About a gazillion years ago I had an actual life. I would be able to do normal stuff just like a normal person. Then came my chronic pain. I know it really wasn’t a gazillion years ago but it sure feels like it. When the pain first started I noticed my life getting smaller. Now it seems to have gotten about as small as it can and still be called a life. This is something we all must deal with. The loss of “Quality of life” brought on by our pain. Some of us cope better than others with this loss, but it is still a huge loss to all of us. If we are lucky we can still work and get some things done around the house. Most likely though we are reduced to losing the “FUN” stuff that makes living worth it.
Most of us have had to narrow our lives to manage our pain. We don’t go out with friends as much or at all. We don’t go out to dinner or the movies. We rarely get out of the house except for those wonderful doctor appointments and medical procedures. The house begins to look like a hoarder’s paradise as stuff collects and we can’t keep up. Denis Leary has a great song Life's Gonna Suck just wish they would update it for chronic pain.
I know we all don’t want to hear about how much we are missing out on life. So how about on ways we cope with it. Let’s get some new diaries on our ways we cope with the narrowing of our lives. Do you read, watch TV /Movies, Crochet, Knit, play cards, draw, etc. How do you deal with the not being able to clean up issues ? What do you do for FUN !