Information and opinions on Chronic Pain from vickie bouten at ChronicPainConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/36001/pallitive Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:22:26 -0400 vickie bouten I believe that I have a fairly good relationship with my pain doctor, okay I admit I have a much better relationship with her nurse Sharon, while having her own medical problems never seems to not have enough time to be encouraging and I love her for it. I am wondering how many of you out there in cyberspace have the same relationship?  We plan our visits with an almost religious fever, what we are going to say and not say (and somehow the... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/36001/pallitive http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/31651/pain-weight Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:53:12 -0400 vickie bouten Happy Sunday afternoon everyone. As most of you know, if you have read my posts, I've been in a major car accident in 85 and was diagnosed in 2003 with a non-malignant spinal cord tumor that will eventually take the use of my legs.  Now I have always lived with pain, but as the years have progressed the pain has taken a lot of the quality of my life away from me. I've never been "ultra" thin and have had my years of being heavy (now isn't... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/31651/pain-weight http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/29932/confusion Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:56:39 -0400 vickie bouten Hi everyone,   I haven't been on line for a while, a lot going on physically and family wise but thought that I would share what is going on and hope for some advice. Since it's been so long I'll share some of my story again.  I was diagnosed with a non-malignant spinal cord tumor that is inoperable as the nerves are growing through and around it.  The tumor will eventually take the use of my legs and well the use of my body... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/29932/confusion http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/21391/pain Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:20:00 -0400 vickie bouten I thought that I would let everyone who has been so supportive of me with my troubles with pain management clinics, doctors, and pain oh so much pain.I've reread and reread all the posts that you have all sent me and have learned a lot.1-talk to your doctor, see them as a person, not a demi-god2-listen to your body3-don't let the bad days fill your heart one day becomes two days, becomes a week, which     becomes a... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/21391/pain http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/20834/accept-pain Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:45:00 -0500 vickie bouten Hi everyone, Thanks Diane for your kind words I never thought about my addiction fears in that context before, it did open my eyes alot.I know my fear of addiction is in part the fear we all have of being seen by others as "less" of a person, or being looked down upon by the general "normal" population.  I think another component to my fear is also the fear of some form of lack of control be that all in my head or... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/20834/accept-pain http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/20034/told-pain Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:28:00 -0500 vickie bouten Hello everyone,I'm glad I've found a forum that is for people with all kinds of pain, I haven't found anyone yet with what I have so I'm hoping I'll find kindred spirits here.I was in a major car accident in 1985, where I crushed my pelvis, I was the first person to go the full six weeks with an external fixature, yippee my stomach was pictured in medical journals! I broke my femur, had a rod place but it started coming out... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/44324/20034/told-pain