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    Default I can't feel pain and it sucks!

    Okay, I can feel pain but not the same way that normal people do.

    Think about a time when you had a major trauma like a broken bone and received morphine or demerol. It still hurt, but it hurt 'way over there' so you didn't really care about it. I don't notice pain unless I actually concentrate and focus on it. That sensation is really similar to how my body reacts to surface trauma. I have to be really careful when I'm sewing because I get pins stuck in my hands and arms and don't notice unless I actually see them sticking out of me. When I worked in mining I split my thumb open through my glove and didn't notice until I took it off to smoke and saw all the blood. I get stung by wasps and don't notice until I start getting hives....I feel the itch and see the welt and have to check my entire body to see where the sting was. The only time I'm ever in actual PAIN is when I have a IBD attack...if it hurts ME I don't even want to think about what a normal person must feel like. I can see how some actually pass out from it.

    It probably sounds appealing to everyone else but it's more of a curse then a blessing. It's really worrisome to me because I'm going to be working in an medical environment where I'll have to handle needles. If I get a needle stick by accident, how am I going to know? If I get a stick with a contaminated needle I might not realize it in time to get preventative treatments.

    Who else has abnormally high pain tolerances? How do you deal with it? I suppose I can just develop an OCD habit of checking my arms and hands after I've done a procedure but I can't shake the paranoia. My scope of practise will include venipuncture (every other province gets the nurses to do that but not stupid Manitoba) and things like arterial blood gas sampling. I can't get out of doing it if its in my scope.

    I don't even really know what I'm asking for here. I'm just getting really close to starting my program and now I've got the jitters about accidentally contaminating myself and getting sick. I wish I was a sucky little pansy when it comes to pain so I wouldn't have to worry.
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    Wow, I've never hear of that before. Is it a specific condition you have or just an abnormally high threshhold? I can imagine it could be pretty dangerous. Pain is our bodies way of protecting us, without pain your open to all amounts of injury. What if you spained you ankle and couldn't feel the pain? You would end up walking on it and maybe end up with muscle or ligament damage.

    On the other hand I'm sure you could have a glorious career as a fire eater or circus performer.



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    It's called CIPA, or Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis. It's a very rare condition.

    And yes, you do have to be OCD about checking yourself constantly for injuries.

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    Well, from what I've seen, most procedures involving needles also involve watching very carefully... and rubber gloves, which will probably show a puncture. So perhaps you can be cautious with your eyes while doing the procedures?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peanut_Butter View Post
    It's called CIPA, or Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis. It's a very rare condition.

    And yes, you do have to be OCD about checking yourself constantly for injuries.
    No, it's not CIPA. Like, if I broke my ankle or something, I'd feel that. When I had my daughter, the contractions eventually did get strong enough that it woke me up and sent me off to the hospital. It just takes a lot before my brain clicks in and says "Hey, you'd better check that out. It's ouchies."

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    Well, from what I've seen, most procedures involving needles also involve watching very carefully... and rubber gloves, which will probably show a puncture. So perhaps you can be cautious with your eyes while doing the procedures?
    I know I can avoid a lot just by watching carefully what I'm doing, but that's only good if I have someone who's cooperative. What if I end up with a thrashing or difficult kid who keeps pulling away and stuff?
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    Aww I got all excited that it was CIPA. That House episode as awesome.
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    I like them large and cut. Sort of like strawberries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lizlizliz View Post
    Aww I got all excited that it was CIPA. That House episode as awesome.
    LOL...sorry. That episode was how I figured out that it wasn't CIPA, just an abnormally high tolerance. I think I have problems not being able to feel pinpricks....I can't imagine breaking a bone and have no idea.
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    I wish I had an truly good answer for all of you, and I honestly feel your individual, personal pains. I have been on both sides of this fence, having suffered sever head trauma from a motorcycle accident, a couple broken bones and spinal surgery. I have episodes where my entire left side is completely numb and it is not nearly as fun as it sounds! VERY difficult to dance during those times with little or no feeling. Prescribed drugs help, but . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by kitty260 View Post
    LOL...sorry. That episode was how I figured out that it wasn't CIPA, just an abnormally high tolerance. I think I have problems not being able to feel pinpricks....I can't imagine breaking a bone and have no idea.
    So like, do you not get cramps with your period?
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    I like them large and cut. Sort of like strawberries.

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    Cuz if not, man, bitch.
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    I like them large and cut. Sort of like strawberries.

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    I don't have CIPA either, but I have an abnormally high pain tolerance. I think it stems from me naturally just being able to handle pain well and from past self mutilating. I butcher my legs while shaving a lot because I don't even notice that I've taken a chunk of skin out until I see blood dripping from my legs onto the bathroom floor. I didn't use any medications during labor and didn't notice contractions until the nurse pointed out how intense they showed on the monitor. After my cesarean, I didn't use any pain medications. Etc, etc, etc.

    Like you, I'm going into the medical field and will have to be extremely careful with preventing injuries that stem from the job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lizlizliz View Post
    So like, do you not get cramps with your period?
    I get them, I think. I can feel the pelvic muscles contracting but it doesn't actually hurt me. It's the weirdest feeling. Kinda like Braxton Hicks contractions.

    Quote Originally Posted by oohdamnbaby View Post
    I don't have CIPA either, but I have an abnormally high pain tolerance. I think it stems from me naturally just being able to handle pain well and from past self mutilating. I butcher my legs while shaving a lot because I don't even notice that I've taken a chunk of skin out until I see blood dripping from my legs onto the bathroom floor. I didn't use any medications during labor and didn't notice contractions until the nurse pointed out how intense they showed on the monitor. After my cesarean, I didn't use any pain medications. Etc, etc, etc.

    Like you, I'm going into the medical field and will have to be extremely careful with preventing injuries that stem from the job.
    That's totally likely that you got this way from self-mutilating. I never used to be this way until my colitis got really really bad and I was always in agony. Eventually, I figured out how to trick my brain into converting the stomach pain to heat so the cramps would just feel like a warm spot after that. I did the same thing during labour. (Fun fact of the day....contractions feel exactly like a colitis attack. Same location and everything. So weird.) My early labour contractions were regular but totally painless, so I took castor oil before bed to speed things up. I think I got up once to poop that night, felt a bit of cramping but assumed it was from the oil, and went back to bed. The contractions woke me up a couple of times afterwards but it wasn't bad enough that I couldn't sleep through it. Once my water broke and I actually had to haul my ass out of bed I was 6 centimeters. The nurses couldn't believe it.

    I seriously believe that this happened because of my colitis. My brain just has a perma-block for pain now. But man, what a sucky thing this is. I'm going to have a paranoid breakdown over this. I'm going to have to get HIV tested every friggin' month just for peace of mind.
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