08/30/2026
WHAT DOES āLESS PAINā ACTUALLY MEAN TO ME?
When I say my chronic pain has changed, you need to understand what my body has been through.
Over the years I've experienced a broken jaw, multiple concussions, chronic migraines, a severe rear-end collision that injured spinal ligaments, a piano falling on my leg, and multiple torn ligaments and muscles from sports injuries.
My body has kept a pretty detailed record of all of it.
For years, there was an invisible line I knew I couldn't cross.
I could work.
I could lift.
I could do household chores.
I could perform a 2-hour deep-tissue massage.
But if I did too much?
My body made sure I paid for it.
The aches and pain would arrive afterward as a very clear reminder:
You overdid it again.
And often the following day was when I really felt the consequences.
SO WHAT AM I NOTICING NOW?
Since starting the vagus nerve drops, one of the biggest changes I've noticed is what happens AFTER I use my body.
I'm doing the workābut I'm not experiencing those same aches and reminder pains afterward.
I'm not waking up the following day feeling like my body is punishing me for everything I did the day before.
Sometimes it almost feels as though I never did all that work.
For someone with my history, that's difficult for me to wrap my head around.
I even recently tripped and practically cartwheeled over one of my 500-pound above-ground cement planters.
Thankfully I didn't break anything. I ended up with what seemed like a relatively mild knee sprain and felt substantially recovered within a couple of days.
I'm certainly not suggesting the drops made me indestructibleāand I don't recommend testing the theory by cartwheeling over cement planters! š
But I am paying very close attention to how my own body feels and recovers, because the difference I'm experiencing is significant to me.
NOW I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE LONG GAME.
I currently receive prolotherapy approximately every six weeks as part of managing my longstanding issues.
Would I love to reach a point where, with my healthcare provider's guidance, I might need it only three or four times a year?
Absolutely.
But I'm not there yet, and I'm not going to pretend I know what will happen.
Time will tell.
I'm documenting where I am now so that six months or a year from now I can look back and actually compareānot just rely on memory.
Because after everything this body has been through, I'm no longer interested only in asking:
āHow much does it hurt today?ā
I'm also watching:
How much can I do?
How do I feel afterward?
How quickly do I recover?
And what can my body comfortably handle tomorrow?
For me, THAT is what āless painā actually means.
Real person ā¢ Real experience ā¢ Shared with permission
This is my personal experience, not medical advice. Individual experiences vary. A testimonial is not evidence that a product treats or cures chronic pain, injuries, migraines, or another medical condition. I will make any changes to medical treatment, including prolotherapy, with my healthcare provider.
