My Hands
I wrote this post several months ago, but let it sit in my drafts. It's something I don't like to think or talk about but I can't avoid it. It's where I live. So maybe if I just put it out here I can move on to blogging about other things!! My friend, Grace, came to visit several months after the accident, and as she was leaving, she said, "Now you call me when your hands stop hurting!" I still haven't made that phone call. With my spinal cord injury, there was considerable nerve damage and there are no pain meds that relieve nerve pain. I was on gabapentin for a couple years, but that didn't really seem to do much, so I quit taking it. My hands and feet hurt. All. The. Time. It's always bad, sometimes its better/bad and sometimes it's worse/bad. I have tried all kinds of supplements and treatments, nothing helps. The only kind of pain management that works is Distraction, which is why it seems to be ...