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freddiefragglesI've been thinking recently about trying to describe pain. Describing pain has never been easy for me. I think this probably stems from being quite young when this whole thing started and not having the vocabulary for it. And possibly also that the best way to describe it is in relation to itself ("Worse than it was yesterday," or "More achey than last week," for example).
Let's try describing how it feels at the moment. Stiff in the joint with dull stabbing pains when moving or applying small pressure and more acute stabbing pains in the joint when putting full weight down. It's quite complex and it changes depending what time of day it is, how much exercise I did yesterday, how long I've been sitting down, if I've sat in a way that cuts circulation off to my legs, how many spoons I think I have... yeah, the list goes on a bit longer.
I started off thinking I'd write a post entitled The Pros and Cons of not taking painkillers explored but I seem to have veered off course somewhat. I have noticed that the problem with not taking painkillers is that when I have a headache I can't take anything for it. And I've had some pretty awful headaches this week.
Let's try describing how it feels at the moment. Stiff in the joint with dull stabbing pains when moving or applying small pressure and more acute stabbing pains in the joint when putting full weight down. It's quite complex and it changes depending what time of day it is, how much exercise I did yesterday, how long I've been sitting down, if I've sat in a way that cuts circulation off to my legs, how many spoons I think I have... yeah, the list goes on a bit longer.
I started off thinking I'd write a post entitled The Pros and Cons of not taking painkillers explored but I seem to have veered off course somewhat. I have noticed that the problem with not taking painkillers is that when I have a headache I can't take anything for it. And I've had some pretty awful headaches this week.
