Guest guest Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Kitty wrote: > Hello all, I am writing this from the sofa in my living room - a place I spend way too much time. Yesterday I set off on vacation with my husband, dropped keys off at the house sitter's, packed the truck, slathered on sunscreen. We haven't been to our vacation home at all this summer due to my back pain and I was determined to get there. Well, an hour into the ride I switched with my husband as I couldn't continue driving. Kitty, try again. This time, if heat works on your pain, put on a Thermacare wrap about an hour before you leave home. They last for up to ten hours. If cold works, take cold packs with you in a cooler with freezer packs in it. Change them as they warm up. Take your pain meds a half hour before you leave and have some with you in the car to take if what you took before leaving is enough. Stop every half hour and hobble around outside the car for a few minutes. And - let your spouse do all the driving - don't even try! Hope that's helpful. Lyndi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 I agree with what Lyndi said. Also, you can also buy " instant " hot and cold packs at your local pharmacy or supercenter. They have some sort of chemicals in them where you squish the bag, which causes a chemical reaction, which causes the pack/wrap to be instantly hot or cold (depending on which kind you buy). The cold ones are especially useful to take on trips if you can't bring a cooler with ice or freezer packs in it (such as on a long trip where they would melt or warm up). e.h. Lyndi wrote: > Kitty, try again. This time, if heat works on your pain, put on a > Thermacare wrap about an hour before you leave home. They last for up > to ten hours. If cold works, take cold packs with you in a cooler with > freezer packs in it. Change them as they warm up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 My doctors say ice for pain, heat for comfort. I use both sometimes at the same time on different parts of my body. Plus I make my own pain cream which has been an awesome thing for not only me but for many. I wish I could take full credit for this cream, but the formula came to me in a dream, I researched it for months afterwards and increased its strength to now be of great help, this is besides my pain medicine all this together helps me to stay in my own home and not in a care home. My joint disease and spine degeneration disease, plus very severe arthritis, diabetes and copd. It sounds bad very bad written out, however, I am still in my own home, still drive and can do all the things I have wanted. That includes my jewelry business and aromatherapy and art things that I have done in art galleries. I thank God that I am still able to have good days to mix and balance the bad days. Are there any other artists in the group? or authors? I have four published books myself. Creative souls normally have great pain thresholds. So I was just wondering how many are in the group? I think it is great to get to know people here and learn more about everyone. What is some of the work all of you do? It is a big of who we are, right? > E. H. wrote Also, you can also buy " instant " hot and cold packs at your local pharmacy or supercenter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 I certainly understand being a positive person, yet the light is beginning to fade. I am upbeat, some say too positive, I always have believed the mind is a powerful thing and with the right focus pain can even diminish its power. Yet this last month that perception is beginning to not hold as much power it once did. I have found out a new disability that has taken its toll on me, something is very wrong with nerve and bones going from my left hip to my lumbar part of my spine. I see a different pain specialist on the fourth of August > Kitty wrote: >Honestly, I'm a pretty positive person, but my sunshine-y outlook is fading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 E. Hyland wrote: > I agree with what Lyndi said. > > Also, you can also buy " instant " hot and cold packs at your local pharmacy > or supercenter. They have some sort of chemicals in them where you squish > the bag, which causes a chemical reaction, which causes the pack/wrap to be > instantly hot or cold (depending on which kind you buy). The cold ones are > especially useful to take on trips if you can't bring a cooler with ice or > freezer packs in it (such as on a long trip where they would melt or warm > up). All, I found the shoulder/neck Tiger Balm rub to help my back. Smells different than Ben Gay but helps. In Texas, they say, buy a long neck place it on the hurt place, make sure its cold and if that doesn't work, drink it. : ) Just a joke, Just a joke about the longneck beer. Bennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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