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How To Cope With Pain

If you have a chronic illness (or even if you live in pain on the daily) even if it isn't endometriosis you know that pain can be hard to handle especially when it is recurring and nothing seems to help so here is a list of five ways to cope with endometriosis pain, leave in the comments what you use to deal with your pain.

now I want to start by saying pain killers but that is a lie, well for me at least. my pain killers don't work sadly and all they do is put me to sleep which I guess can be a good thing because I get very little sleep when I am in pain.

tens machine: A transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit is a device that sends small electrical currents to targeted body parts. These currents are used to relieve pain. I find this helpful because It distracts my mind enough that the pain numbs a tad so it isn't so intense.

weighted blanket: I love my weighted blanket, it is exactly that a blanket that is weighted. they are meant to help with anxiety but I found it helps with my pain much more. 

heat pack: I have three kinds of heat packs and I find all of them work the same. I have ones that you put in teddybears which holds the heat longer, I have the kind you can either put in the freezer as an icepack or put in the microwave as a heat pack and I have just a plan heat pack. all work wonders, I find the last two don't hold heat as long which kind of sucks but heat is a major help for me with relieving pain.

baths: I don't have a bath anymore but when I did I used to live in it because of pain, hot water and bubbles or some oils to make it relaxing and it worked wonders for me, I was relaxed, warm and there was heat to deal with the pain, listening to music or even reading was amazing at this point.

electric blanket: now a lot of people are used to electric blankets being what you put on top of your mattress for winter to keep warm, those never really did anything for me because I need the heat on my back and my front to help with the pain. what this is, this is almost a throw blanket that you plugin, and you can curl up with it in bed or even on the couch as long as you can access a PowerPoint you are good to go.


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