Pain Control 

So I recently had surgery for the first time in my adult life and it has me looking at pain a little different.  I have always dealt with a level of pain due to my profession and life but it has always been controlled.  This has been eye opening!  I don’t usually take medicine, not because I’m against it but because my body functions well without it.  There are always healthy ways I have found to assist me in my life journey that has given me a better outcome.  This is not to say that I never take anything, but I try to keep it to a minimum unless deemed necessary.  

So prior to the surgery I was given a prescription for some strong pain medicine which I filled, just in case.  Honestly I didn’t think I would need it but ultimately I did.  Of course I used it as needed and only as needed, but I used it.  Pain is a serious thing and when you are dealing with it in any form all you want is RELIEF.  I understand emotional pain very well, but now I truly understand physical pain as well and I sympathize with those who have to deal with it on a daily. 

I have been learning pain control through this process and it s very difficult for me.  The lesson for me has been dependency on something other than another healthier alternative mostly because of the side effects of the medication.  

There is always side effects to pain control.  It teaches dependency on an outside source rather than dependency on an eternal source.  It teaches the user how to cover pain rather than deal with the source of the pain in a long term pain control situation.  It teaches how to numb true feelings and mask true hurt and pain.  It also teaches loneliness because no one truly understands my pain.

I know this physical pain will end soon for me, but for some people it will take a longer process.  Allow yourself time to physically heal using your pain control methods but don’t allow yourself to get stuck in those methods.  Emotional pain is tied to physical pain and sometimes it is very hard to separate the two.  Physical pain can be medicated it is much harder to medicate emotional pain.  There are people dealing with both simultaneously and my prayer for you is that you will seek help.

Help can come in many forms, but covering your pain ultimately leads to more pain, deeper pain, and in most cases sickness as a result.  Find someone you trust, pray, and keep pressing through because help is there.  My pain has a deadline, it will come to an end and so will yours.

Be encouraged, and keep pushing through.

Blessings~