Some are pleased.?ÿ Some are disappointed.
Somehow imjured a muscle in my hip.?ÿ It is clamping down hard on the sciatic nerve.?ÿ Pain and muscle spasms from my belt to toes,?ÿ ?ÿNo comfortable way to sit,?ÿ Typimg like a huntin' pecker.?ÿ Had x-rays to confirm the spine is OK.?ÿ Got a shot of painkiller in the butt yesterday.?ÿ On various meds and steroids.?ÿ Driving or riding in a vehicle HURTS.?ÿ Had to pull over every ten miles on the trip home to hobble a bit to relieve the spasms;?ÿ Santa is done for the year.?ÿ Have plenty of drafting to do once I can sit correctly.
Time for everyone else to keep this Board lively through the rest of 2022.
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Go see one of those Chiropractors. Painful at first, but the relief is almost instantaneous. Hope you get to feeling better soon.
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I went to a chiropractor for the first time last spring because my woman said I didn't look flexible. Chiropractor said there was nothing wrong with me, but that I'd probably benefit from a sports massage.?ÿ So, I finally did a sports massage (90-minute) for the first time this past Saturday.?ÿ Hard telling if it helped but I suppose it did.?ÿ Like a lump of pizza dough it might take a couple sessions to punch out all of the bad.
Anyway, I'd suggest a sports massage.
I suffer from spinal stenosis and have for about ten years now.?ÿ Sometimes it's just aggravating spasms of pain, sometimes it's unbearable.?ÿ There have been times I couldn't get up out of bed.?ÿ When that happens I just kind of roll out of bed and let my knees hit the floor.?ÿ After that it's just a matter of upper body strength and pulling myself up with the help of the dresser and my cane until I'm on my feet.?ÿ Walking is a bad imitation of Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster during an episode.
IM injections of morphine knock the pain down to manageable, but that entails a trip to the clinic.?ÿ Oral opiate pain meds really don't stop the pain but they can make you stupid enough to get around a little bit.
You have my sympathy.?ÿ Sometimes there is just no way to sit, lay or stand that doesn't hurt.?ÿ I have gotten out of the truck before and not been able to get back in.?ÿ It can be embarrassing...
The other day I was complaining about "old age" and someone else told me, "Don't worry, it usually doesn't last too long"...
I am sorry to hear this, pal.
Maybe try some yoga?
lots of different fixes for back pain.?ÿ Gotta start with what causes it and it appears to be different for everyone.?ÿ Stress is a major contributor.?ÿ Out of shape, overweight, poor back muscles, sitting in a bad chair all contribute.?ÿ I bought an Aeron chairs 25 years ago and that together with a steam shower every morning have helped me survive with back pain.?ÿ Different for all.?ÿ Never used morphine.
hope you all get to feeling better,
Those donut/horseshoe cushions you sit on for your office chair are super helpful. Be sure you get a foot rest too. Elevating your booty means you might be placing more weight on the backs of your thighs, which can exacerbate everything.
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You had been absent only 17 hours.?ÿ We weren't going to send out search parties just yet.
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Perhaps not, but a couple of years ago when I was off for about four days, the phone rang. My wife answered and heard, "Hello, Widow Cow??ÿ This is Paden Cash.?ÿ I was calling to............................................
similar but very much less pain than you've described, cure for me was standing desk.
no kidding.
I haven't actually had a sitting desk for a long time now?ÿ
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hope you and your Keister feel better quickly?ÿ
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Perhaps not, but a couple of years ago when I was off for about four days, the phone rang. My wife answered and heard, "Hello, Widow Cow??ÿ This is Paden Cash.?ÿ I was calling to............................................
Actually your better half did an outstanding job of screening the call.?ÿ I asked if you were around and she said you were unavailable.?ÿ When I explained why I called she quickly said, "Hang on a minute and I'll get him".?ÿ
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She's smart.
When the nurse went to give me the shot in my rump, she said, "Oh. my.?ÿ What an ass!"?ÿ My wife said. "He sure is, but look at that cute butt he has."
Have you given any thoughts to this product?
I watch several TV stations that carry that commercial along with everything possibly needed by anyone over 50 years of age?ÿ Hope someone here has tried it and will report on their findings.
Get well soon!
At one point in my examination, the emergency room doctor told me it appeared that I had a cute sciatica.?ÿ I wasn't sure if I should thank him or punch him in the nose for checking out my sciatica.
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The false story above where I claimed Paden called my wife Widow Cow comes from a story I heard many years ago.?ÿ There were two very experienced cops and a rookie that got caught up in a gun battle.?ÿ One of the senior cops was killed.?ÿ After the fight was over, the remaining career cop told the younger one that they needed to go to the home of the deceased officer to tell his wife of his demise.?ÿ The rookie wanted to be the one to tell her.?ÿ So, he was given some quick training on tact, sympathy and support.?ÿ When the wife opens the door to them, the rookie promptly asks her if she is Widow Jones.?ÿ She replied that she was Mrs. Jones but she was not a widow.?ÿ "The Hell you ain't.", said the rookie.
If you're wearing a belt, try suspenders until you're better!
I had a similar ailment back in the spring. Excruciating pain from hip to knee in my left leg. I had to sit down to pee.
Doc twisted knee every which way; some ways hurt, others didn't. He poked inside and out along my thigh; some pokes hurt, others didn't.
Then he told me about this bundle of nerves that goes down your thigh and said that was the problem. Prescribed Diclofenac Sodium 75 mg.
Within a day the pain was livable. Half way through the refill, it was gone. I keep the med on hand, felt signs of a relapse during the summer and ended it with three doses.
Best of luck with yours and get well soon!
I had to sit down to pee.
I've been sittin' down to pee for 30 years ever since I was appointed head of latrine cleaning, operations, and toilet paper. ????ÿ
If I say Doc it hurts when I do this he says then don??t do that.
