Several months from now, I will be
undergoing a surgical procedure known as
integra dermal regeneration template. It
is a technique that is performed by first
removing scar tissue and applying the
integra template on it. After about two
or more weeks, the first layer is removed
and an ultra-thin skin graft will be taken
from my own skin and will stay in place
with either staples or sutures. It's a
more advance technique than the
traditional skin grafts and I hear the
results are amazing. The only thing that
concerns me is how painful it is going to
be. I happen to have a mid threshold for
pain and I will like to know how I can
improve on that. Suggestions anyone?
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angieschimm
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 7
a Couple Ideas.... Posted: 02-18-04 09:42am
I am 24 and deal with chronic pain every
day. I have gone through pain management
classes and here's a few things that I
learned there...
I know it is hard, but you have to try not
to think about your pain. When you
constantly think about the area that
hurts, it actually affects your brain, and
the surrounding nerves, and it will in
effect hurt more. Try meditation or deep
breathing exercises. Project yourself to
somewhere relaxing and think of the things
you would hear, see, smell, and even feel
there. I use the beach.
There are several different alternative
ways to help pain, such as; acupuncture,
acupressure, reflexology, yoga, etc.
Check around in your area to see what is
available to you.
Make sure that you exercise, and if you
can't then at least do some stretching
excercises every day. A firm muscle that
is in shape is going to hurt a lot less
than an out of shape muscle. Also you
need to get up and move around just to
keep your circulation healthy. Even just
to walk around sometimes helps.
Maybe you should attend pain management
classes, or support group meetings. It
is always nice to know that you are not
alone, and there are a lot of people out
there who can not only relate, but also
want to help.
I hope some of this helps!!!! Good luck
with your surgery, I hope everything goes
well for you!
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Whitestar
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Coral Springs, Florida
Re: a Couple Ideas.... Posted: 02-18-04 09:50am
angieschimm
wrote:
I am 24 and deal with
chronic pain every day. I have gone
through pain management classes and here's
a few things that I learned there...
I know it is hard, but you have to try not
to think about your pain. When you
constantly think about the area that
hurts, it actually affects your brain, and
the surrounding nerves, and it will in
effect hurt more. Try meditation or
deep breathing exercises. Project
yourself to somewhere relaxing and think
of the things you would hear, see, smell,
and even feel there. I use the beach.
Make sure that you exercise, and if you
can't then at least do some stretching
excercises every day. A firm muscle
that is in shape is going to hurt a lot
less than an out of shape muscle. Also
you need to get up and move around just to
keep your circulation healthy. Even
just to walk around sometimes
helps.
hi. Thanks for the kind words. The thing
is, my scar is located on my left bicep so
it is slightly contracted whenever I flex
it.
1) do you think I should pump iron anyway
prior to my surgery?
2) what does the pain management entail?
Regards,
whitestar
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Whitestar
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Coral Springs, Florida
Re: a Couple Ideas.... Posted: 02-18-04 09:51am
angieschimm
wrote:
I am 24 and deal with
chronic pain every day. I have gone
through pain management classes and here's
a few things that I learned there...
I know it is hard, but you have to try not
to think about your pain. When you
constantly think about the area that
hurts, it actually affects your brain, and
the surrounding nerves, and it will in
effect hurt more. Try meditation or
deep breathing exercises. Project
yourself to somewhere relaxing and think
of the things you would hear, see, smell,
and even feel there. I use the
beach.
Make sure that you exercise, and if you
can't then at least do some stretching
excercises every day. A firm muscle
that is in shape is going to hurt a lot
less than an out of shape muscle. Also
you need to get up and move around just to
keep your circulation healthy. Even
just to walk around sometimes
helps.
hi. Thanks for the kind words. The
thing is, my scar is located on my left
bicep so it is slightly contracted
whenever I flex it.
1) do you think I should pump iron anyway
prior to my surgery?
2) what does the pain management entail?
Regards,
whitestar
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angieschimm
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 7
More On Pain Management... Posted: 02-18-04 11:48am
About the "pumping iron" - you should
check with your doctor about how much
weight you should actually be lifting with
that arm prior to surgery. But there are
firming and stretching exercises that
don't require weights; maybe you can get
more info. On these on a search engine
like yahoo, or google.
Pain management for me was very helpful.
I went to one on one appointments with a
counselor, as well as small group
meetings. We discussed different methods
of meditation, deep breathing, etc. And
we discussed different ways of dealing
with our pain, how it affects us - and the
people around us, and how to live a normal
life while being in pain.
We all had to keep a journal of how our
pain affected us every day - how much it
hurt on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the
worst, if it made you crabby that day, if
you wanted to cry or did cry that day, how
our medication affected us, things like
that. It gave me a lot of insight.
You can probably find more information on
pain management groups on the internet
also. I hope this helps!
Angieschimm
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Whitestar
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Coral Springs, Florida
Posted: 02-22-04 10:15am
Hi.
Thanks so much for the info. Just out of
curiousity, are you currently pain-free?
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Katylia
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Kentucky
Strange Pain. Posted: 08-23-04 00:22am
I had a hysterectomy 4 years ago and woke
up with pain in my left ear and throat. I
still have the pain today even though i'm
on the duragesic pain patch and
hydrocodone for breakthrough. They are
telling me now they believe I have
glosopharyngeal neuragia, which is where
the nerve sten's covering begins to come
off and the neuro doc needs to go in to
put a covering on the end of the nerve.
He says it's like having a live wire with
having shock like , electrical pain shoot
in the areaaffected. It comes and goes in
cycles. But lately it's ben her more.
Then they suggested having the deep brain
stimutor placed in my brain like they do
for parkinson's but now they do it for
pain, stopping the ability to for me to
feel any pain. It's ben a while but can't
decide what to do. Just wanted to let you
all know about the deep brain stimuator
that is placed in the area of the brain
where pain is controlled, and you may turn
it up or down. But I think the bottom
line is getting the culprit fixed. Good
luck to all in pain, it's a real pain I
know!
Take car-katylia
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