Chronic Pain Relief Alternative

Pain sufferers need more information on the side effects of prescribed pain-killers.
A good article can be found here: qassia.com/arthritis-painkillers-and-how-they-can-kill-you.
I was unfortunate enough to have suffered a miasma of pain for some 7 years, after having fallen from a roof. Being instinctively wary of pain killers, and, being a product of my father's generation's mentality of stoicism (shut-up and get on with it) - I put up with it and only succumbed to taking pain-killers, in small doses - when things became just unbearable.
I was fortunate to have met someone in a similar position, who advised taking 'no-brand' paracetamol. This was useful in taking away the 'edge'.
Subsequent discussions with my doctor revealed that there were NO side effects, to any quantity taken, within reason. This worked very well for me, although I remained cautious.



Then 3 years ago, I attended a free buddhist meditation class that went for 10 weeks.
I originally attended in an attempt to alleviate a more pressing matter, that of crippling depression. I needed simplicity and serenity and, although not particularly a believer, I was well brought up, so I followed the lessons not wanting it to be a waste of anyone's time.
On about the sixth week and odd thing happened mid lesson during some intonation, with visualisation of sending negativity out, to the universe, and drawing back in positive energy.
I felt a disturbance in my left arm, similar to marbles running down a tube. This was a physical event, to the tune that my partner noticed the disturbance.
I was absolutely stunned! There was no longer any pain - ANYWHERE!

I could move, pain free. I could sleep through the entire night.

I actually smiled.



In general, I have had a relatively pain free existence since that time.
This is not about advocating anything in particular, more the fact that chronic pain sufferers tend to get bogged down with the advice from the guys in white-coats.
Most certainly, it is easy to just give in to the quick fix advice, which as we ultimately discover, can have a dire price attached to our overall health.
Instant pain relief is seductive, addictively so, when one's entire life revolves around pain.
I have found, in my case, that an open mind has been the most helpful, in relief of chronic pain.