An older write, but it fits today, as well as days I have had recently. No matter how I am able to function on any given day, the pain never goes away, and I never quite get used to it. The days that it flares are sometimes like a living nightmare, for no matter what I try to do or focus upon, the pain is there, screaming out, invading every thought and action. With everything it keeps from me and keeps me from being able to do, some days, it is but an exhausting lesson in frustration. This has been one of those days.