Chronic Pain Awareness

Hello, I'm Auntynae. I don't think I have chronic pain, but I suffer often from all sorts of aches and pains. I do have diabetes and am medicated for depression. The medication works so I don't think of myself as depressed. I forget often that I am a 35 overweight person instead of the young person I used to be. The one who could go all day and most of the night. Now when I feel good I tend to overdo and then I suffer for days after. Today is such a day.

Yesterday I woke up and started cleaning only to have my friend call and ask me if I wanted to go swimming. I swam from 1:30 to 4:30 then went home and mowed the back yard and the front hill. Quit bragging you say!! I'm not, I overdid.

Today I can barely move and I hurt all over. I ended up sleeping until noon and I feel like I have wasted my whole day.

How does one know if they have chronic pain. Do you have to go to the doctor?

Auntynae
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