January 21st, 2010
Dealing with chronic pain has become my own nightmare. It is funny how you do not know until you live with chronic pain what it is like to live your life in pain. The pain from fibromyalgia and lupus varies from day to day. Some days I wake up and I can tolerate the pain while other days it takes everything I have to deal with the pain. On the bad days, it would be much easier to isolate myself. I have to force myself to leave the room for my family. It hasn’t been easy dealing with chronic pain, but it’s got to the point that I am wondering if something is wrong with me if I have a good day. I have tried multiple things just to deal with the day after day. I have used a tens unit for the pain, a lot of muscle creams, medications, and getting in the pool. Getting in the pool and has helped me a lot. I am not sure if it is the weightlessness of getting in the pool or the warm water, but it seems to sooth my muscles. I wish I had a pool at home to help with the aches and pains. When I am in the water I am able to move around better which gives me back some control of my life. I would love to have one of those therapy pools at home to help with my aches and pain. The pool in my area does not heat up enough for me to benefit from it during the winter. I do wish they had a warm enough pool for it to be worth going out to in the winter.
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so sorry to hear about your chronic pain. & those therapy pools on the hydroworx site sure do look expensive and very high-maintenance. i mean, if i can make a suggestion…what about those elevated, inflatable pools where you can also attach a heater? i know i’ve seen something like that somewhere.
sure hope you can find a way to manage and lessen your pain. i will pray for you.
Mama Mia,
Thanks for the suggestion, its food for thought.
CC