Guest guest Posted April 29, 1998 Report Share Posted April 29, 1998 Griselda - Have you tried that carpiscum cream (I want to call it something like " Zantac " it's some kind of " Z " name....big help I am, huh?)? My father has bad arthritis in both knees and since he's been using this cream has been able to live relatively pain-free. It's expensive, but you don't use very much and it develops a residual affect where you will need less and less. If you like, I can contact him and find out the exact name. Might as well introduce myself quickly, while I'm at it. I am bed-ridden (hospital bed in the living room - won't be featured in " House Beautiful, " I fear) due to chronic pain caused by a progressive degenerative disease I have in my back, Arachnoiditis. I also have three bulging disks, a failed fusion, degenerative disk disease, arthritist in my back at the sites of the surgeries and spinal stenosis. It's been a while since I've actually had to list this stuff, and it seems to me I might be missing one or two other little problems. I very rarely leave the house, as the car is in the garage, which is downstairs and I can't get there from here, it becomes a bit of an effort to go anywhere, and I'm getting to where I'm more and more hesitant to leave my house. Being in a wheelchair is extremely painful, which makes it worse. I do get around in my house by using my walker; the most painful thing I can do, actually is to SIT. I have managed some success as a freelance writer and columnist. When I became disabled I'd been a vocalist and was lucky enough to discover another outlet for my frustrated creativity. The Internet and my computer is my lifeline. My husband fixed up a cart on which my computer equipment can be rolled about allowing me to use it from my hospital bed. I have been married for 15 years and have a 14-year-old daughter. I have been disabled since my pregnancy with her. My first back surgery occurred exactly one month after her birth, and it's been an avalanching deterioration since. I live on MS Contin, anti-spasmodics, anti-inflammatories, Zoloft and periodically fun experimental stuff my pain doctor concocts for me. I hope we will be able to be of some help to each other. I've found the pain lists on which I've participated before can often become very derisive as well as extremely depressing - to me, anyway. I don't know if this is something indigenous to the make-up of the list, or the nature of all lists. I tend to need more " Up-lifting " encouragement; there is not a moment I do not have pain. It's been so long since I was pain-free I don't even remember what that was like anymore. I'm so sorry I didn't realize it was a time to have been savored so I could have carried the memory on through life to remind me how life should be; not what life is. Peggy M. At 07:35 PM 4/29/98 -0000, you wrote: >When I have muscle aches, I've found that rubbing the sore areas with a >mixture of lavendar, rosemary and eucalyptus oils (either alone or mixed >with a lotion). Topical solutions usually aren't usually terribly >effective, but this one does seem to have some good effects for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 1998 Report Share Posted April 29, 1998 Peggy- Sounds like you need a higher dose of Zoloff. I rarely leave the house anymore either. Riding in the car is uncomfortable, cause I need to keep my legs up. I take Ralifin, Napersin, Soma, Zoloff, Pepsid-(bcause of the N-saids) Atarix, (anti-hystamin- because even the bones in my face swell) and Tylonal by the bottle! I try to stay away from the codine- but there are more and more nights that I find myself reaching for the bottle. Always keep that bottle where I have to get up to get it though- safer that way. You sound VERY down- and that's going to make you hurt more- ask the doctor about a little more Zoloff- might make you feel better- Ronnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 1998 Report Share Posted April 29, 1998 At 12:24 AM 4/30/98 -0000, you wrote: > > >Griselda - > >Have you tried that carpiscum cream (I want to call it something like > " Zantac " it's some kind of " Z " name....big help I am, huh?)? My father has >bad arthritis in both knees and since he's been using this cream has been >able to live relatively pain-free. It's expensive, but you don't use very >much and it develops a residual affect where you will need less and less. >If you like, I can contact him and find out the exact name. Thanks for mentioning that -- I've tried some of them, but can only use them occasionally because the pepper juice irritates my skin. But when I use them, they do seem to help quite a bit... Griselda ************************************* Are you a caregiver for a disabled or ill family member? join CAREGIVERS, a mailing list at: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/caregivers ------------ Are you disabled or have a chronic illness? Join DISABLED, a mailing list at http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/disabled ************************************** )O( email: jarnsaxa@... ICQ #: 8770960 alt email: mailto:griseldajarnsaxa@... (use this for mailing list ?'s) ************************************** " We are become grey. We stand between the darkness and the light ....between the candle and the star " -- B5 ************************************** " 300,000 " is a LIE! // " The Shame Should Not Be Mine " - The Practice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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