Venting about Massages

[Guest guest]

I am so tired of everyone not believing us when we say we are in pain. I

feel like my whole body is one horrible bruise, why would anyone want to

fake that is beyond me. I have fibro, CFS, diabetes, high blood pressure,

psoriatic arthritis and osteoarthritis. I have a lot of things that hurt me,

it is very difficult to know what my pain is coming from cause all of those

things can cause a lot of pain. I am 57 years old and been hurting for 8

years. I even went to physical therapy to get my back massaged. I thought I

was going to jump off that table. I told her to STOP. I even had tears in my

eyes, it hurt so badly, she told me she was not putting hardly any pressure

on it only about 25% and that I shouldn't be hurting that bad. I told her I

was and I wanted her to stop. They wanted me to do other things also and

most of them I could not so I stopped going. I wish it had helped but I

suffered for weeks after that. I won't do it again. The only thing that

helped me was a moist heating pad on my back, now that felt wonderful. I

have heard so many of you talk about a good massage, how can one stand to be

massaged. It just hurts me so much. I have my first appt with a pain

specialist on Friday, I sure am hoping she can help me. I have never been to

one before so I really do not know what to expect. I have heard others in

this group talk about it though. My PCP referred me to one cause no matter

what she has given me; the pain is always so bad and never goes away. Thanks

for listening to me. Thanks to all of you for having such a wonderful

support group.

Sherry in SC

" In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next

time. "

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