@maddie2023 I feel you. I did not like gabapentin either. I am taking 200mg daily of pregabalin now. No side effects but I’m not sure it’s doing much to change the narrative.
I keep moving. The pain that I get in my toes is sometimes pretty extreme. I just push through it and keep on keeping on. At 72, I think being able to do that is going to be a pretty good adaptive life strategy.
Water aerobics has helped a lot of my friends who are arthritic and although it’s kind of a pain because we don’t have a heated pool in my community, I think I’m going to drive to use the heated pool in a nearby community.
I’ve also been doing physical therapy due to a fall and that has helped me tremendously by strengthening my core. I guess Medicare has a lifetime cap on physical therapy and I am reaching that maximum. I think that’s ridiculous because physical therapy can assist in keeping people out of nursing homes and help them live more independently even with physical limitations. I have my last session tomorrow and after that I plan to replicate what I’ve learned in physical therapy at the senior citizen center and work out on their machines and with free weights
I hope you can find some relief. If you find something that gives you good results, please do post them.