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How do you live with daily pain?
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| I had neuroma surgery on both of my feet, and I am in constant pain and
permanent numbness in both of my feet. It is so hard to accept my fate. I
was originally diagonosed with peripheral neuropathy, and a podiatrist
attributed my lancing pain to neuromas in both feet. So, I exchanged lancing
burning to aching and numbness. The day to day reminder of this numbness is
more than I expected it to be. People tell me to just move on. I also quit
drinking back in July, so I don't have the excuse to go down the route of la
la land. Any others experience chronic pain or how they deal with it?
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| (PeteCresswell) 2006-10-03, 9:31 pm |
| Per Jack:
>I also quit
>drinking back in July, so I don't have the excuse to go down the route of la
>la land. Any others experience chronic pain or how they deal with it?
I'm probably on the easy side of constant pain because I'm not that stoic and
I'm getting along without chemical intervention so far. I think I'd probably
have to stop working if I went on drugs - so that's something I would go
to great lengths to avoid.
Four things that make a diff for me:
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1) Socks. I wear these:
http://www.thorlo.com/socks/running...ks/crew/1.php#A
They cost an arm and a leg, but definitely help.
2) Shoes. You need something with plenty of sole - something that
will not transmit surface irregularities - yet which has some
give in it so you feet don't get pounded as much on hard surfaces.
Don't hesitate to try a few extremes and expect to settle on something
in-between.
3) Walking. My walking days are over. Don't even mention running...
Every step hurts and the more steps I take, the more each one hurts and the
less sleep I get that night. So, I walk as little as possible.
One place I worked, it was something like 500 steps from the employee
parking area to the building I worked in. I got a handicapped parking
hang tag and used it shamelessly at that site.
4) Regular exercise. With no walking, I have to do *something*. My
bread-and-butter exercise is riding a full-suspension mountain bike
thorough the local parklands, down back streets, and across corporate
plazas.
I stay as far away from cars as much as I can. I wouldn't *think* of
riding on the local roads.
Having said all that, there's a very noticeable diff between riding
4x for 2 hours every week and not doing so. First couple days without
exercise, I actually feel better. But within a few days the pain gets
much worse.
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Your mileage may vary...
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PeteCresswell
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