Everybody Hurts

[lilymarlowe]

It's occurred to me over the last few days that I have been living a lie  of sorts. I've been making my way through life assuming that most of the people I know who suffer from some kind of chronic pain have been in far worse agony than I experience on a daily basis. I've always figured that I should shut up and feel lucky that I experience only a

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[lilymarlowe]

Thanks, Shawn. Yeah. Some folks I know posted complaints about pain on Facebook that prompted me to actually dig a little deeper into my own chronic pain and figure out just exactly how severe it is and how it affects the rest of my health (physical, mental, emotional). Discovering that I know people who medicate daily with Tramadol for pain levels and types similar to my own made me grateful that I can come up with better ways of dealing with it.