questions and to vent when things are really bad. I know that it is hard for you to see beyond your pain right now. I can only tell you that if you take things

just one day at a time that you will be able to make it. You really are stronger than you think you are right now. You will be able to get through this,one day at a time I will be glad to talk to you if you need to talk. I wish to be of service to you in any way that I can. I hope that I have been able to help you. MAY YOU HAVE A BETTER DAY TODAY THAN YESTERDAY AND NOT AS GOOD A DAY AS TOMORROW. TAKE AS BEST CARE A YOU CAN AND BE SAFE Larry,in cowtown TEXAS jessica rosenfeld <jbrosenfeld@...> wrote: Hi All, I am new here so I wanted to introduce myself. My name is and the reason why i am here is because 8 months ago i got into a car accident where i was reended and i herniated three disks. Since then I have been in pain everyday. I have done the chiropactic thing, the massage thing, the acupuncture thing, the physical therapy thinig and i have already had two coritisone shots. however i am still in pain every day. I was wondeing if anyone could share with me how they accept there pain. the hardest thing for me right now it to accept the real possiblity that at 27 years old i might be in pain for the rest of my life and i might never be able to really do the things that i absolutly love to do such as fishing all becuase some 85 year old man who shouldn't off been driving didn't see me when i was stopped at a red light. Thanks, Jess Why is it that the tag on my couch has a tag that says what it is made out of, and on the tag it says do not remove, and yet the tag which states what I am made up of has been taken off by the government?REMEMBER ALL OF OUR MEN AND

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