Daily Journal Entry for 4/14/24
Del Feeling a slight bit of horror first thing this morning. The spine feels like it’s been cracked in half, then stacked back on top of each other with some duct…
April 2024
Daily Journal Entry for 4/13/24
I started Lyrica again 2 days ago. It only seems to work when I’m ramping up, or tapering down. Not a good thing to play with medications like this, but…
Why Pain Patients Can’t Use the Emergency Room
I came across this post on Reddit while searching for fibromyalgia help, and it’s absolutely horrifying. The original post was by a 17 year old who was diagnosed with fibromyalgia…
Daily Journal Entry for 4/12/24
I spent the entire evening yesterday curled in a ball counting the seconds until the day was over. I woke up at 3 feeling pure horror from the pain. This…
Daily Journal Entry for 4/11/24
Pain became horrifying last night during the last hour of the night. Thankfully it was late. I magically slept OK, but that horrifying pain was still there right when I…
What Chronic Spine Pain is Like
I found this in my email draft folder. It was dated February 2023. I have no memory of writing it, but it is pretty accurate and still applies perfectly today.…
Daily Journal Entry for 4/10/24
I think the Lyrica is out of my system now. I woke up early and couldn’t get back to sleep. Lyrica made me sleep late. Pain is kind of brutal…
My Pain Patient Neighbor Passed Away
My neighbor Brian suffered from the same chronic pain issues I do. Brian was retired and was about 70 years old. He had lumbar spine issues that plagued him for…
Daily Journal Entry for 4/9/24
Well, I guess I got that sleep I wanted. I felt like a teenager that couldn’t wake up on the weekend. I woke up a lot, but had a lot…
Daily Journal Entry for 4/8/24
That was some of the most messed up sleep ever. I can’t even explain it. Constant wake ups, the weirdest dreams. I just kept falling asleep and having super weird…