Living with pain

I have been struggling with some issues of medications and pain. I have become ever so much tired of taking the amount of pain and other medications to keep my in a reasonable state of mind and body. With the changing weather and the aging process, I am looking for a way to be a bit more comfortable and yet decrease needing to take the 13+ medications and 7+ supplements in ingest daily. I have the desire to take less and yet function. There are times when I look at he meds and my wonderful wife has to make up the weeks pill box.

What a way to live... What a way to see the future...

I know all the reasons for taking my meds as prescribed and in a timely manner. The daily routine has been going on now for some 25+ years. As my body fails to respond to my wishes, I find there are new pains and restrictions to what I can do. I also see there are more "wish-list goals" I am forced to relinquish. At the age of 68+, I feel as though I must find a way to do the traveling and the renewal of friends I have lost track of. I have tried to see what may be instore for me as I age more.

I am blessed with several friends that want me to visit with them. The problem for me, as is the usual case of many the elderly, is funding. I have been graced by a generous gift to travel by train to the east coast to visit an old friend. My Wife says I can stay as long as I wish. I have chosen to travel the last of October and return the last of November. There is a series of trains to transport me to my destinations. It has been more years than I care to remember since he and I had a good chat and some general loosening of our cares. While there, we may be able to travel to Canada for a visit with other friends we both share. If not, then maybe a short trip to Williamsburg for a short sojourn to the past. Then again, we may be just content enough to sit on the porch and listen to the loving sounds of nature.

This Blog is a way for me to vent my feelings on the many topics I am confronted with. Today I am bit scattered in my thoughts and it seems to show here.

I have a question to ask of anyone who wishes to answer. What do I do when it is painful to sit, stand or lay down. What will I do about the many little things I enjoyed yesterday that are being dimmed by my slowly loss of sight. How can I really be at least content what my hearing is dimmed and my mind has lost a bit of its concentration. Then there is the big question... At what point is it ok to be done with living and what could be done to find peace.

I work with several people to find the ways and answers I am asking about and to share my experiences with them to help them cope. All too often what they are going through I have or am doing the same. If I listen to what I am suggesting, I can hear the answer I most need to hear. I've been told that is the case all too often.

I suggest they dwell on the little positive things in their lives and slowly let those thoughts overtake the negative thoughts they are experiencing. Well, just a thought and a few things to put down for now.

Peace and Harmony.