Pain and the Long View
John Henry Giles: How many of those pills you taking?
House: I'm in pain.
John Henry Giles: Yeah. Aren't we all?
House: Season 1(DNR)
Pain is a feeling I'm all too familiar with. It's been a constant companion with me since I was nine. Drunk drivers tend to do that to you. Thankfully, I can walk and do everything that a person can do. I'm not handicapped. It's just that every minute of the day, something hurts. I don't call it chronic fatigue syndrome because it just sounds like such a copout. I can do whatever I have to, it just takes more out of me than it would a regular person. I'm always tired in pain. Nothing unbearable, just a low level,persistent,physical discomfort. Sitting or standing too long hurts. I feel fine walking but after a while my lower back and between my shoulderblades knot up and begin to throb. Lying down relieves the pain a bit but I can never get comfortable. My bones are always popping as I put them back into place. Over the years the crepitation has gotten worse. I can now crack most of my joints pretty much at will. The chiropractor I saw when I was a kid said that it would last for the rest of my life. I've learned to look on the bright side. I mean, what else can I do? I think that this has taught me to feel more compassion for those suffering from physical problems. I'm a lot better off than someone in a wheelchair but I can sympathize to some extent with what they're going through. It serves as a reminder that there are people in this life who have it much worse off than you. I think this was the main reason why I decided to become a massage therapist. I didn't think anyone should ever be in the kind of pain I live with on a daily basis. I don't let it stop me from doing what I want. I do know that it has changed me. I'm not as happy as I once was. I'm angrier than I ever was before this happened to me. I guess that I'm more bitter than I'd like to admit. But dealing with permanent pain has forced me to dig deep, to reach levels of toughness I don't think I would have known I possessed if this hadn't happened. The best thing that came out of this is that I gained a sense of perspective that has really served me well, especially as I got and continue to grow older. I don't let the little things bother me like I used to. I take the long view now. If I don't get a job or things don't work out the way I want them to I let it go. Don't stress over the things you can't control.
I don't know how I'll turn out physically if I'm fortunate enough to make it to old age but I'll deal with it. Don't stress over the things you can't control. I'm just going to do the best I can to take care of myself, eat right and exercise. Things'll work out as they will.
House: I'm in pain.
John Henry Giles: Yeah. Aren't we all?
House: Season 1(DNR)
Pain is a feeling I'm all too familiar with. It's been a constant companion with me since I was nine. Drunk drivers tend to do that to you. Thankfully, I can walk and do everything that a person can do. I'm not handicapped. It's just that every minute of the day, something hurts. I don't call it chronic fatigue syndrome because it just sounds like such a copout. I can do whatever I have to, it just takes more out of me than it would a regular person. I'm always tired in pain. Nothing unbearable, just a low level,persistent,physical discomfort. Sitting or standing too long hurts. I feel fine walking but after a while my lower back and between my shoulderblades knot up and begin to throb. Lying down relieves the pain a bit but I can never get comfortable. My bones are always popping as I put them back into place. Over the years the crepitation has gotten worse. I can now crack most of my joints pretty much at will. The chiropractor I saw when I was a kid said that it would last for the rest of my life. I've learned to look on the bright side. I mean, what else can I do? I think that this has taught me to feel more compassion for those suffering from physical problems. I'm a lot better off than someone in a wheelchair but I can sympathize to some extent with what they're going through. It serves as a reminder that there are people in this life who have it much worse off than you. I think this was the main reason why I decided to become a massage therapist. I didn't think anyone should ever be in the kind of pain I live with on a daily basis. I don't let it stop me from doing what I want. I do know that it has changed me. I'm not as happy as I once was. I'm angrier than I ever was before this happened to me. I guess that I'm more bitter than I'd like to admit. But dealing with permanent pain has forced me to dig deep, to reach levels of toughness I don't think I would have known I possessed if this hadn't happened. The best thing that came out of this is that I gained a sense of perspective that has really served me well, especially as I got and continue to grow older. I don't let the little things bother me like I used to. I take the long view now. If I don't get a job or things don't work out the way I want them to I let it go. Don't stress over the things you can't control.
I don't know how I'll turn out physically if I'm fortunate enough to make it to old age but I'll deal with it. Don't stress over the things you can't control. I'm just going to do the best I can to take care of myself, eat right and exercise. Things'll work out as they will.
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