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Interview CP34  

Interview CP34

Age at Interview: 49
Sex: Female
Background: Nurse (not working), voluntary work; married; 2 children.
Brief outline:Post-surgical adhesion pain/abdominal pain since 1979. Treatments: Coeliac plexus nerve block. TENS. Counselling. Current Medication: dihydrocodeine, amitriptyline, dipipanone (Diconal) for flare-up.


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Finds that her pain tolerance is lower if she has to deal with other stressful events.

 



Well, yes it's not exactly, we've had a bit of a family hiccup just lately, which I can't really go into, but it's the kind of thing that psychologically will affect us all quite a lot and I think your tolerance to pain. If there's something else going on in your life, your tolerance to pain is just the same as if you're tired, your tolerance level drops. 

So it just shows you how much mind and body are inter-related really, because, if you're having a good day, you can cope with much more than a bad day. So I think, you know, there's definitely, your mind does play a part in it as well. But, you know, if it's just if each day comes along and it's what I expected it normally to be, you know, you just get on with it.
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