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Buckeye_Democrat

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3. Pain is horrible. I'll be blind in both eyes eventually, but that still seems better than...

Reply to McCamy Taylor (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 10:46 PM

Dec 2016

... chronic pain, at least the really intense kind that makes it nearly impossible to sleep or divert your thoughts away from it.

I see lots of older people at my local grocery who hobble around with hurt expressions on their faces like they played in the NFL for years. I'm guessing that many of them had their bodies wrecked by repetitive factory jobs, though.

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Working While Poor and In Pain in the United States [View all] McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 OP

Recommended. Very well written. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1

Fortunately for me, my incidences of recurrence of back pain virtually stopped a few years ago. stevenleser Dec 2016 #2

Mr. dixie is getting adequate pain meds for his broken back dixiegrrrrl Dec 2016 #6

Pain is horrible. I'll be blind in both eyes eventually, but that still seems better than... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #3

Two words for everyone who reads this. PatrickforO Dec 2016 #4

And in the meantime? nt stevenleser Dec 2016 #5

Suffering for all in pain. MissB Dec 2016 #8

In the meantime? PatrickforO Dec 2016 #21

Once again, and in the meantime? nt stevenleser Dec 2016 #22

As a severe chronic pain sufferer, thank you. Kittycow Dec 2016 #7

McCamy Taylor, may your heart be blessed forever! raging moderate Dec 2016 #9

Thank you for this Warpy Dec 2016 #10

Our healthcare industry loves getting all that gravy money! dubyadiprecession Dec 2016 #11

Thank you sooooo much! kag Dec 2016 #12

Greed And More Greed Is The Issue colsohlibgal Dec 2016 #13

The fact that we give people pain medication that gives them more pain is purely diabolical. n/t TygrBright Dec 2016 #14

And this is how half of supposed drug "abusers" are made. Lyric Dec 2016 #15

The stigma gets in the way of effective treatment loyalsister Dec 2016 #18

Well said zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #16

Spot on; i am there myself, and it's a constant struggle to get any kind of pain meds. it's BS. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #17

And earlier this year the problem became a whole lot worse, as moonscape Dec 2016 #19

I live with pain 24/7 madokie Dec 2016 #20