What a Pain!

You know you live with chronic pain when …

• Your child asks you why your foot is bleeding and you discover you’ve stepped on a piece of glass – and you’d assumed it was just your PsA acting up.
• You view “tramadol” as both a swear word and a blessing.
• You get excited to test out your new wheels – which come in the form of a wheelchair.
•  You find yourself lusting after items in the Fashionable Canes catalog.
• The doctor asks you how much pain you’re in and you reply, “relative to what?”
•  You see shaving your legs as a major accomplishment.
•  Your 92 year old grandmother moves faster than you – and uses one cane to your two.
• Getting out of bed counts as your exercise for the day.
•  You have no idea how to answer when someone asks, "How are you?"
•  You buy shoes based not only on comfort and support, but on the height of your wooden canes.
•  You check the weather forecast to see how you might be feeling the next day.