Comments on: Company’s calling – a retired surgeon speaks about his nerve pain http://www.blisstree.com/articles/companys-calling-a-retired-surgeon-speaks-about-his-nerve-pain-276/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:49:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marijke Durning, RN http://www.blisstree.com/articles/companys-calling-a-retired-surgeon-speaks-about-his-nerve-pain-276/comment-page-1/#comment-107999 Marijke Durning, RN Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:10:31 +0000 http://www.helpmyhurt.com/2008/03/24/companys-calling-a-retired-surgeon-speaks-about-his-nerve-pain/#comment-107999 Dear Angela, Thank you for your thoughtful posting. What you say makes a lot of sense and I appreciate you taking the time to write. I hope you stop by again and continue to contribute. Marijke Dear Angela,
Thank you for your thoughtful posting. What you say makes a lot of sense and I appreciate you taking the time to write.

I hope you stop by again and continue to contribute.

Marijke

]]> By: Angela Stewart http://www.blisstree.com/articles/companys-calling-a-retired-surgeon-speaks-about-his-nerve-pain-276/comment-page-1/#comment-107998 Angela Stewart Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:15:28 +0000 http://www.helpmyhurt.com/2008/03/24/companys-calling-a-retired-surgeon-speaks-about-his-nerve-pain/#comment-107998 I have had nerve problems in my foot for a year now. I also was a professional person and have largely had to put life on hold. never problems are really difficult for "problem solvers" to deal with as they just keep changing all the time so that your strategies for coping keep "failing" and you start to feel helpless. Tricky for an intelligent and able person. My main advice given my experience is this: keep reading and trying sensible things Learn to adapt as opposed to looking for a "cure" - the reality is there may not be a cure. Rest and pace yourself - know you will have to do this maybe forever. As Bill Bryson said of aging: the depressing thing about it is: when things go wrong, they often stay wrong. This means that if you are comparatively young and reading this: don't continually delay living your life in order to keep on building up your assets: your greatest asset is your health. Sounds boring but its true. What this means is: live while you can, if you have always wanted to travel do it now or soon. I will probably never travel again but the wonderful thing is that I have travelled a great deal on every continent barring Africa. I am so grateful I did that even though I still feel " peeved" that it won't be possible to do it in the future. You must take control and responsibility for yourself: you cannot leave it all to others. Nature's best cure is rest: last year I ignored a tingling and pins and needles feeling - a big mistake. Just recently it has started somewhere else: the difference now is that I know I have to listen to it and rest, avoid wearing shoes and allow 4 - 6 weeks for the nerve to rebuild itself. All of the above means too that you cannot afford to have too much debt- get your house paid off asap in case you have to go without work for some time. I am 58, well educated and known as a "fit lady" it doesn't save you or me. So hope for the best but plan for the worst. Life each day as if its your last. I have had nerve problems in my foot for a year now. I also was a professional person and have largely had to put life on hold. never problems are really difficult for “problem solvers” to deal with as they just keep changing all the time so that your strategies for coping keep “failing” and you start to feel helpless. Tricky for an intelligent and able person.

My main advice given my experience is this:

keep reading and trying sensible things

Learn to adapt as opposed to looking for a “cure” – the reality is there may not be a cure.

Rest and pace yourself – know you will have to do this maybe forever.

As Bill Bryson said of aging: the depressing thing about it is: when things go wrong, they often stay wrong.

This means that if you are comparatively young and reading this: don’t continually delay living your life in order to keep on building up your assets: your greatest asset is your health. Sounds boring but its true.

What this means is: live while you can, if you have always wanted to travel do it now or soon. I will probably never travel again but the wonderful thing is that I have travelled a great deal on every continent barring Africa. I am so grateful I did that even though I still feel ” peeved” that it won’t be possible to do it in the future.

You must take control and responsibility for yourself: you cannot leave it all to others.

Nature’s best cure is rest: last year I ignored a tingling and pins and needles feeling – a big mistake. Just recently it has started somewhere else: the difference now is that I know I have to listen to it and rest, avoid wearing shoes and allow 4 – 6 weeks for the nerve to rebuild itself.

All of the above means too that you cannot afford to have too much debt- get your house paid off asap in case you have to go without work for some time.

I am 58, well educated and known as a “fit lady” it doesn’t save you or me. So hope for the best but plan for the worst. Life each day as if its your last.

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