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OldBaldy1701E

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2. "If you have cancer, or a condition that keeps you in pain all the time, I am sorry. I don't know how people do that."

Reply to murielm99 (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2023, 06:11 PM

Dec 2023

I don't know how I do it. I suspect it is that the idea of adding to that pain keeps me from diving out the window. Because with my luck... I would fail.

I just stay as stoned as possible and hope that it never stops working. Because if it ever does... I am done for sure.

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I wonder if anyone has had a similar experience... [View all] murielm99 Dec 2023 OP

are you asking about a pleudisis? or thoracentisus? (unknown spelling) WhiteTara Dec 2023 #1

"If you have cancer, or a condition that keeps you in pain all the time, I am sorry. I don't know how people do that." OldBaldy1701E Dec 2023 #2

There are a lot of pain interventions that are not always used but can be very effective hlthe2b Dec 2023 #3

First, I am sorry for you and for the pain you are in bottomofthehill Dec 2023 #4

It gets better..it gets better...it gets better. murielm99 Dec 2023 #5

It gets better. bottomofthehill Dec 2023 #6

Thank you and God bless you. murielm99 Dec 2023 #7

The shortness of breath is what murielm99 Dec 2023 #8

I know this will sound crazy, but those silly little plastic toys help bottomofthehill Dec 2023 #9