Chronic pain/grieving process post/Cheryl

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> Cheryl wrote:

> And finally, remember that this is a grieving process. Right now you're angry

at what you've lost. That's normal, and part of the process. Allow yourself to

grieve what you've lost, but don't get stuck in that phase. Therapy will help

you work through that grief process. Be open to what you can learn from this

experience - if the therapist isn't helping, then it's the therapist and not

therapy itself that's at fault. Find another one - it took me four tries to find

someone who actually knew what they were talking about when it came to managing

chronic pain, but she was a huge help to me.

>

> There is hope and you can have a life you can enjoy. It may not be the life

you envisioned for yourself, but nobody ever gets that anyway. You just have to

make a new life for yourself with the cards you've been dealt. That's the real

challenge.

Cheryl,

You said it so well and I agree. I also think that you cannot stuck in wanting

to be normal again, like you were before, as that does not happen either. I

also agree that you need to find a pain management doctor that will treat you

appropriately.

Bennie