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xwordfanatik

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On 5/7/2022 at 6:26 AM, WhatAmIWatching said:

If you can find Penetrex cream, I'd give it a try. Our Walmart stocks it.

My mom had bursitis in her hip, and regularly using Penetrex relieved it completely. I use it on my horrible back when the pain gets so high I'm shaking, and it gives me enough relief that I can catch my breath. I've tried all of the creams and ointments and nothing has shut the pain up for a little bit like Penetrex does. 

Thanks from me too.  I hadn't heard about it, and got a jar for my back pain.  Mr. X uses CBD roll-on for his bad knee, and it didn't seem to work for me.  Icing my back does help, but I can't do that in bed.

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41 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

Thanks from me too.  I hadn't heard about it, and got a jar for my back pain.  Mr. X uses CBD roll-on for his bad knee, and it didn't seem to work for me.  Icing my back does help, but I can't do that in bed.

I have used CBD cream on my knee and it just worked for maybe an hour, same with Arnica cream. The Aspercreme w/Lidocaine seems to work the best of the 3 so far. The Salonpas patches are out for delivery today. Hoping they work longer.  Will try the Penetrex if they don't.

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Gramto6

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5,582 steps yesterday.

My knee flared up so badly in the afternoon, I couldn't even think of driving the garbage up to the road or picking up the Salonpas from the mailbox.  My neighbor is going to get them for me this morning. I don't know what caused it but it was awful. It seems  better today but it did yesterday morning too, so I am going to do as little as possible until I get a patch on.

Wow! The patch does seem to help. I've had it on 1/2 hour so. It is going to take a bit to figure out placement for best coverage, but even so it does seem to be helping. Time will tell. 

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Gramto6

Gramto6

5,394 steps yesterday.

Put first patch on in the morning yesterday and within a half hour knee was feeling better. Put another patch on overnight. Knee feels pretty good today. The only complaint I might have is the menthol/camphor smell is pretty strong. Think I will stick with the one patch during the day and one overnight. The patches are definitely the best thing I've tried!

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7 minutes ago, Gramto6 said:

5,394 steps yesterday.

Put first patch on in the morning yesterday and within a half hour knee was feeling better. Put another patch on overnight. Knee feels pretty good today. The only complaint I might have is the menthol/camphor smell is pretty strong. Think I will stick with the one patch during the day and one overnight. The patches are definitely the best thing I've tried!

So glad the patches are working for you!

Isn’t your second eye surgery coming up soon?

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WhatAmIWatching

WhatAmIWatching

On 5/9/2022 at 12:06 PM, Gramto6 said:

I have used CBD cream on my knee and it just worked for maybe an hour, same with Arnica cream. The Aspercreme w/Lidocaine seems to work the best of the 3 so far. The Salonpas patches are out for delivery today. Hoping they work longer.  Will try the Penetrex if they don't.

The penetrex doesn't last super long, but you're supped to reapply at intervals. My mom followed the instructions and had excellent relief.

I'm an Oh Squirrel! person and forget to keep track, so I just rub it on when I am at my limit of coping, and it gives me a respite so I can catch my breath. It's really subtle. I didn't realize it had muted the pain until I thought about it and was amazed.

 

I haven't yet tried CBD and want to. My pain docs said I can't, because of the possible trace amounts of THC, which is the dumbest thing ever.

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WhatAmIWatching

WhatAmIWatching

8 hours ago, Absolom said:

Do people often drug test you?  If they don't, what's the problem?

Yep! It's a condition for being allowed to take opioids through the pain management doctor. I get tested approx every other month. They regularly tested us at my Calif pain doc, too.

 

7 hours ago, Pickleinthemiddle said:

Some pain management doctors/centers will regularly test to make sure that patients are not taking any drugs.  

And funnily, it's also to make sure we ARE taking our meds! That nugget surprised me as that never crossed my mind.

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Absolom

Absolom

5 minutes ago, WhatAmIWatching said:

Yep! It's a condition for being allowed to take opioids through the pain management doctor. I get tested approx every other month. They regularly tested us at my Calif pain doc, too.

I'm sorry.  I had no idea.  I take a lot of meds including for pain, but because of why I've never been sent to a pain clinic.  There was talk once of sending me to a pain clinic and now I'm glad I declined the offer.  Best of luck.  

