Winter weather increases my pain sensitivity due to complex regional pain syndrome. Lucky me! It snowed Saturday and my wife shoveled around our home while I stayed inside feeling useless. I could've helped, but nobody wants to hear me complain for hours afterward about how much I hurt because I cleared the snow on the ground, not even me. Complaining gets old fast and negativity leads to stress which increases my pain. After the snowfall, it got real cold for a few days and I did basically nothing while staying indoors, but thankfully the bitter cold is over for now and I'll be out and about more often soon enough.
I mentioned in my last post that I learned about a pain clinic down in Arkansas that is supposed to be life-changing for those suffering chronic conditions such as CRPS. I've been looking into it more and more. However, it's disgustingly expensive. It costs the average patient $30,000 for 12 weeks and they don't take any insurance. JESUS. That's more than what my college tuition cost me and that took forever to pay off.
While I'm interested in the program, I have already completed a pain program 3 years ago. It was not the same, but I did learn techniques that I still use to this day to help deal with my ongoing issues. I had already hit my deductible that year so I was all about it. Also, with the stimulator in my back, I really wonder how much more of an improvement there could possibly be?
I don't know if the program is snake oil, but for someone who thought that all potential avenues of pain relief were exhausted I can't help but feel optimistic about this program. Or maybe it's just a dead end and I need to stop thinking about this. I don't know.
Coming up with the funds would be difficult for sure, but people will do anything for pain relief including dying by overdosing on opioids. Sorry enemies, but I'm not going out like that. That's lame. I have a better plan. All I need to do to fund this program would be to rob a bank. (I'm kidding. I think.) I'm sure there's a Safe Cracking for Dummies book. They have a dummy book for everything nowadays. In fact, I have one on Bee Keeping that, hopefully, I'll be using this spring.
As far as living in Arkansas for 12 weeks straight? Yikes. What is even in Arkansas? I think Walmart was founded there. I think they have razorbacks, too. Those things frighten me. Have you seen that movie, Razorback? I don't want to be gored and devoured by a mutant feral pig. That'd suck. My wife would only know that the pig consumed me after finding my wedding band in its shit. Gross, man.
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