Coping with pain

[Koolpc]

Did you take it with black pepper? you need to for it to be absorbed, also its fat soluble, so it should be taken with some fat like olive oil.

Yes, it had black pepper in the supplement......

 

[Koolpc]

I may ask to try either Gabapentin or Pregabalin....supposed to be good for nerve pain...

 

[Trazor]

They said not bad enough for surgery....

Gabapentin has been offered as has Pregabalin but i was wary of the side effects..

My Wife suffers terribly with lower back pain, for many years.
She has hypermobility, which means effectively double jointed, fun when you are young, but terrible joint wear, as you age.

The only genuine pain relief she has had, are spinal block injections, one each side of her lower spine, which was brilliant for the first 6 months.
But after each repetition, the effect was reduced.

But certainly worth a look........University hospital Coventry.

 

[Mottie]

Swimming. Try swimming.

 

[securespark]

They said not bad enough for surgery....

Gabapentin has been offered as has Pregabalin but i was wary of the side effects..

I was reading through the thread and about to mention them.

At one point in my life, I had a dreadful pain originating from my cervical spine and running down my arm. Nothing would touch it. I was at my wits end, and told the GP so.

He prescribed Gabapentin and it was like magic. And never mind the side effects. I know someone who has been on it for many many years.

At least go and have a growl with the vet about it.

 

[Koolpc]

Swimming. Try swimming.

My fur gets too wet!!

 

[Koolpc]

I was reading through the thread and about to mention them.

At one point in my life, I had a dreadful pain originating from my cervical spine and running down my arm. Nothing would touch it. I was at my wits end, and told the GP so.

He prescribed Gabapentin and it was like magic. And never mind the side effects. I know someone who has been on it for many many years.

At least go and have a growl with the vet about it.

Woof!!!!!

I will, thank you

 

[chirpychippy]

Our Daughter has Fibromyalgia which causes a whole range of debilitating issues, chronic pain being one of them. She refuses to take prescription medication due to its side effects and the complications it will add to her occupation, instead she has chosen Cannabis as a pain reliever in the form of Bud.

Eventually her GP did listen to her and did recognise the severity of her condition, but instead of referring her to the pain clinic, he sent her for counselling, to this end, if being stoned helps her then so be it.

 

[motorbiking]

Its not nice have the chronic back and burning issues as its stops one from 'living' a normal life...

I cant walk far. And i would love to go hiking!! I cant...back really hurts after a short walk...

Going out for a meal or just driving is very uncomfortable because of the burning pain....

Like now, i have to lie down when home. Cant sit on the sofa etc etc (even though i live in shared accomodation so i only ever stay in my room)...

I think you have to break this idea that rest is the best way to alleviate the pain. While it works it gets you in to a cycle of making it worse.

Assuming you don’t have any of the red flags (numbness, difficulty taking a pee etc). I would slowly introduce som exercise.

Ironically the yoga down dog and up dog are quite effective, but I would look at a range.

Something like this.

 

[chirpychippy]

Movement is key in chronic pain, but so is learning when to stop. It is also recognising that on the days when you aren't in as much pain are also not the days to do more than you normally would.

I had chronic pain for five years, this year it stopped when a tumour was discovered through surgery in my right knee.

Surgeon number five agreed to do key hole surgery to assess the on going complications i was experiencing.
The discovery of tumour wasn't expected as it couldn't be seen through any imaging.
It was noncancerous but had attached itself to my knee cap most of the surrounding tissue and was starting to destroy my knee joint.

Yesterday I walked 10 miles, this time last year I couldn't walk half a mile.

It took five years to get a health professional to listen to me.

 

[Koolpc]

Movement is key in chronic pain, but so is learning when to stop. It is also recognising that on the days when you aren't in as much pain are also not the days to do more than you normally would.

I had chronic pain for five years, this year it stopped when a tumour was discovered through surgery in my right knee.

Surgeon number five agreed to do key hole surgery to assess the on going complications i was experiencing.
The discovery of tumour wasn't expected as it couldn't be seen through any imaging.
It was noncancerous but had attached itself to my knee cap most of the surrounding tissue and was starting to destroy my knee joint.

Yesterday I walked 10 miles, this time last year I couldn't walk half a mile.

It took five years to get a health professional to listen to me.

That is an amazing story. Superb for you my friend...

