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I Puke Daily, and I’m good with that!
How to deal with chronic daily pain.
Every morning I open my eyes for the day from pain. Pain is what shocks my body awake every single day. I don’t wake up to the smell of bacon and eggs, a massage from my lover, or my kids laughing. No, every day I wake up after a few hours of rest in excruciating pain.
I can’t remember the last time I woke up pain-free. Daily consistent pain is a reminder that life is pain. So what do I do?
Coping
There are only a few things I can do that help and I have developed some techniques for dealing with the daily morning pain. These techniques are not full proof not by any means. It's more of a checklist of different things to do until something helps.
The first thing I did was see a doctor and get a diagnosis. If there is medication a doctor can prescribe then that is always the best. I do take medicine daily but that only dulls the edge of the pain it doesn’t get rid of it by any means.
The second thing you can do and probably the most important because it is the first thing you do when you wake up. Remember this pain is not…
