Pain is indeed a powerful teacher Bente. I'm reading a book by author Christian Sundberg titled: "A Walk in the Physical: Understanding the Human Experience Within the Larger Spiritual Context."

He writes about the experience of pain: “When pain shows up at your door, let it in. You do not need to fear it. It is not necessary to open your door and go looking for pain to let in, nor is it necessary to be excited that pain has showed up at your door. But when it shows up – open the door, let it walk in, and be with it. Let it be your guest. Listen to the story it wants to tell you. Be a good nonjudgmental listener. When pain has shared all that it meant to express, being empty of anything else to say, it will leave happily, often to never return.” (p.99).