Re: I hurt so bad, I`m near ready to give up!

[Guest guest]

It might do you well to buy an inexpensive camping air mattress

and try sleeping on that . The pressure points we have and

reduced circulatory problems are what helps make the morning

pains so bad.

I myself have a mission to try and get a SAT bed as soon as I can

find a Medicare provider. If you want to get a trial run try the

above suggestion or for those home owners they say waterbeds are

secondary bed types that do not offer pressure point resistance.

medusa

> Does anyone hurt so bad when they wake up from sleep that they

> can

> barely walk, talk , or use there arms and hands. The only way I

> can

> avoid this is to not go to bed or only sleep a couple of hours

> at a

> time. It`s like everything loses it`s fuction ability.

[Guest guest]

,

I used to take Benadryl when I had nothing for pain spasm. It seemed

to help. There are some over the counter things for back spasm. I

forgot what the one that helped me was. it is real old and I think the

same company that made BC. Is it doans pills. If any one knows,

please post. My back spasms are so deep they feel like little spurs.

My physical therapist actually put pressure against it until it

realeased. When I get my husband to massage my back, he says they feel

like sand spurs.

Next time I go to the doctor, I am getting a physical therapy

appointment. I asked for this one time and the doctor forgot to put

heat and massage and the therapist wouldn't do anything but therapy so

I make sure I include heat, ultrasonic, and massage when I ask my

doctor for a referral.

Yes, I do not wake up refreshed. But last week after taking Restorial

for sleep because of my fibromylagia, I had deep sleep and actually got

up at 8 a.m.

I have a sleep study appointment this week so I will see if I can get

any pointers from them. Pain really messes up the body, doesn't it ?

Good Luck and since I am going thru my muscle spasms phase now, I

can relate. Also, calcium pills help me to relax my muscles sometimes.

Bennie

> <<Does anyone hurt so bad when they wake up from sleep that they can

> barely

> walk, talk , or use there arms and hands.

[Guest guest]

For me it helps to have my pain medication ready to take as soon as I wake up.

Then, I just wait until the pain starts to ease and then I'm good to start the

day.

I take 4 mg of Dilaudid when I wake up. This enables me to walk my 3 miles at

the beginning of the day, which helps to loosen me up and also makes me feel

very productive and " normal. "

If it weren't for the medication, I couldn't do my exercise and if it weren't

for the exercise, I couldn't do much! I generally take another dose around 3

p.m.

However, I try to leave that one off if possible. Some days I find that I can,

if I don't have a busy afternoon planned.

Very shortly I will be starting into a round of physical therapy so that I can

begin working out at a gym, in hopes of improving my overall upper body strength

and flexibility which, in turn, will help everything.

My goal is to get off the Dilaudid. I firmly believe that exercise (within

limits, of course), good nutrition and proper rest will carry one very far in

dealing with the pain. The psychological advantages are just tremendous. I've

done this before with the physical therapy and then an exercise program and it

works wonders.

I'm becoming more and more convinced (through past experience) that strengthing

the body is one of the major keys to bearing the pain. It's a lot of work and

commitment, but well worth it in the end.

I regret that I have fallen along the wayside and not kept it up. However, it's

a new year and I'm ready to get strong again.

The reason I start with the physical therapy is so that I can have a work-out

program taylored to my needs and abilities. It's important to know your

limitations. Otherwise,you may be doomed to failure.

VERY IMPORTANT: Don't overdo on the exercise when you are on pain meds.

I hope this helps you a little and I hope you feel better soon. FYI: My pain

results from prior surgeries (bone fusions C3-C7) as well as osteoarthritis, a

little sciatica, and a micro-discectomy (L5-L1).

The primary problem comes from the changes in the spine due to the cervical bone

fusions. My range of motion in the upper part of my body is poor.