 

[johnny2007]

I used to suffer with terrible back pain.
Sometimes I couldn't get up from the floor and my wife had to carry me to use the toilet.
I would go through periods of being ok (but still uncomfortable) and periods of sciatica and back pain with the occasional week on the floor.
I've always done sport, so it wasn't a matter of sedentary life, but I remember a couple of occasions when I lifted heavy oak worktops on my own, swinging them about and feeling my back crunch; I'm sure that's how my last 2 discs herniated.
Like you, I was told that my condition was not bad enough to do anything apart from taking medications.
Then my wife kicked me to a private neurosurgeon who said: "Quality of life is as important (if not more important) than other factors when deciding to have surgery"
£10k later and since the usual ups and downs in the first couple of years, I don't know what back pain is anymore.
I swim, run, do mountain biking and go to the gym.
My life was saved by this surgeon.
So, get the first £300 together and your MRI and see a private neurosurgeon.
If you don't have the £10k to have surgery privately, when you go for the private consultation and they offer surgery, beg them to go on their NHS list because you're skint.
My friend did it for his knee and it worked.

 

[Justin Passing]

I'm just out of the Krankhaus

As it happens, I do get pain but decided to just get used to it. I use paracetamol liberally, it does take the edge off. There's a slow release ibuprofen which I have tried, and the +lysine or lysinate one works quicker. And you can combine them.
I have selection of dihydrocodein variants, tramadol, and fentanyl patches. Gabapentin, and a trial of pregabalin. If I use a combination, 3g/day of gabapetin, max tramadol, and a patch regime, I get less pain but fall over, fall asleep, and go about like a zombi. So I don't bother. There's liquid morphine in't cupboard too.

I went in hosp mid last week for a carpal tunnel op - a trivial thing where they cut through a restrictive ligament. Quite interesting to watch and see if I could name all the bits. Carpal tunnel pain is much like any other where your hand is held in a fire while being squeezed in a vice. I can ignore that too but it wakes you up.

So I had the op, was being led out of the maze of corridoors for a lift home, then the zimmer went flying and I was on the deck. WTF?? Long story short I thought it was a kidney stone, so they kept me in. I've had those before but this was bigger, I thought . I went to a&e on a trolley, where there was a 19 hour wait. I had some trammies with me so took my usual overdose (may be getting addicted now) and nodded off. Woke up some time later sweating profusely and shouting from curled up on the floor.
Turned out it was a blocked pancreatic duct. Don't get one. I've recalibrated my "10" on the pain scale.
No wifi or data signal so no computer though. Quite nice to have a break.

So, it might not work for you, but you can just get used to pain so you don't notice it. Mine's all over, all nerves & joints, breathing hurts. I find I hold my breath for long periods.
I do find it tiring. Sometimes it breaks into primary awareness so I take a cocktail. It's possible that one day it might get to be too much, which is why I keep the bottle of morphine.
Everybody's cross about something.
.

 

[Koolpc]

I'm just out of the Krankhaus

As it happens, I do get pain but decided to just get used to it. I use paracetamol liberally, it does take the edge off. There's a slow release ibuprofen which I have tried, and the +lysine or lysinate one works quicker. And you can combine them.
I have selection of dihydrocodein variants, tramadol, and fentanyl patches. Gabapentin, and a trial of pregabalin. If I use a combination, 3g/day of gabapetin, max tramadol, and a patch regime, I get less pain but fall over, fall asleep, and go about like a zombi. So I don't bother. There's liquid morphine in't cupboard too.

I went in hosp mid last week for a carpal tunnel op - a trivial thing where they cut through a restrictive ligament. Quite interesting to watch and see if I could name all the bits. Carpal tunnel pain is much like any other where your hand is held in a fire while being squeezed in a vice. I can ignore that too but it wakes you up.

So I had the op, was being led out of the maze of corridoors for a lift home, then the zimmer went flying and I was on the deck. WTF?? Long story short I thought it was a kidney stone, so they kept me in. I've had those before but this was bigger, I thought . I went to a&e on a trolley, where there was a 19 hour wait. I had some trammies with me so took my usual overdose (may be getting addicted now) and nodded off. Woke up some time later sweating profusely and shouting from curled up on the floor.
Turned out it was a blocked pancreatic duct. Don't get one. I've recalibrated my "10" on the pain scale.
No wifi or data signal so no computer though. Quite nice to have a break.

So, it might not work for you, but you can just get used to pain so you don't notice it. Mine's all over, all nerves & joints, breathing hurts. I find I hold my breath for long periods.
I do find it tiring. Sometimes it breaks into primary awareness so I take a cocktail. It's possible that one day it might get to be too much, which is why I keep the bottle of morphine.
Everybody's cross about something.
.

Had these issues for over 25 + years so i have suffered with pain a lot...

 

[SPLINE]

On the medicinal qualities of cannabis... this is a massive con, a ruse to get the stuff a good name and eventually legalised.