(August 20, 2023 at 9:31 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I have avascular necrosis in mu right hip, and probably spreading. Constant pain, even asleep, to the point that I've trained myself to roll over in bed without waking myself from an inept move. I occasionally take prescription-strength naproxen (Aleve, 600 mg). I turned down the opiates the VA offered me; I have enough addiction issues as it is.
I deal with it mainly with mental outlook. I've always been something of stoic, and so I deal with it mainly through conditioning my mind. Most days, this works. If I take a wrong step, well, John Henry will pull me up by the short hairs. The VA will give me a hip replacement one day, probably after I'm buried. Fuckin' twats.
After all of my surgeries, the hospital would give me Oxycodone to take for the pain. I've been adamant that I'd never let myself get hooked on that shit, so I'd take it for a couple of days, then we'd stash it away for emergencies(really bad days). The only OTC pain medication that helps with my arthritis pain is Aleve, and I only take it when my knees are screaming. I take so many fucking pills every day that I don't want to take any more unless it's really bad.
I know for a fact that if listening to music didn't help me deal with this crap, I wouldn't be here. I can think of 3 specific times when I was ready to kill myself because I couldn't deal with the nerve pain, on top of my arthritis pain. I know it sounds weird, but listening to black metal music helps me deal with the pain, numbness, burning, and random stabbing pain that happens when I've been on my feet for too long.
