Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself

@barbarn Here,s the website I was looking for The Tapping Solution.com Nick Ortner will tell yo you about it and walk you through it as I said this follows the meridian points in our body

Click on my name wsh66 and that will take you to where you can message from

@barbarn Thank you for your compassion. I feel strange about “exposing” myself, but something inside pushed me to bare all.

Thqnks for your reply. I have been trying a 1:1 CBD to THC tincture, but have not had too much success. Will give it a try again as I am told it takes a little time to work.

You mentioned Myofascial pain release therapy. I had cranial facial release therapy and it was the bomb. I had it done by 3 different PT's. Only one was any good at it and she was great. This is getting into a fuzzy area where the intentions of the therapist and the rapport with the patient are all important. I am a Qigong healer and what we, (Qigong folks) do is very dependent upon our intention. I'll be the first to admit, it's out there but it's very real and doesn't rely on the one being healed to believe in Qigong. It is about the oldest of the Chinese forms of healing and is the mother of Thi Chi, Yoga and Acupuncture. It is also the forerunner of things like reflexology and works based on the energy flow in the body. It also lead to things like "tapping" which is in the conversation right now with this group we are in. How did the "release " therapy work for you?

@wsh66 Hi Stephen, yes I got your message back. I have a question. Don’t they massage you to get the fluids moving? And does everyone have to wear a special wrap on their leg 24/7? How did you get lymphedema? If you don’t mind me asking

@wsh66 Well I wrote to you before reading your text to me. I am in Cary, NC which is right outside the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area. We have the UNC- Chapel Hill hospital and Duke within 20 miles. I am very lucky to have excellent, well known hospitals so close! The UNC system is the one with an office in Cary that practices lymphedema. I just don5 want to have to wrap everyday!

I am majake &I have FMS & scoliosis & this is my first posting ever. I also have chronic depression. I am 70 years old. I would enjoy talking with others in the same situation.

hi majake. glad you reached out to us. i have degenerative dis c disease and scoliosis, along with other problems. you know the pain this causes. i take hydrocodone for the pain, but it only helps take the edge off, does not really relieve the pain. the pain and the inactivity they causes add to my chronic depression. i do not go out of the house except for doctors appointments because the pain and effort are too great. i live with my family so i do have company. i try to keep busy. i like to watch dvds, i am a voracious reader, and i really like to do needlework, especially needlepoint. these activities help in two ways. they help to take my mind off the pain as much as possible and they help with the depression by keeping me busy. i do not know which is worse, the physical or the emotional pain. i have an outreach counselor who comes to the house once a month to talk, and it gives me an outlet to talk about my problems. do you have any treatment for your physical pai n? what do you do about your depression which can be just as bad? hope some of this helps. and keep reaching out.

Catherine

@cak11555 Hi Catherine, I know you were writing to someone else but I saw me in you and had to respond. I have fibromyalgia , rheumatoid arthritis, and back and knee and shoulder issues. The pain meds don’t really do me any good anymore. Like tonight, I have just sit and rocked - which seems to help. I also don’t leave the house except for dr’s appts and the occasional trip to the grocery store with my brother. We are technically on the ground floor, but you have to walk a ramp to get to the apt, and boy is it steep! It makes me dread going anywhere. Like you, I am a reader, but sometimes in the midst of the black hole, I can’t concentrate enough to read. So I go to YouTube and find concerts to listen to. Thank God for my brother. We live together and he supports me.
I just had to reply as we sound so much alike. Thank you for taking the time to read this....Karen