Even many conditions which DO respond to treatment often don't do so completely, or are chronic and you can't stay on the treatment forever. (For example, immuno-suppressants work pretty well for me with my arthritis- BUT they don't take away existing skeletal damage, only soft-tissue inflammation, so I still have pain in my worst joints, AND you cannot stay on them indefinitely, because they are hard on other body parts.)
Interestingly, my dad did not really "get" what I was talking about re: my pain levels until he developed osteoarthritis in a finger. (Not that I think he was consciously thinking "oh, she gets stuff out of saying she's in pain" but I do think there's some resentment- kind of understandably- when you see someone who is not visibly impaired lying around in bed all day or what have you.) Now that he's had arthritis in his finger, however, he's suddenly "I cannot imagine having that type of pain ALL OVER."
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Date: 2008-09-11 09:01 pm (UTC)Interestingly, my dad did not really "get" what I was talking about re: my pain levels until he developed osteoarthritis in a finger. (Not that I think he was consciously thinking "oh, she gets stuff out of saying she's in pain" but I do think there's some resentment- kind of understandably- when you see someone who is not visibly impaired lying around in bed all day or what have you.) Now that he's had arthritis in his finger, however, he's suddenly "I cannot imagine having that type of pain ALL OVER."