Hey Dow, I think I know what you are talking about.
For a long time, days over years, the pain would too easily get to a point where it was simply not possible to ignore on any level and had such a force that it would send serious alert messages that only made matters much worse. Sometimes I had to 'go into the pain'
in order to find moments, well not to relax, but to survive through it, until a pain med or something would kick in. Sometimes pain can reach such a pitch that it's hard to believe you aren't dying. I used to think that toughing through was the only way, but as I get older, I try not to ever let myself get to that point. It is harder to bring pain back from that fever-pitch and way more effective to try and manage it before it gets out of control.
So prevention is key for me, and anything that helps to calm or quiet things before that stage are all strategies worth employing.
AS pain signals should be interrupted whenever and however humanly possible!
mig
