I Live With a Spouse That Suffers From Chronic Pain

My husband and I have been married for 12 years and in that time he has had three back surgeries and recently had a spinal fusion surgery. In addition to that he has had a number of surgeries for other injuries that he sustained at...

I have been with my partner for 22 years I am 54 and he is 49 he has had back pain most of his life but in the last 4 years it has worsened he has had surgery but says the pain is no better and thinks the surgeon had done something...

Anybody who lives with somebody who suffers from chronic pain, understands what its like to miss somebody you see every day. This one is for you:

I saw you today,
In what seems like such a long time,
That moment on waking
When you...

I've been married for 5 years. My husband has chronic back pain and just recently had minor knee surgery. I am so tired of the constant focus of his pain in our lives. This recent knee surgery should have helped him but he believes that...

I am looking for support from other spouses in my situation and this was the only group I could find but it looks like the latest posts on here were from last year :( Is anyone still on here?????????

I googled what amounted to the title of this group. I'm 47, and I've had chronic back pain for over a decade. 5 herniated thoracic discs, along with lumbar that are close behind had made my life a nightmare. However, in the last few...

We've been married for nearly a decade. After 3 back surgeries he is now in constant pain. The "good" days are getting fewer and farther between. The last few years he's spent months in bed at a time. This latest episode started around...

My spouse has suffered from severe chronic back pain for the last 3 years of our 7 year marriage.  Recently it's gotten so bad that he has begun to take it out on me.  I try to support him, I rarely (I'm not perfect!) complain...

I dearly love my husband. We will be celebrating 30 years of marriage. Yes, we have had our bumps in the road, but most have made us even stronger. Soon after are honeymoon, we both came down with a bad virus, experiencing our first...

Being married to someone with chronic pain is hard to explain to someone who has not been through it. So I am so thankful for all of you who have posted on this topic. It helps me know that the frustration, guilt, and isolation I feel...

Its so easy to lose ones self in their significant others pain, the first few years are easy and fun then the onset of a chronic pain issue forces the honeymoon phase to end, My partner and I have been together for 5 years now, the...

I hope posting another story here is OK.

I realize that my husband is terrified. He is terrified of what is happening with him. His terror comes in the form of irritability and hypersensitivity to topics and issues. It has gotten to...

My husband's chronic pain has changed our relationship and although I know this, and have been living with these changes for seven years, I occasionally hold out hope that the bubble he lives in will open and we will have an emotional...

Your stories of caring for your spouses resonate with me..

My husband suffers from central pain. There is no cure, it is for the rest of his life. He is already on maximum treatment - nothing that the Doctors can do more for him. It...

My husband has had a constant headache for 2 1/2 years. Ive read some of ur stories, ppl dealing with this for 5, 10 and even more years and i am amazed. So proud of all of u tht have found strength to continue living through this. I...

This site is an answer to prayer.....Thank You Lord!

My husband and I have been married for 29 yrs this Feb. He was injured at work over 15 yrs ago. His injury gradually worsened, subtley. About 7 yrs ago, I began to express to him...

I lost my husband to chronic pain. Pain is the third entity in our marriage. I think of her as his mistress. Pain (as I have appropriately named her) decides what we do and when. She took over our sex life and doesn't share. She allows...

My wife suffers from chronic acute pain in her abdomen and vaginal area from having had cancer in that area of her body, having radiation damage, and having had weight loss surgery to combat morbid obesity. I also have a 7 year old son...

My husband and I met 6 years ago, married 2 years ago. We both like the outdoors, planned on going on hikes, hunting together (he was teaching me), and doing lots of other outdoor activities - nothing extreme, just active. His back...