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Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself
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I am Helen. I am 72 and have had severe pain for 35 years. I have had 5 back fusions, a nail in each femur after they snapped from taking Fosamax, 2 broken shoulders and terrible arthritis. I take opioids because I couldn’t survive without them.
I’m having flat back /scoliosis surgery in a couple months and hope it will help some of my pain. I use a walker, go to physical therapy two hours a week and exercise an hour a day at home.
My retirement isn’t much fun.
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@htolan
It sounds like you have been through a challenging time. I'm glad you have found some pain management. When you write, "My retirement isn't much fun." I thought of that saying, These are our golden years??!! I thought when I was in my 60's I had an advantage because I know what it feels like to live with chronic pain and disabling illness. When everyone else starts feeling old age, I will know how to cope. (Ha!!) What I didn't consider is that all of my illness would intensify, and there are new problems all the time because of long illness! I hope you can find even one thing in a day to enjoy. It can be a small thing. I'm glad you joined this support group too. Thinking of you.