Pain Comments from around the World.....

Its easy to get Stuck in our own "Pain Zone" when Pain feels over-powering to us as each day is filled with finding ways to Cope, Move, and not lose Hope.  The past few days have given me another Lesson-as I keep learning Chronic Pain doesn't stay Fixed in one place of our body-created by God.  The Body has a major Coping System-When one area is struggling against Pain,  we feel sudden Pain in areas that never hurt-strained muscles, Neck Spasms, body parts are unlimited-yet Chronic Pain goes On and On.

One of my Pain Friends, Betty put it clearly-"We have hit the Wall again" tough words filled with aching Truth. Its delightful to have days of feeling "human" but Pain is quietly waiting to send misery flying through my body, and no matter how stubborn I am- Pain forces me to Stop!  

There is only One way to describe this process-its Ugly!  Yet we are still filled with Emotions-bringing another Lesson our way-Just stay Calm-or as my dear Heh Husband puts it, "Martha- take it down a notch or twenty!"  He is right- the past two days have given me a Long Stomach Ache-all brought on by getting upset with an Insurance Issue.

Insurance Battles and Chronic Pain are Close Cousins-as both seem to have no Face as I  am begging-

"Listen I am Human-pause from seeing the Condition and Listen to the Person!"  Nice Dream to have-but one that will never come to life. Yesterday I felt very alone and not able to put any of this into words-when a thought hit me-"I wonder how people cope with Chronic Pain in other countries" knowing there are many areas where medical help seems like a dream to people!  I turned to the Internet, looking for Pain Blogs, simple words written by those who are suffering so far away from this place I call home.  The Search was too Fast with answers that caused my heart to break.

Within seconds the Familiar language of Chronic Pain comments was right in front of me-coming from all over the world-Norway, UK, Italy, Israel, France, Numerous Islands in the Pacific, Russia-the list was endless.  Here are some of their Words:

"Being in Pain makes me feel Helpless, I Can't Remember what it feels like to Not Be in Pain, I feel so much Older because of Pain, There are days when the Pain is so bad, I wonder how to keep moving." I pushed away from my Computer and wanted to Sob-these words are all to familiar to me and then I prayed-asking God to please bring seconds of Relief to all who are fighting with Chronic Pain.

My stomach started easing-as I understood why-I stepped away from My Pain to let my heart go out to countless faces in far away places who suffer each day, trying so hard to find seconds of Joy in life!  We are Kindred Spirits-brought together by Chronic Pain, Strangers in many ways-yet the Blessing of Prayer is right in front of us.  So today-pause for a few seconds as you ask for God's Loving Hand to stretch across the world, bringing Comfort to all who are walking the Long Journey with Chronic Pain.

God Bless you.  Martha