Re: [C_P] It hurts sooo bad some days. Other days not so much.

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> M wrote:

> I have a pain management follow up today at seven pm. I will be asking my

primary care doctor, once again, to restart my Actiq or relace it with something

comperable. Please wish me luck, I'm REALLY going to need it.

I wish I could take Atique. I have heard it is good. I just bumble along with my

Methadone. I am going to change the subject here. I am trying to learn..

Let us know if you got Atique.

My main problem is osteoarthritis in my neck. C5 & C6 are the main ones. (Too

high for comfort. Scary!) I have Scoliosis and other bulging discs. I am 69 and

maybe it seems like it is my time to have problems but I see women my age taking

walks, running, playing tennis, taking trips. I can't do anything. Almost every

day you would find me in my Lazy Boy watching TV or, of course, the computer.

I need to go to the ophthalmologist because something is wrong with my eyes. I

see double, etc. I have too much pain to make an appointment and get myself in

the office.

Some nights my neck feels so tight and crunchy that I just do not know if

morning will find me drinking coffee.

I hurt my neck with a Shiatsu massager. I used it too hard and in too many

places. I used it in all the places where I was feeling arthritis. (Ten years

ago)

If I complain of pain, my doctor says, " You need a pump. " (I will not get one.

Not ever) I believe there are other modalities that he could use. Shots. Oh, I

don't know what else. What do your doctors use to help ease your pain?

I was very athletic before all this pain started. I would dance for two hours a

day or walk two hours a day. I followed the rules of health. All the books said,

" Get a lot of exercise. " Do not. The books are wrong.

I am learning how to use this. Steve, you have been so helpful to me.

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Dear siouxmoore and others with neck problems.

You are not alone. I suffer big time with neck problems. I have tried

absolutely everything and nothing works besides knocking me out to relieve my

neck pain. I am 58 and I want to live, too. However, I am learning there are

just some things I cannot do anymore. My daughter asked for help moving 3 hours

away. I had to say no other than helping do some driving. I cannot lift . It

makes me feel bad to say no to people I would love to assist but I don't want to

spend a week in bed recovering from doing an activity. I try to help them in

other ways. Becky

> sioux wrote:

> My main problem is osteoarthritis in my neck. C5 & C6 are the main ones. (Too

high for comfort. Scary!) I have Scoliosis and other bulging discs.