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My chronic pain takes away my spontaneity

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AS1218

12/18/2023 at 6:23 AM

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A few weeks ago I wrote about having to cancel my plans for thanksgiving due to chronic pain. But I am equally as frustrated by not being able to be spontaneous! When I was young, I can remember going out late night with my friends who would randomly just come by. We would go for ice cream and loiter in parking lots. Or I could take a call to drop by someone's house to meet their new dog.

All of those things have stopped. I have to plan my activities weeks in advance to make sure I'll have enough energy. I have to space things days apart. Two days in a row of an outing is essentially out of the question! That is also why missing a planned event is such a bummer- that means I will be essentially aways from my friends or having a real life for almost a whole week!

Lets not even talk about having sex- that also has to be planned, and even when it is. I am barely ever up for it and most of the planned nights get cancelled.

Is anyone else in chronic pain ever able to do spontaneous things? Is there a trick, cuz I'd love to know!

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Edited on 02/22/2024 at 12:07 AM

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HI @AS1218

How are you doing today?

I'm sorry your post didn't get much visibility. Let me tag a few members who may have experienced something similar.

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Has chronic pain affected your last-minute plans? How do you plan activities? How do you cope with disappointments? How do your friends/loved ones work within your schedule?

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02/23/2024 at 12:26 PM

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Hi @LizziB

I have stopped making plans. I commit to activities, my friends know that I want to come, so they will invite me to activities that a head-count is not required. But I do not plan events or invite people to do things in advance anymore. I've had to cancel too often.

My chronic pain takes away my spontaneity https://www.carenity.us/forum/chronic-pain/living-with-chronic-pain/my-chronic-pain-takes-away-my-spontaneity-5653 2024-02-23 12:26:35

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MountainMan

Edited on 03/25/2021 at 8:23 PM

Yes I agree. Im on morphine and Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen and yours as well. I have some others also. If I want to work in the back yard, I am sleep mode if I set down. The next morning and at night is paying with great pain. Its a hard road in many ways. We have to keep going best as we can. Have a smile and good day to you. I have the stimulator too.

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