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From: Donna.Jean.Noddin@f207.n351.z1.fidonet.org (Donna Jean Noddin)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: pain
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Date: 22 Feb 90 21:34:58 GMT
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[This is from the Chronic Pain Conference on Fidonet]

you didn't send me any messages but your problems are  bit of help
tome and my arthritis which, at the age of 52, is doing its best to
prevent me from living a normal life..as somany others must do, I
try to live each moment as it comes and if I get through one day at
a time tht is just about all I can manage....becos I must work, I'm
a freelance photo-journalist, painkillers like Tylenol #3 have to
be takento get me on my feet...working at my typewriteror computer
is painful at best so I don't get as much work done as I would
like...much of my work has to be done in bed with pillows propping
me up and my legs up with ice on them for certain periods
oftime...since whiplash in my back and left shoulder are as painful
as the arthritis in my left ankle, both knees and hips there just
isn't a pain free moment, only a few moments when the pain is just
a little less than the worst..you might try an ice pack which my
doctor has recommended for short periods of time..only wish I could
offer youa solution..hereis to a better future with some answers
for all of us...luv..d.j.

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