June 6, 2025 • 5 mins
Welcome to Pain-Bytes, a bite-sized extension of The Pain Game Podcast! Hosted by our wild and crazy, Lyndsay Soprano, these drop every Friday and serve up small but mighty dose of real talk. Whether it’s chronic pain, emotional chaos, unexpected wins, or everything in between—this is the space to say it out loud and be heard.
Each Pain-Byte lets you in on a moment (or meltdown) from your week—because pain “bytes” but also…life bites back.
Lyndsay is also calling on YOU—our VIPs—to submit your wins, losses, struggles, celebrations, and everything in between. Whether it’s a DM, email, or voice memo, let’s share the load and spread some light.
Because here, you are seen, heard, and held—even if it’s just for a byte.
Each Pain-Byte lets you in on a moment (or meltdown) from your week—because pain “bytes” but also…life bites back.
Lyndsay is also calling on YOU—our VIPs—to submit your wins, losses, struggles, celebrations, and everything in between. Whether it’s a DM, email, or voice memo, let’s share the load and spread some light.
Because here, you are seen, heard, and held—even if it’s just for a byte.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well it's Friday, my little VIP. Then pain has certainly
been biting. If you have been following my stories the
last few weeks, they have been brutal. I know, I'm sorry.
I mean the entire month of May was a painful
little bit, to say the least. I went from dancing,
like dancing legitimately dancing at my wedding on March twentieth
(00:24):
in Italy to almost entirely living in my wheelchair for
the month of May. And I ended up in the
emergency room last week because I was severely dehydrated and
was like puking for forty eight hours straight, and like,
how is that possible that you conpow this much when
there's nothing left inside of you? And I was peoking
(00:45):
so hard and so much that like my chest and
my ribs hurt just talking about it right now, because
I was so sore, and I was like in the
other room and then I'm pushing myself in my wheelchair
and I'm rolling as fast as I possibly can to
get down to the bathroom so I don't throw up
all myself. And there were a couple times where I
didn't make it, and so I pooked all over myself,
and so I ended up basically sobbing on the bathroom floor,
(01:07):
sleeping on the bathroom floor, well, I mean not necessarily
sleeping curled up in fetal position on a wet towel,
by the way, that is covered in my own pea,
because while I was hurling, I also was pooking so
hard that my bladder also was like, well, we're just
going to dehydrate you even where we're going to pee
all over yourself. So this is this sexy joy of
(01:30):
living in chronic pain here in my household for the
month of May. And why did this all happen? You know?
I mean I've been going back and looking at it.
The list is long. It's one that I've been analyzing
over the past couple of weeks because I officially like
left my body on the sideline. I was doing really,
really well, and then just when my sister passed away
in August, things kind of took a dive for me
(01:52):
and for a lot of different reasons. And as I'm
creeping here looking at my calendar, going it's June. That's
almost a year ago. Like, get your shit together, woman,
and stop feeling sorry for yourself. And that's just kind
of what had happened, and so I started taking care
of everybody else again and everything else, and the list
kept getting longer and I was never on it, and
(02:12):
so this is what ended up happening. So over the
past couple of weeks now, I've been putting up more boundaries,
I have been putting up more rules. I've been doing
a lot more nope and um yep and than I
ever have actually, And my visit to the Eer was
one that kind of just snapped me out of this
weird pain funk that I was in where I was
(02:33):
like sunk into this like very sad space of despair,
and I just kind of wanted to let my body
succumb to it and just say, you know, f it,
this is what's happening, and this is just what's gonna
kill me. So I'm just gonna end up dying Like
that was where my head was at most of May, honestly,
and it's so sad to say that out loud. And
you know, I guess the last the all of the
(02:54):
tears that I've been crying on stories, and you know,
those are just a few times that you guys have seen.
It's been a lot. My poor sweetie. So you know,
I shook myself out of it and I pulled myself
up again. And we all have this in us to do.
We all saw on the bathroom floor figuratively or literally, right,
we all have these moments of what the fuck have
(03:15):
I been doing here? And we all have it in
us to snap ourselves out of it. So it's time
to snap out of it, my loves. If you need
to snap out of something you are being ordered to do.
So we are VIPs on the show after all, right,
my listeners and myself and Pain to Bite It bites
hardcore and may truly bit the big one, you know,
hard So far, Jude is looking pretty damn bright, so
(03:38):
I'm happy about that. And you know, part of this
pain Bite part here today is you know, there was
an episode that was dropped on May twenty seventh called
Surviving the Suicidal Thoughts Storm with Jeannette Tashchin, who is
a very good friend of mine who also suffers with CRPS,
and we had a very opening, candid conversation about suicidal
ideation and it's something that you should listen to. It
kind of wraps up a lot of why May it
(04:01):
was so challenging as well. So you know, wanting to
die is not an easy conversation to have, and it's
one that is not lightly had with Jeanette. So take
a listen. If you haven't done that, no matter what,
hang in there, guys. We got this. No matter what
side of chronic pain you were on, whether you're a
loved one like my sweetie, or you're the one suffering
in the pain. It's painful for all of this, So
(04:23):
just keep that in mind and snap out of it.
Buckle up, babies, We've got this all right. That's it.
That's it for today. So quick reminder. These little pain
bites are designed to give my listeners, that's you, guys,
more of a voice out in this world and get engaged.
Little quick bites from the week, moments that rocked, wrecked you,
revived you, the highs, the lows, the messy in the middle.
