Everything seem weird and unbelievable for ordinary people,for those who have been living with chronic pain,..the illness has taken it's toll on every aspect of they life. As stated before, health and wellness are priceless,most people never know until they lose it.
Living with chronic pain came make these mental conditions worse and vice-versa depression can make pain worse.Many people will also suffer Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder after or before chronic pain.
Family that is supposed to love, care and support you have faced the some pain. Always be positive and self motivaterd in overcome the pain.Below provide some tips and strategies in fighting Chronic Pain Associated with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome- TOC
Strategies for Managing Chronic Pain Associated with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome:
1. Isolate the activities that cause pain and find ways to work around them. At first, every activity seemed to hurt. Over time, I started keeping a journal that had a pictographic representation of myself. Each day I would mark what areas of my arms, hands, and shoulder hurt, and then I would detail my activities for the day. This allowed me to develop a record that was not only useful for taking to doctors appointments but also helped me to isolate patterns of activities that cause the most pain. Personally, the following activities proved to be the most harmful:
A. Typing: Absolutely not possible. Instant pain. Not happening.
Resolution: Voice Recognition Software. Realistically, it is almost impossible to find a job in today's world that does not require some amount of typing. Even the mechanics at the garage use a computer. And yet in less than one minute of typing, I would be experiencing so much pain that it would be difficult to sleep hours later. Eventually I came across a voice recognition software program. At first I did not use this very much, because it is an activity that can make one very self-conscious. As I grew more comfortable with it, though, it became more useful and I increased the library of recognized words through continuous use.
B. Using a mouse: Extreme Pain! This caused sharp pain to radiate up under my jawbone down to my fingertips.
Resolution: Pen Tablet And Arm Braces. On every computer that I use, I have replaced the mouse with a pen tablet. This allows me to push the included pen tablet mouse around to position a cursor, then use the voice recognition software to direct the computer to click or double-click as needed. Used together, I can control a computer without pressing a button (at least mostly). I wear the arm braces to maintain the same position of my hand and wrist relative to my arm. Generally, everything from the elbow down stays in the same place as I push the mouse around on the tablet.
C. Driving: Just as critical to modern day life, but equally debilitating to me.
Resolution: Arm Braces And Automatic Transmission. For years I drove a stick shift, and I loved it. But with the onset of TOS, not only did turning the steering wheel hurt, but shifting gears put a lot of strain on my arms. Since my surgery I have only driven automatics, and I always always always drive with arm braces. Initially finding a set of arm braces that comfortably kept my wrist in position proved difficult. When I finally did locate a pair (made by Med Spec), I continued to use them up to this day. I keep separate pairs at my desk at work, in my car, at my desk at home, and boxes of extras in the closet. I am faced with having to wear these for the rest of my life while using a computer or driving, so I try to stockpile them when I can.
D. Carrying my daughter: This one was the most depressing. After my daughter was born I realized that carrying her around for any length of time really caused problems for me.
Resolution: Typically I would just sit in the floor with her if it was feasible. But there are 1 million times where I just carried her and hurt. And who can blame me, each of you would do the same. One day when I am old and crotchety I will remind her of this and make her take me out for ice cream. I would take holding my daughter and hurting any day over not being able to carry her at all.
E. Sleeping: Prior to acquiring TOS, I slept on my side. Nowadays, if I wake up sleeping on my side, my arms will be numb and will hurt for hours.
Resolution: This one proved difficult to change. After years of conscious effort, I now go to sleep on my back and if I wake up during the night will automatically roll over to lay on my back if I am lying on my side. But I still sometimes wake up lying on my side, and I'm not sure there is much that can be done about it.
2. Keep a positive attitude. OK, that seems campy and glib, but it is hugely important. The bottom line is that if you have TOS there is a chance (when I had surgery, a 60% chance) that surgery will be ineffective or, without surgery, you will not greatly improve for many many years, and possibly not ever. Nerve damage takes a very long time to heal, in the cases when it can heal at all. It was so easy to get locked into a mindset that life had treated me very unfairly and that everyone else continued to live these full, interesting lives while mine had been totally circumscribed. It was hard to see (although now I am able to thankfully) that by being alive at all I was already incredibly lucky. At its worst, there was no way for me to see during my ordeal that I would eventually find ways to work around it and meet a beautiful girl and have a beautiful baby. The more positive attitude you can maintain, the better your chances of being successful in finding ways to live around the pain.
3. Stay Busy. In my experience, especially during the worst times, if I did not stay busy I constantly dwelt on how much I was hurting, or how badly I felt I had been treated by life, etc. This is not conducive to healing. As time passed, I tried to focus less on the things I could no longer do and instead started pouring my energy into things that I could still do and enjoy. This made a big difference in my quality of life, and indirectly in the quality of life of those around me, since it is easier to spend time with a friend who is generally pleasant than a friend who is constantly depressed.
So that's it. If you know someone who has been diagnosed with TOS, try to be patient. If you yourself have TOS or a similar problem which causes chronic pain, hang in there. It is tough at first and takes a little while to adapt, but things really do get better if you put your mind to it.
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