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From: jqtaylor@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (John Quill Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Chronic Pain!
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Date: 26 Nov 90 05:52:28 GMT
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Index Number: 11965

In Index Number 11853, cas@mtdcb.att.com (Cliff Stevens) writes:

>I finally think I have an idea of what chronic pain really is like!
>I had a bad cough from a cold and I coughed so much, so hard, I
>strained some muscles in my R shoulder, back, and neck.  Now due to
>this I was in constant pain.  Not terrible, I could live without
>pain killers, but I never felt like doing anything!
>
>It was depressing, not only from the pain, but also from the fact I
>never did anything because I never felt like it!

You have felt the *physical* aspects of chronic pain, indeed; now,
endure it at random moments for twenty years of your life, and then
you shall know the *psychological* aspects of chronic pain. -JQT