So Much Pain, So Many Pills

Over the last several days my muscles and joints have given me a warm time. They Hurt! So much PAIN! The morning stiffness. The achy feeling. The sheer agony when I try to lift, bend, move, or sit.

All the doctor's do is give me pill, after pill, after pill. None of which work. They dull the pain for a while and then the pain comes back worse then ever. I absolutely hate it. I have Fibromyalgia, which is chronic pain all over my body. I am glad to know I am not dying of a dreaded disease. But sometimes it feels as if I am, because the pain is so severe.

Today I decided to dig up a poem I wrote about my pains when I was searching to find out what was wrong with me. It is now a year and several months later and I am still as lost as when I first started my search.

See if you can relate to this:

PAIN

Joint pain, muscle pain, head pain, shoulder pain, everyday it's all the same.

My pain has no name.

Eye pain, hip pain, shin pain, buttocks pain, there's no name for my pain.

Each doctor says the same.

As I seek advice, no two doctors think a like.
It could be this or that, none of them can add up all the facts.

The medications they dispense, to treat what they know is wrong, still my body does not get strong.

This is a frustrating thing, with all the knowledge, and scientifical advances, why should my pains last so long?

I hope you enjoyed the poem. If you can relate sing with me, "pain, pain, go away come back another day fifty years from now."

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