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Well I was talking about possibly being too far down the rabbit hole for the PRC program . Today didn’t help . Today was my main application video appointment . I had to cancel my pain program appt because I was in too much pain. Talk about irony ! . My neuralgic pain flares are like trigeminal neuralgia or a glossopharygeal “ brain freeze “ . You’re being zapped so it’s not like a pain you can push to the back of your mind with mindfulness or other visualization techniques .. it’s a non functional situation . They form the basis of my struggle. I have great concern about how I’m going to be able turn up every morning 745 am having had breakfast and having travelled on a shuttle. The rest of the program is totally within my grasp .. but their words about arriving each morning “ regardless of the level of pain “ seem to exclude patients like me . Perhaps I should be looking for some kind of residential program as they seem quite firm on this point . I’m all for a bit of tough love to motivate people to get up and at ‘em but somehow fear that I am going to fall between the cracks . I guess I’ll discuss this when im able to reschedule my appointment. I hope they have a contingency plan .

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I'm sorry to hear that your pain prevented you from having your second appointment. That must have been frustrating. I think it's good that you're really thinking through all this ahead of time to make sure it's the right program for you and what you need rather than just pushing forward and finding out once you're in it. I hope once you get your second appointment that it will provide the clarity you need whether to move forward with the program or not.