I will be temporarily down for routine maintenance. (Chronic back/neck problems – makes it difficult to type) Hopefully will be back within 2 days. -Jack
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Hey, Jack give me a call if you need anything from the grocery or drug store. With both feet in cast I know how it is to be down for routine maintenance.
Was very grateful with a little help from my friends and would be glad to repay the debt.
So sorry to hear it Jack…been there done that and its miserable!
Take care…relax…be kind to you. We will do our best to hold down the fort.
Jack, rest well. I’m a promoter of hot soaks in the tub and stretches. My brother-in-law swears by ice packs and stretches. So all I can recommend with any confidence … is stretches. Hope you’re better soon.
Thank you Libby and Harold… I am in a lot of pain at the moment, but I had to rant about gun law. lol (I would be in more pain if I didn’t say something about it!)
I sincerely appreciate your concern and advise. Thank you my friends. Well, time to go soak in the tub, then I have an ice pack treatment, also have some pain pills, but I’m not much of a pill person…thats a last resort for me, but I think I’m there.
An “Internal Alcohol” treatment will work also, until the next morning should you over medicate, then side effects come into play.
However those side effects, though unpleasant also creates a diversion and succor about dealing with the back pain.
Take Care not to over medicate 🙂 Get well soon!!!
I hope you feel better soon. It is really miserable to have chronic back pain. As others mentioned ice packs really help. Also if S is around, massages also help. Take care of yourself. I hope you are back soon.
Thanks PAL…I’m limping along today ok, slighly improved. This pinched nerve thing would be a far better tool than waterboarding, too bad they can’t figure out how to use it on terrorists. -Jack ; )
Jack sorry to hear you are in pain, one thing that helped me after rotator cuff surgery was the Tens Unit, which is electrodes you attach to the appropriate area, the hand held device to administer as intense as you want.
Topical treatment is Voltaren but must be careful how much you use and then there is the Lidocane patches.
Of course there is always pain pills which I sometimes use.
Thanks Harriet…I have a TENS unit and it does help some. The pain pills do help, but they make me loopy and so I try not to take much if I can avoid it.
I agree Jack, that is why I added pills last….:)
Jack, I know you will get well soon because you are indestructible! Plus, Bruce is your long lost brother.
Jack, I’m no doctor and I don’t even play one on TV…but I think Libby is right (for once?). Soaks in a hot tub of water should work.
But the way I do it is to get the water as hot as I can possibly stand it and then soak for a few hours. (Have your radio or play podcasts on your table so you will have something to do.) This is also very good for colds plus the steam really helps.
Also, on the TENS unit I have a question. Does it help with insomnia? I have heard some people use it for that.
Jack, here is something to take your mind off the pain…
“A dog named Caique wears a hat and shirt on Arpoador Beach in Rio de Janeiro. His owners said that they like to dress up Caique for dog parades and that they enjoy it when pedestrians take his picture.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/01/24/Foreign/Images/AP10ThingsToSee_Brazil_Daily_Life-0b032.jpg
Here’s some fun word-smithing to help your recovery.
Your education for today.
“Lexophile” is a word used to describe those that love using words in rather unique ways, such as “you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish”, or “to write with a broken pencil is.
pointless.” A competition to see who can come up with the best one is held every year.
This year’s winning submission is posted at the very end.
When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.
A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.
The batteries were given out free of charge.
A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.
A will is a dead giveaway.
With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
A boiled egg is hard to beat.
When you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.
Police were called to a day care center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
Did you hear about the fellow whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.
A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is two tired.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.
He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
When she saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she’d dye.
Acupuncture is a jab well done. That’s the point of it.
And the cream of the wretched crop:
Those who get too big for their pants will be exposed in the end.