I wondered what folks here might think about pain management & experience? I recently found out from a shoulder x-ray that aside from a developed Frozen Shoulder, I likely have something called Calcified Tendonitis because there is some calcium deposit around the far right of my collar bone / shoulder & I suspect, from how my body feels sometimes, that this tmay be true in other areas of previous bone trauma.
I get prescribed anti-inflammatory 'meds, which I'm wary of taking because of side effects (headaches, upset belly) already & also pain killers because of damaged discs in my neck - I unwittingly dived into the shallow end of a pool & concussed myself for a couple of days, twenty years ago. I rarely use the pain killers though because I'm ultra-aware of the shift in my head cogs from them, which I dislike & also, I find that my already lacking patience at some things can get massively increased. Plus, I don't know if they really lessen the actual pain or just minimize the caring about it, so I'll basically use them if I've really had enough, for a day or two & then I just try to ignore any persistent discomfort again, which generally works ok as an ongoing cycle. Keeping occupied with stuff like my coloring helps too, like any absorption.
What I do wonder about is whether on AS we feel pain more acutely, in the way that all sensory stuff can be experienced as exaggerated but paradoxically, whether we also have a higher than average tolerance of pain levels?
After losing my balance & cracking my ankle, I walked on it using a support for 5 days thinking it only sprained except when I did get medical attention, I left hospital in a plaster because the bone had actually fractured. It didn't help that I removed the plaster after ten days due to the impracticality of it but that itself is another example of misguided thinking & the collateral damage, I feel, AS has brought me over the years.
Not just the accidents themselves, through poor balance & lack of co-ordination but also an apparent inability to act on the pain afterwards, in a more responsible way. I never sought attention for my concussion either.
Since actively trying to accept & accommodate my AS into daily life & self these last two years, I try to be more responsible & have a more precautionary attitude to myself. I am prescribed daily exercise at home, which can be a chore to remember or actually make the time for to do although I actually do very little but I am trying hard because of restricted shoulder movement that I want to improve. I'm also supposed to use a public pool but I'm still trying to work up to this, for all the usual uneasiness-feelings that such planned stuff & public environments make me feel.
Anyways, it's all ongoing & I just wanted to put that out there & ask for others' opinions & experience, Thanks
I get prescribed anti-inflammatory 'meds, which I'm wary of taking because of side effects (headaches, upset belly) already & also pain killers because of damaged discs in my neck - I unwittingly dived into the shallow end of a pool & concussed myself for a couple of days, twenty years ago. I rarely use the pain killers though because I'm ultra-aware of the shift in my head cogs from them, which I dislike & also, I find that my already lacking patience at some things can get massively increased. Plus, I don't know if they really lessen the actual pain or just minimize the caring about it, so I'll basically use them if I've really had enough, for a day or two & then I just try to ignore any persistent discomfort again, which generally works ok as an ongoing cycle. Keeping occupied with stuff like my coloring helps too, like any absorption.
What I do wonder about is whether on AS we feel pain more acutely, in the way that all sensory stuff can be experienced as exaggerated but paradoxically, whether we also have a higher than average tolerance of pain levels?
After losing my balance & cracking my ankle, I walked on it using a support for 5 days thinking it only sprained except when I did get medical attention, I left hospital in a plaster because the bone had actually fractured. It didn't help that I removed the plaster after ten days due to the impracticality of it but that itself is another example of misguided thinking & the collateral damage, I feel, AS has brought me over the years.
Not just the accidents themselves, through poor balance & lack of co-ordination but also an apparent inability to act on the pain afterwards, in a more responsible way. I never sought attention for my concussion either.
Since actively trying to accept & accommodate my AS into daily life & self these last two years, I try to be more responsible & have a more precautionary attitude to myself. I am prescribed daily exercise at home, which can be a chore to remember or actually make the time for to do although I actually do very little but I am trying hard because of restricted shoulder movement that I want to improve. I'm also supposed to use a public pool but I'm still trying to work up to this, for all the usual uneasiness-feelings that such planned stuff & public environments make me feel.
Anyways, it's all ongoing & I just wanted to put that out there & ask for others' opinions & experience, Thanks
