Log #131 (Thursdays)

I like Thursdays because they are like Fridays for us.  My wife works Sunday through Thursday so when Thursday rolls around we are all in a good mood knowing our weekend is about to start. 

One thing is for sure, when a person is happy pain is easier to deal with and when a person is depressed it can be much more difficult.  That is why it is so important to that I do my best to stay positive.  Genetically I am predisposed to mild depression so it is a little easy for me to feel down and even more important for me to find ways to keep upbeat.  I found that to be nearly impossible when I was taking all of the pain medications.  On top of that, I had a ton of problems with mood swings and difficulty with stressful situations.

I've discovered that when I take a single Vicodin I find it more difficult to control my emotions.  Maybe this is something that affects me more than others so I can't speak for everyone on this point, but I know that taking narcotics for pain actually made my pain more acute because I was more depressed and moody than I am normally.  I think it's obvious from the way I write now compared to when I started this blog that I'm more positive now than I was then.

I wish I would have known going into all of this what that stuff (narcotic pain killers) was doing to me. 


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