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WhatAmIWatching

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34 minutes ago, Absolom said:

I'm sorry.  I had no idea.  I take a lot of meds including for pain, but because of why I've never been sent to a pain clinic.  There was talk once of sending me to a pain clinic and now I'm glad I declined the offer.  Best of luck.  

Don't be sorry! There's no way you would know unless you were under a pain doctor/clinic's care. I believe all the rules have to do with the war on opioids.

  Which fine, I get they want to stem the crazy pain pill epidemic, but why come after the people who are probably the most compliant? Because we need them to, you know, live and definitely not to get high! (Do pain pills even get anyone high? I wouldn't choose them if I wanted that 😆) *I do understand that there has been a big problem with pill mills, and clinics have been shuttered, and doctors have lost licenses, but we're in 2022 now. The bad apples should have been weeded out by now with all the increasingly stringent oversights!*

 It's so silly, but they can test me all they want. It's habit now, and doesn't make me feel like a criminal or degrading any more. I just have to make sure I load up on fluids before my appointments 😂 

 They used to count my pills as well to make certain I wasn't taking more nor less than I was prescribed, which could earn a dismissal from the practice. My understanding is that the DEA had that as a part of the contract for the doctors.
  Since I've lived here, the practice I see has changed hands three times, and the first one counted, the second one did for a couple years then stopped--I think the federal rules must have changed or something?-- And now the current practice doesn't count them at all. 
 

I do appreciate the pain doc because they also do injections and other procedures, which add more layers of relief (though short acting for me) and I love when we can burn the misbehaving nerves, which can decrease my pain a few steps for a few months. They have more tools than a non specialist, so I gladly jump through their hoops so I can be somewhat human part of the time.

 What I really want is a bionic spine transplant, but apparently we aren't quite there yet! 😆 🤞 

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Absolom

Absolom

3 minutes ago, WhatAmIWatching said:

Which fine, I get they want to stem the crazy pain pill epidemic, but why come after the people who are probably the most compliant? Because we need them to, you know, live and definitely not to get high! (Do pain pills even get anyone high? I wouldn't choose them if I wanted that 😆) *I do understand that there has been a big problem with pill mills, and clinics have been shuttered, and doctors have lost licenses, but we're in 2022 now. The bad apples should have been weeded out by now with all the increasingly stringent oversights!*

Right they're going after the wrong people.  I don't get any high from the pills either.  

If it keeps you moving, I'm glad.  

 

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Gramto6

Gramto6

A surprising 7,554 steps yesterday. Mostly done after I got home from surgery.This was one of the first times I have kind of pushed the steps to get the number up.

What a difference from yesterday to today!The pad and shield are off my eye and vision is better than it has been in years. My current glasses make it worse, the rx in my last ones works better. I do have to say that drug he used knocked me for a loop yesterday. Fell asleep in the recliner until 6AM and then in bed until almost 10AM. My internal time clock is all messed up but I am feeling better today. Doing everything w/out glasses! Amazing! I know I will need new glasses once all healed, but I can see they will be less strong.

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crazycatlady58

crazycatlady58

34 minutes ago, Gramto6 said:

A surprising 7,554 steps yesterday. Mostly done after I got home from surgery.This was one of the first times I have kind of pushed the steps to get the number up.

What a difference from yesterday to today!The pad and shield are off my eye and vision is better than it has been in years. My current glasses make it worse, the rx in my last ones works better. I do have to say that drug he used knocked me for a loop yesterday. Fell asleep in the recliner until 6AM and then in bed until almost 10AM. My internal time clock is all messed up but I am feeling better today. Doing everything w/out glasses! Amazing! I know I will need new glasses once all healed, but I can see they will be less strong.

Yes, the results of cataract surgery are miraculous. 

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Gramto6

Gramto6

4,983 steps yesterday. Up, down, up, down, it is frustrating. I guess I just need to accept it as there are other things going on in my body right now... 

My blood glucose has been all over the map and I finally figured out yesterday that it is the steroid drops I am putting in my eye. Two more weeks of them and then hopefully things will get back to normal.

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Gramto6

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6,696 steps yesterday.

Only used the Aspercreme w/Lidocaine yesterday to give the skin on my knee time to recover from the rash (from the patches). Amazingly knee didn't hurt at all, all day. Aspercreme at bedtime and so far today no pain in knee with nothing put on it. My mind is boggled. Will see how today goes...

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