Information and opinions on health from hamstergirl at HealthCentral.com. 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/profiles/c/55395/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/55395/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/55395/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/55395/74599/thoughts Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:05:28 -0400 hamstergirl I live in Canada. I am praying for all of my brothers and sisters with chronic pain in the USA concerning the FDA. I know just how difficult it is with chronic pain. Mercifully, the doctors have believed me so far and not treated me like a drug pusher. Then again, I have a visible disability, cerebral palsy and lots of health problems to go with it. I have also had depression long before my pain diagnosis (please don't blame the... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/55395/74599/thoughts http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/55395/73509/depression Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:20:39 -0400 hamstergirl I was recently at a wheelchair seating clinic. I have been leaning to the right much more in recent months. I have scoliosis, cerebral palsy and a left dislocated hip in addition to the chronic pain.   I find the chronic pain has made my depression explode, to the point where I feel like I should already be dead. My quality of life varies wildly, depending on how much I hurt on a given day. But worst of all, it has affected my... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/55395/73509/depression http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/55395/51510/triggering Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:38:24 -0500 hamstergirl I figured out that eating just prolongs my misery. It also leads to bowel movements, and these are way too painful for me. I haven't eaten anything of nutrional value for a few days. Anytime I try, I lose all interest in eating.   It is not like me to be suicidal, at least not before the chronic pain. My depression seems to be much worse when my physical pain levels are low. My depression became a lot worse in the first place due to... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/55395/51510/triggering http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/55395/50436/ve Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:22:25 -0500 hamstergirl I'm going out on Saturday. I'm buying a water pistol while there's snow on the ground. Why?   For the same reason that this admitttedly pro-life disabled rights, Catholic rights activist is now obsessing about suicide and her own death. Chronic pain.     I've lived with mental anguish for a long, long time. Being born with cerebral palsy can lead to that and more. But living with a handicap need not lead to suicide.... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/55395/50436/ve http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/55395/46013/small-step Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:51:18 -0400 hamstergirl This is my first post on this website. I am nervous. After growing up with emotionally abusive parents, I have been scared of human contact ever since. But I have to make contact with others or I may very well wind up dead.   I have had chronic pain for four years. Suicide is now an obsession with me. It's got to be because of the chronic pain. For many years, I loved life, in spite of what it has thrown at me. And now. I see and hear... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/55395/46013/small-step