How do single people cope daily with chronic pain?

Namaste everyone,

I’m writing to ask a question for the single people in the group. How do single people cope with chronic pain on a daily basis?

I have lumbosacral spondylosis with radiculopathy, fibromyalgia and hyper mobility, and am going to be 60 in October.

It was 5:43 am I when I started writing this message n England, UK. I woke up with pain and couldn’t get back to sleep. Instead of worrying about the pain and lying with it, I got up, made a cup of tea, thought about what was causing me anxiety, the answer my front room. So I started to sort it out by pacing myself and talking breaks to rest. It’s now 6.27am , it's finished.

I usually do meditation, yoga, or gentle stretches, or listen to music, but this time I needed to move and do something to get through this flare-up. It worked! I paced myself and got the room done, which took me an hour. But I feel so much better, even though my pain is a 7.5. However, the mess was causing it to be a 10! M pain is now a 6!

My symptoms have been worsening over the past 8 weeks and causing more neuropathic pain, chronic fatigue, brain fogginess and a great sense of hopelessness. It’s been so extreme that I forget to take my pain meds at times as I’m so focused on the pain even though I have a tracker to remind me. When the pain is bad, I forget that it’s worse. I’m also struggling emotionally because I go through this alone so many times, especially in the early hours of the morning. I’m a very resilient person, but I’ve really struggled and then pretend to the outside world that I can cope.

I have a carer who comes in three times a week, once a day. They are a great help. I also miss speaking to my psychologist. I’m currently not working and pay for her privately. I’m saving some of my Personal Independent Payment, and hopefully, by the end of February, I’ll be able to speak to her. It’s really crappy sometimes dealing with this, I know I’m sad and having a bad day but it still so annoying, and needed to get this out of my system.

I'm currently listening to
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It's hypnotic, Antartic ambient drone music.

Thanks for being here for me to vent!

One Love, XX