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(Message started by: Boots on Nov 20^th, 2003, 9:54am)

Title: Has this happened to you?
Post by Boots on Nov 20^th, 2003, 9:54am

Mostly at work,someone will say"man I got a bad headache,oh but nothing like you get,sorry"I respect other ppls pain too,and I tell them that but I always get that look like my pain is so different it needs special mention.
------Bill

Title: Re: Has this happened to you?
Post by sandie99 on Nov 20^th, 2003, 10:05am

Hi Bill! :)

"Lucky" you... :)
In my case, the problem is more about comments like "it's just a headache, we all have headaches, it can't be THAT bad". So I have hard time convincing others that CH pain IS different and worse than the ones regular buranas, anadin extras and aspirins take away.
But hey, my pals STILL >:( don't get it and they've seen me in PAIN and it took long time to convince my mother that the HAs I kept on telling her about aren't regular ones, so I don't have excatly high hopes there! ;;D

Good luck & PF days!
sandie99

Title: Re: Has this happened to you?
Post by maggie_may on Nov 20^th, 2003, 11:17am

Hi Bill :)

That happens to me all the time. Lots of my co-workers who complain about their aches and pains when I'm around and then say, "oh sorry, what I'm feeling can't be anywhere near as painful as what you feel." Sometimes, it's sarcastic, like "oh you're special, it's a headache, get over it" But that mostly comes from people that don't understand.

maggie

Title: Re: Has this happened to you?
Post by thomas on Nov 20^th, 2003, 11:25am

Most of the people I work and socialize with have seen me in pain and understand. Most of them know that my pain tolerance is so friggin high, that ch is definately different than any normal headache, which I never get.

Title: Re: Has this happened to you?
Post by Cluster_head on Nov 20^th, 2003, 11:27am

I've been suffering from eposodic clusters for about 20 years. My friends and family know all too well their debilitating effects. My boss is understanding too. I guess he caught the story on the news a few years ago.

For the people who don't understand, you can't really blame them. The only way to truly understand is to enjoy one for yourself. Nothing else compares.

Tim

Title: Re: Has this happened to you?
Post by Kirk on Nov 20^th, 2003, 12:49pm

I'm very lucky the people around me understand the extent of my pain.

TTFN

Title: Re: Has this happened to you?
Post by Little Deb on Nov 20^th, 2003, 3:44pm

I have never met anyone who understands, until I found the wonderful people here.

Welcome to the site.

LD

Title: Re: Has this happened to you?
Post by thomas on Nov 20^th, 2003, 4:05pm

I guess I shouldn't have used the word understand. The people that I know "understand" that I am in great pain.