Hello All,

I have some chronic pain, not as horrible as probably most people here, but I have a chronic injury that I'm hoping maybe someone here can relate to. I have massive congenital problems with my feet that are being fixed (we hope) through a series of surgeries over a couple of years. I've done 4 now, and have 2 more scheduled. My pain ebbs and flows, and when it's particularly bad I use oxycodone, but I try to avoid it because I hate how stoned it makes me feel.

Mostly what I have trouble coping with is how this has destroyed my life. I was in college, but that is on hold for almost 2 years now. I'm living with my parents. I spend long periods of time on bedrest, and on the rare occasion I'm walking, it's only for limited distances. I have almost no social contact offline, as anyone I knew is busy at school and I have no way of meeting anyone else.

I guess I just don't know how to cope with this anymore. It's such a long road and it gets to me. I don't know how to fight a problem that's caused by something I can't fix, so to speak.

Becca