I want it all. So send me your weekly wins,
(04:45):
your pain issues, anything you want to talk about, trauma, chaos, joy,
how about some joy. I'm into that. What's dragging you down,
what's bringing you up? I want to hear it, even
if it's just for a bite. You can fill out
our form at the link in our bio on Insta
at the Pain Game Podcast. I'm also putting it up
on my website, just haven't gotten around to it, but
I will. I want to hear from you, and I
want to talk about you and for you, one bite
(05:05):
at a time. So please follow the Pain Game Podcast
wherever you digest your podcast content, we will be there.
Visit us at the pain gamepodcast dot com, and follow
us on all the socials. Thanks for listening to my
little VIPs. Catch you on the other side.
Well it's Friday, my little VIP. Then pain has certainly
been biting. If you have been following my stories the
last few weeks, they have been brutal. I know, I'm sorry.
I mean the entire month of May was a painful
little bit, to say the least. I went from dancing,
like dancing legitimately dancing at my wedding on March twentieth
(00:24):
in Italy to almost entirely living in my wheelchair for
the month of May. And I ended up in the
emergency room last week because I was severely dehydrated and
was like puking for forty eight hours straight, and like,
how is that possible that you conpow this much when
there's nothing left inside of you? And I was peoking
(00:45):
so hard and so much that like my chest and
my ribs hurt just talking about it right now, because
I was so sore, and I was like in the
other room and then I'm pushing myself in my wheelchair
and I'm rolling as fast as I possibly can to
get down to the bathroom so I don't throw up
all myself. And there were a couple times where I
didn't make it, and so I pooked all over myself,
and so I ended up basically sobbing on the bathroom floor,
(01:07):
sleeping on the bathroom floor, well, I mean not necessarily
sleeping curled up in fetal position on a wet towel,
by the way, that is covered in my own pea,
because while I was hurling, I also was pooking so
hard that my bladder also was like, well, we're just
going to dehydrate you even where we're going to pee
all over yourself. So this is this sexy joy of
(01:30):
living in chronic pain here in my household for the
month of May. And why did this all happen? You know?
I mean I've been going back and looking at it.
The list is long. It's one that I've been analyzing
over the past couple of weeks because I officially like
left my body on the sideline. I was doing really,
really well, and then just when my sister passed away
in August, things kind of took a dive for me
(01:52):
and for a lot of different reasons. And as I'm
creeping here looking at my calendar, going it's June. That's
almost a year ago. Like, get your shit together, woman,
and stop feeling sorry for yourself. And that's just kind
of what had happened, and so I started taking care
of everybody else again and everything else, and the list
kept getting longer and I was never on it, and
(02:12):
so this is what ended up happening. So over the
past couple of weeks now, I've been putting up more boundaries,
I have been putting up more rules. I've been doing
a lot more nope and um yep and than I
ever have actually, And my visit to the Eer was
one that kind of just snapped me out of this
weird pain funk that I was in where I was
(02:33):
like sunk into this like very sad space of despair,
and I just kind of wanted to let my body
succumb to it and just say, you know, f it,
this is what's happening, and this is just what's gonna
kill me. So I'm just gonna end up dying Like
that was where my head was at most of May, honestly,
and it's so sad to say that out loud. And
you know, I guess the last the all of the
(02:54):
tears that I've been crying on stories, and you know,
those are just a few times that you guys have seen.
It's been a lot. My poor sweetie. So you know,
I shook myself out of it and I pulled myself
up again. And we all have this in us to do.
We all saw on the bathroom floor figuratively or literally, right,
we all have these moments of what the fuck have
(03:15):
I been doing here? And we all have it in
us to snap ourselves out of it. So it's time
to snap out of it, my loves. If you need
to snap out of something you are being ordered to do.
So we are VIPs on the show after all, right,
my listeners and myself and Pain to Bite It bites
hardcore and may truly bit the big one, you know,
hard So far, Jude is looking pretty damn bright, so
(03:38):
I'm happy about that. And you know, part of this
pain Bite part here today is you know, there was
an episode that was dropped on May twenty seventh called
Surviving the Suicidal Thoughts Storm with Jeannette Tashchin, who is
a very good friend of mine who also suffers with CRPS,
and we had a very opening, candid conversation about suicidal
ideation and it's something that you should listen to. It
kind of wraps up a lot of why May it
(04:01):
was so challenging as well. So you know, wanting to
die is not an easy conversation to have, and it's
one that is not lightly had with Jeanette. So take
a listen. If you haven't done that, no matter what,
hang in there, guys. We got this. No matter what
side of chronic pain you were on, whether you're a
loved one like my sweetie, or you're the one suffering
in the pain. It's painful for all of this, So
(04:23):
just keep that in mind and snap out of it.
Buckle up, babies, We've got this all right. That's it.
That's it for today. So quick reminder. These little pain
bites are designed to give my listeners, that's you, guys,
more of a voice out in this world and get engaged.
Little quick bites from the week, moments that rocked, wrecked you,
revived you, the highs, the lows, the messy in the middle.
I want it all. So send me your weekly wins,
(04:45):
your pain issues, anything you want to talk about, trauma, chaos, joy,
how about some joy. I'm into that. What's dragging you down,
what's bringing you up? I want to hear it, even
if it's just for a bite. You can fill out
our form at the link in our bio on Insta
at the Pain Game Podcast. I'm also putting it up
on my website, just haven't gotten around to it, but
I will. I want to hear from you, and I
want to talk about you and for you, one bite
(05:05):
at a time. So please follow the Pain Game Podcast
wherever you digest your podcast content, we will be there.
Visit us at the pain gamepodcast dot com, and follow
us on all the socials. Thanks for listening to my
little VIPs. Catch you on the other side.
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