When did you get WORST hurt - this is physically hurt !!!! ( Archived) (22)

OMG, lucky that you survived then - this thread is becoming a lot more detailed than I had envisioned

I choose to disagree. It can be intolerable, and that is where coma and morphine come in. After that, it's mental. You just tell yourself it's an electrical impulse, you know about it, so ignore it.

I had a 4m ladder fall to hardpacked ground at age 50. Broke pelvis (what would happen giving birth with no time nor prep), all of the L and P bones in lower back and all my ribs. When stabilized 3 days later, flown to the big city for orthopedics. Had a hematoma in my crotch from internal injuries the size of a basketball. That shut off circulation and and eventually killed the nerves in my right leg.

Long story short, 6 weeks in ICU, mostly out. Three more months and I was learning to walk again. Home in six months, still on IV everything with a PIC line. Pain would have been 10 without morphine. PT went on for three years, but got it all back. Left the pain drugs behind and endured at level 4-5 with only ibuprofen, so I could resume flying and working.

Yeah, I can snivel about minor things now. But look at it this way. I died three times and cheated Mr Death. I can walk as much as I want now, do anything I like, and I have control of my muscles.

Until I retired last year, I out-everythinged all my 20- and 30-something workers. Now I am just doing things I enjoy, and I expect it to continue for a good while.

I was lucky. Nerves reconnected and everything grew back, except for some internal organs that died from trauma. I have some cool scars to impress people with. So if you are suffering with chronic pain, look inside yourself and reprogram your brain. Best wishes!

Chris, you are a walking miracle !!!

I got whiplash & I take migraine medicin & get injections with lidocaine around every 3 weeks - I am probably just not as pain resistant as you, but I got less pain during the last couple of years so thats good!

Thanks for sharing your story, very inspirational - where there's a will, there's a way

Yes, LP, that is the thing. It's not absolute. And with your mind in the right place, you CAN train yourself.

Neck and lower back are just extensions of each other. So when it's bugging you, get in the most comfortable place you can. Use your mind to find the originating area. Visualize the circuit. Tell yourself that it's just electrical noise.

After a little while, drop it and resort to your usual method of relief. Rome was not conquered in a day. Pay attention to how the relief is kicking in.

As you do this, you will get more aware of what I'm saying. You might try a half dose after a while and see how that works. The idea is that your familiarity with it breeds the kind of thing you described, getting less pain over time.

I'd drop the -caine solutions as soon as you can. If I could go off IV morphine to tablets to nothing in a month, you can too. It has nothing to do with pain resistance, it's all about will power.

Oh yeah, on the opioids and -caine solutions, you will never get addicted as long as what you are taking is matching your pain -- it consumes it. The human tendency is to want more, but the reality is that you need less. Excess feeds an addiction.

Good luck, and if you want to take this offlist, PM me.

I believe you, heard that the pain is comparable to being in labour

sounds nasty!

and YES you get more grateful for living once you have a survived an accident

Gotta admit I feel lucky that a fairly low amount of pills etc helps me
& then I actually feel that my life is so demanding that I dont have the patience etc for the very cool exercise you mention - maybe in a few years

Thx for your concern