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[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago

Chronic pain is not a normal health issue for someone in their 30's.

I'm from the US. I live in a country with health care too expensive to stay on top of. Where it's normal to skip routine check-ups because they would cost too much (if you can even get a day off work in the first place.) Our jobs either do not offer vacation time, or limit any time off to something like 2 weeks or less per year. Most areas are unwalkable, while in others, any adult who rides a bike is assumed to have had a DUI (that is, people assume they lost their driving privileges. Why else no car?) Nothing about my environment is healthy.

Ergo,

I have no idea what "normal health" means.

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

I'm in the US so I underhand all of that.

All I am saying is that chronic pain at 30 is not normal.

I am not suggesting anything beyond not ignoring that specific condition.

Indeed. I didn't intend to deny that. The phrase just got me thinking, and I realized that "normal health" is hard to even imagine. It would require so many things to be different. The chronic stress alone must be destroying us.

[-] smh@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago

I'm in a disabilities chat group and we're often surprised when we're reminded that "0" is the "normal" level of pain you're "supposed to have" day to day. Everyone's baseline is different. Pain sucks. (Unsolicited fact: my back pain got much better after I started physical therapy for it. I'm glad my health insurance covered it. Next round of PT: my knees. Why they be like that? [it's probably the EDS])

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Chronic pain is pretty normal health issue for someone working in trades.

Well i'm not to the point of chronic but almost there.

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