<p>About 10yrs ago I had severe abdominal pain. I saw every specialist, had every test imaginable yet no one could figure out what was wrong with me. One doctor even suggested I see a shrink because some pain isn't really pain. I had exploratory surgery and they found... nothing. BUT, finally I got pain meds and could actually function. Well, sorta function as my day revolved around the pain med schedule. It was every 6hrs, and God forbid if I skipped a dose, otherwise it would take 2 more doses to get hte pain back under control. I got major stoned for about an hour, then was okay. So, driving revolved around that. Really, though, that's no way to live. On one recheck, I told the doctor you know, every time you mess with my ovary, my pain level goes from 5 to 100 (on a scale of 1-10). Maybe there's something wrong? And seeing my aunt just died of ovarian cancer, maybe we should see aobut removing my ovary? When I woke from surgery, they asked my pain level. Uh, 0. You mean no pain at all? Yes, no pain. Yah, I was a little sore from surgery but the cause of the pain was gone.</p>
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<p>Before surgery, I would take the dog for a "walk", often making it up 2 or 3 houses and wondering how the hell I was going to make it back home. Surgery was in December. In January, I started doing long distance walking. In February I started running. In April I ran my first half marathon. </p>
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<p>Before surgery, I would take the dog for a "walk", often making it up 2 or 3 houses and wondering how the hell I was going to make it back home. Surgery was in December. In January, I started doing long distance walking. In February I started running. In April I ran my first half marathon. </p>
