the world is around me, i am trapped in a room. it is often poorly understood, misdiagnosed. i don t think we are equipped as a society or as a healthcare system to deal with that. there is the toll taken by the medication that millions rely onjust to get medication that millions rely on just to get through the day. when i inner withdrawal, i want to hit my horses. it is like my subconscious was screaming, you are going to die. and, the new understanding of chronic pain that has restored how people think and talk about what they are experiencing. it is not something i can change, it isjust it is not something i can change, it is just something it is not something i can change, it isjust something i can coexist with. that is sort of what acceptance is, just finding a way to coexist. knowing that persistent pain is very different and complex means very different and complex means that you actually have the ability to change it yourself. i - yourself. i am dominic hughes, your
this is the story of chronic pain, described as relentless, debilitating, overwhelming. thousands of people have told us how their lives are controlled by the condition that is often hidden from view. the world around me is advancing and i m trapped in a room that s the killer. it s poorly understood and often misdiagnosed. i don t think we are equipped, either as a society or as a healthcare system, to deal with that. there is the toll taken by the medication that millions rely on just to get through the day. when i m in withdrawal i could murder. i want to, you know, hit my horses. it s like my subconscious was screaming, you re going to die. and the new understanding of chronic pain that has transformed how people think and talk about what they are experiencing. it s not something i can change. it sjust something i can coexist with, and for me that s kind of what acceptance is, just finding a way to coexist. knowing that pain, persistent pain, is different and very com
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. russian troops have withdrawn from ukraine s second biggiest city kharkiv, according to its mayor. it s been under constant bombardment since the invasion began. finland tells president putin it plans to join nato, as russia stops supplying the country with electricity, accusing it of not paying for previous deliveries. a ban on buy one get one free deals on unhealthy food in england is to be put on hold for a year. the uk government says it s to help families cope with the cost of living crisis. here in the uk, 50 migrants are told that the government intends to send them to rwanda the first to be removed under new immigration plans. shaun will be here to take you through the afternoon but now bbc news hears stories from people across the uk, who are in constant pain. this is the story of lives that have been changed in an instant. i am a shell of the person that i used to be. i wish i could turn the clock back. this is the story of
libby has lived almost half her life with pain. a serious problem with her thyroid developed when she was agedjustii, leading to chronic pain that profoundly affected every aspect of her childhood and her teenage yea rs. now she is studying at university but that s only possible because of a combination of medication and other therapies. you have to find a way of balancing the benefits of the medication, side effects it creates, the risks that it creates and also quality of life. so at the minute, with the medication i m on, the side effects are minimal to none, or if i do have them, they kind of blend in with the other symptoms i have because of my chronic fatigue. the risks aren t particularly high and it s majorly improved my quality of life because if i didn t have the medications that i m on, i wouldn t be able to function.
but everything s different. i never know when the next flare up will come and i know that there will be lots of things i m not able to do because i am in pain. in our survey, nearly half of those who lived with chronic pain said it impacted on their daily life simple things like doing the shopping or going to work. libby has lived almost half her life with pain. a serious problem with her thyroid developed when she was agedjustii, leading to chronic pain that profoundly affected every aspect of her childhood and her teenage yea rs. now she is studying at university but that s only possible because of a combination of medication and other therapies. you have to find a way of balancing the benefits of the medication, side effects it creates, the risks that it creates and also quality of life. so at the minute, with the medication i m on,