I SUFFER WITH OSTEOARTHRITUS AN HYPERMOBILITY SYNDROME A FORM OF DOUBLE JOINTED SO I GET A LOT OF PAIN AN THEIRS ONLY SO MUCH A PAINKILLER CAN DO TWO KILL IT SO WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY IS CURLING UP IN BED WITH MY 4 CATS LISTENING TWO MUSIC AN WATCHING TELLY AN PLAYING GAMES ON MY COMP AN READING A GOOD BOOK .
I am blessed with a very funny husband, so I get many small moments of happiness laughing with him. I used to take them for granted, now I will appreciate these shared moments of happiness.
But my happiness is watching comedy movies and laughing out loud. A real belly laugh, it feels good and does take the focus off the pain for that moment.
Maybe we should have our own movie, many in pursuit of happiness.
Thank you for sharing your patient's story and for sharing the blog website. I will plan on going there right after I send this comment
i live with severe chronic pain every day, but i do not let it interfere with my happiness. i have a big family, 5 children and a wonderful husband. Yes, i know i am blessed. i surround myself with these bunch of nutty , funny people and we laugh until our bellies ache. last night for instance, i was once again in the emergency room for having a minor stroke and acute sinusitis but 2 of my daughters were with me, making me laugh thru the pain and taking my mind off of the scary stuff. I cannot and will not live my life afraid of what is going to happen next and be sad and moan because of the pain. yes, sometimes it gets real bad, and at those times i take to my room with medication, but i have good times as well and i treasure THOSe moments and those times are the one i think of ALL the time!
I'm 58 and have RLS and chronic leg pain. My happiest moment is snowboarding on a freshly groomed trail in the middle of the week when no one else is around - I'm too busy trying not to fall to think about the pain in my legs. I also love to stay up late at night and watch Tru TV while chewing on Nicotine Gum; by then, the clonazepam and pain killers have done their job and I can empathize with the extreme sport enthusiasts - almost pretending I'm there.
Who can say there is no pleasure without pain? I for one would not be too adverse to trying it out, but perhaps we cannot fully appreciate pleasure without pain. Appreciate the view from that moutaintop until we've spent a few days in the valley.
This moment gave me both pain and pleasure. My oldest son came up to me one
afternoon, he put his arm around me and gave me a hug. His words were simple,
Hi Mama, how are you doing? Is there something I can do or get for you? At the shake of my head, he just said okay and kissed me on the cheek, I love you and walked away.
A simple thing perhaps. But he took great care not to press on my abdomen or back, he called me Mama- something his little teenager self rarely does anymore, being too grown up and macho. I'm mostly Mother now. And told me he loved me. Something else his teenage self rarely says......where anybody can hear him. It hurts my heart that he has to think of such things before he gives his Mom a hug, yet he did deem that moment important enough to brave the obstacle course. A moment of pure happiness. It was fully appreciated.
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Thank you for this wonderful post! Sometimes we get so focused on the pain, we forget about the small, but very important, moments of happiness in our lives.
The happy moment I'd like to share occurred a year ago – a week after Christmas. Our whole family had gotten together to celebrate the holidays. We're a farily large group now with my three children, their spouses and a total of eight grandchildren. At one point, everyone was in the living room at the same time. The kids were playing together, my son was swinging the youngest grandson upside down as he squealed with delight, and the other adults were talking and laughing together. As I looked around the room, I thought, about what a wonderful feeling it was to have my whole family together and happy. I wanted to etch that moment in my memory so I would never forget that feeling of pure joy. Now, anytime I'm tempted to get down about something, I just recall that happy moment and it reminds me how truly blessed I am. – Karen
Sharing happy moments is what the Holidays are all about. Thanks for sharing.
Dr. Christina Lasich, MD