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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 14651" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Stretches are great. What can happen with long-term illness - you tend to draw yourself in, and down. The stretches force you back out and up. They're a better way to keep flexible if exercise is difficult If you CAN exercise, stretches before and after are really beneficial. But stretches alone are still a lot better than nothing.</p><p></p><p>And one more thing on painkillers - there have been times when I've been pain-free for various reasons. I was able to cut back or stop painkillers I'd been taking. Of course I got some withdrawal symptoms, but they were nothing compared to the pain I normally experience. If you take pills for pain and the pain keeps coming back when the pills wear off, you keep taking the pain killers. If the pain eases or comes and goes, you cut back to match the pain. If the pain magically stops (ie they remove a diseased organ) then you can find a number of ways to painlessly withdraw. But unless you become psychologically addicted as well (which only happens when you find yourself taking the pills mainly to enjoy the 'high') you'll have nor problem. If you can match the medication to the pain level there should be no psychological 'high'. Of course, this will vary from person to person - if you have a good pain management specialist they will guide you through.</p><p></p><p>Physiological dependence is very different to full-on addiction.</p><p></p><p>I've had to get used to seeing my pain specialist at a hospice clinic. Most of the other patients are terminal. I've got to switch that off in my head and only deal with my problem. I've met some lovely people there, though.</p><p></p><p>I've also developed some really useful meditation/visualisation techniques which can enhance the pain killers. When I goofed a week ago and missed taking my medications for the day, I was using the visualisation to deal with the pain (until I checked my pills and discovered I hadn't taken them). Then as the pills were beginning to work, I used visualisation again. If you time a visualisation so that the mental imagery is at its strongest just as the medications kick in, you will develop a mental conditioned response where you can, with your mind, trick your body into thinking it's been medicated. I've also linked medications with coffee, too, and when caught out without medications I've had coffee (decaf) instead, to hold the pain under control until I can get back to my medications.</p><p></p><p>Thinking laterally is good. And whatever works, as long as it is legal and not doing you more damage than what you're trying to treat.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 14651, member: 1991"] Stretches are great. What can happen with long-term illness - you tend to draw yourself in, and down. The stretches force you back out and up. They're a better way to keep flexible if exercise is difficult If you CAN exercise, stretches before and after are really beneficial. But stretches alone are still a lot better than nothing. And one more thing on painkillers - there have been times when I've been pain-free for various reasons. I was able to cut back or stop painkillers I'd been taking. Of course I got some withdrawal symptoms, but they were nothing compared to the pain I normally experience. If you take pills for pain and the pain keeps coming back when the pills wear off, you keep taking the pain killers. If the pain eases or comes and goes, you cut back to match the pain. If the pain magically stops (ie they remove a diseased organ) then you can find a number of ways to painlessly withdraw. But unless you become psychologically addicted as well (which only happens when you find yourself taking the pills mainly to enjoy the 'high') you'll have nor problem. If you can match the medication to the pain level there should be no psychological 'high'. Of course, this will vary from person to person - if you have a good pain management specialist they will guide you through. Physiological dependence is very different to full-on addiction. I've had to get used to seeing my pain specialist at a hospice clinic. Most of the other patients are terminal. I've got to switch that off in my head and only deal with my problem. I've met some lovely people there, though. I've also developed some really useful meditation/visualisation techniques which can enhance the pain killers. When I goofed a week ago and missed taking my medications for the day, I was using the visualisation to deal with the pain (until I checked my pills and discovered I hadn't taken them). Then as the pills were beginning to work, I used visualisation again. If you time a visualisation so that the mental imagery is at its strongest just as the medications kick in, you will develop a mental conditioned response where you can, with your mind, trick your body into thinking it's been medicated. I've also linked medications with coffee, too, and when caught out without medications I've had coffee (decaf) instead, to hold the pain under control until I can get back to my medications. Thinking laterally is good. And whatever works, as long as it is legal and not doing you more damage than what you're trying to treat. Marg [/QUOTE]
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