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I would never date someone whose daily life was limited by chronic pain or someone who took narcotics for chronic pain. I would consider dating someone who managed chronic pain with exercise or the occasional over the counter pain reliever.
There are prescription drugs that help with pain, that are non narcotic.
[color="RoyalBlue"]This topic may have been discussed here before, but since it came up in another thread, I thought it would make a good topic of discussion.
Since nearly everyone has some kind of chronic pain, I doubt that would be considered a disorder. However, if someone had fibromyalgia or something severe enough to warrant medication, I'd hope not to become emotionally invested if I could pick and choose.
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I been there and done that. NEVER AGAIN
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Probably not. Being around someone with a medical issue that significantly limits what they can do in a day is not fun. At age 27, I could not tolerate that for long.
I just happened to see this thread and read it. I wished I didn't as it is very depressing to me. Below is a post I made recently in the current events section. You will see why I don't like the quotes above.
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I suffer from severe fibromyalgia. It has ruined my life. I am in constant pain, even with the tramadol they prescribe me. I can only work part-time anymore. I also have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder because of the fibromyalgia. Yet, I soldier on.
Uhmmmm...I think you've been duped! Back pain relieved by a massage and followed by sex is obviously NOT chronic!
Nope, not duped. A nice long back rub gets the kinks out of the muscles, I can actually feel the knots and tension there when I start and relaxed when I am done. The back starts off kind of hunched with the tight muscles when I start and is nice and regular when I am done. Plus, I am told it feels better, no reason not to believe it.
And when I am done one of us already half naked so one things leads to another... fun fun time for both of us!
My knee often feels better when I rub it. Like I said, it's an old injury that flares up sometimes after running. Most times I just ignore and give my knee a rest it and the pain goes away on its own. I keep thinking maybe I should get one of those knee braces I see other people run with. Maybe I will ask my doctor if it will help next time I see her.
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Since nearly everyone has some kind of chronic pain, I doubt that would be considered a disorder. However, if someone had fibromyalgia or something severe enough to warrant medication, I'd hope not to become emotionally invested if I could pick and choose.
Family members and friends who have this problem deserve our dedication, but when shopping fro a new life partner, wouldn't you hope for someone who is a good match for what you hope to share in life?
You are right, that's an exaggeration. I looked it up out of curiosity. The Institute of Medicine of The National Academies says 1/3 of the U.S. population suffers from chronic pain. That's not nearly everyone. The older you get, the better chance you have of suffering from chronic pain. The leading types of chronic pain are: low back pain (27%), followed by severe headache or migraine pain (15%), neck pain (15%) and facial ache or pain (4%).
It would be judged on how diabilitating their physical pain was to their everyday.
But, that goes for anything that would make a "normal" life a struggle to keep up with..not just what physical ailments someone may deal with.
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I just happened to see this thread and read it. I wished I didn't as it is very depressing to me. Below is a post I made recently in the current events section. You will see why I don't like the quotes above.
Look, while I sympathize with your circumstances, deciding against dating someone who has that big an impediment to their daily life is, while sad, a very reasonable choice. What good would it be to have someone get invested in you then they just pull away because they cannot handle the limitations of your chronic pain anymore?
So, we should fully embrace & accept fat people, but anyone afflicted with legit physical ailments or injury is just straight SOL.. Got it.
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