The Waiting Game

Dear Readers,

Hello. I don't know about you, but I've never been  a huge fan of waiting. I'm not good at waiting in line, waiting for holidays, or even waiting for dinner. Unfortunately, being a chronic pain patient is a waiting game. Chronic pain patients wait to switch medications, wait for the next doctor appointment, and wait for medications to be adjusted (it can take several weeks to adjust to the side effects of the new dosage in order to move up to the next one).

Right now, I am waiting to switch doctors. For several months, I waited to be put on the wait list for a prestigious hospital, and, now,  I am waiting to receive an appointment, after which I will wait for the appointment time to arrive. You get the picture. The same could probably be said for most other chronic illnesses, not just chronic pain.