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365 Day Photo Challenge 356/365 “To Be Pain Free For a Day”

21 Monday Dec 2015

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I was thinking earlier this afternoon when the last time I had a day that I went pain free.  Yesterday.  I would have to say yesterday I was relatively pain free for a day.  Lately it’s been my feet giving me problems and now my kidneys.  But yesterday I was pain free because I didn’t have any pain in my feet and my kidney didn’t hurt.  Today, however, my feet were barking toward the end of the day but my kidney remained calm and pain free.

As I sit here whining about my pain, I’m reminded that there are a lot of people that are worse off than I am.  There are days that I hurt, a lot.  But, like yesterday, I didn’t have any pain whatsoever.   Some people can’t say that.  They have to live with chronic on a day to day basis.  There is no pain medication that can give them any relief whatsoever.  Knowing this makes me feel like a heel complaining of my insignificant pain when on most cases I can take a pain pill and for the most part feel better within thirty minutes or so.  There are those that medications can’t do anything for them.  I can’t image that.

I’ll say a prayer for all those in need of pain relief and I’ll include myself in this prayer.

“Life Goes On!”

 

365 Day Photo Challenge 251/365 “New Diabetic Symptom”

06 Sunday Sep 2015

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For the last couple of weeks I’ve had some unusual swelling in my right foot.  Some days it’s much worse than the other.  Today it’s probably the worse that it’s been since I’ve started having this problem.  I’m a diabetic and I’m on medication for diabetic nerve pain already.  The bottom of my feet stay numb and my feet feel like they’re on fire all the time.  Now, because the foot has swollen, the top of the foot hurts when I wear shoes.   I go to the doctor at the end of the month and until then I’ve been told to keep my feet elevated above my heart as much as possible when I’m relaxing.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 165/365 “Riding With the Pain”

13 Saturday Jun 2015

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I’m a diabetic and have been for several years.  When I go to the doctor every six months my check up report always says “uncontrolled diabetic”  However, since I’ve been riding on a regular basis my A1C has come down quite a bit.  Being a diabetic I have developed something called Neuropathy, or diabetic nerve pain, in my feet.  I’m on medication for it but I still have to deal with moderate to severe pain on a daily basis. I have been able to ride without having any problems with my feet until lately.  I’m not sure what the difference is but the last several rides have really slowed me down due to having to unclip and rest my feet.

Actually, I’m having two separate issues with my feet.  One is the Neuropathy and the other is the pedals themselves.  The pedals effect the bottoms of my feet around the balls of my feet while the Neuropathy effects the tops, bottoms and my toes in a very unique way.

The solution?  Well, there is no solution for the Neuropathy but for the other, changing the pedals to a pedal meant for a road bike instead of a mt. bike.  No matter if and when I get my diabetes under control I’ll always have the Neuropathy.  The damage is done and there is nothing I can do about it.

“Life Goes On!”