Living with Neuropathy - Welcome to the group

Thx John. I don't think this is it. Thanks for your time and effort!! Sunny

Thank you for acknowledging the heaviness of my load.
My mom doesn’t have a plan.
She doesn’t actually want to die, but has lost a lot of the will to live:/
Warmly
Jessamyn

@jessamyn

Not wanting to live because of chronic, unrelenting pain is understandable. It's no fun for family members or caregivers, but it's a reality. Except for a brief period when I was 39 and working in a very stressful, dysfunctional environment, I was never a worrier. My father raised us to look for the good in every person and situation. I enjoyed my work.

Now I have days when I pray that God will let me leave this world and wake up in heaven, free of pain and depression. I'm thankful that I'm in a much better place than I was in the early years of 2000. I know that I made life difficult for my wife and kids. I keep the thoughts about heaven to myself. I can understand how distressing it is to hear that someone you care for doesn't want to live.

Have you ever been in a support group that addresses ways to cope with stressors like that? Or talked about it with a counselor? It's good to know that you participate in the groups you mentioned. Keep on doing the things that strengthen you.

Jim

Thanks, @lioness Right now my bursitis seems to be less severe than usual so I'm not pushing for anything, but I know it will return.
I feel like everything I do has as many negatives as positives! I am trying very hard to be active and get exercise in but of course the more active I am the more my bursitis hurts.

I haven't had an outside walk for a few days so I really wanted to today but the high temperature today is forecast as being 32°! I don't know if I really want to bundle up to walk.
JK

@contentandwell . I don't blame you I hurt since shot so don't know either it didn't help with entraped nerve pain . I was talking to a lady that has alot also and I did know about turmeric but she said she takes it twice a day and feels good it cuts down on the inflammation . So am going to start that I love it in my Golden milk going to have to get skim milk all that milk fat won't be good for my waistline lol

@contentandwell @lioness. I have hip bursitis and S I joint disfunction for a couple of months now, my orthopedic doctor gave me a cortisone shot, then recommended PT. I don't think the shot did much. PT was helpful but it's still there. He doesn't want to give me any more shot. Now I'm feeling discomfort in the other hip. I'm just about giving up. I've not been walking much but today I ventured to Starbucks which took me 40 minutes! Almost twice the time it normally takes. My physical therapists use laser to bring down the inflammation and gave me lots of exercise to do at home. They don't accept my Medicare HMO, but they do give me a cash discount which still costs an arm and a leg. Fortunately my daughter had arranged with them to bill her from now on. I hope I'll get better soon, my next trip to my orthopedic doctor will be for my spinal stenosis which too had gotten worse with all that sitting in the last 9 months. I have never been sedentary in my life until this year. Enough venting, sorry. Just found out my hip doctor is the team doctor for the football team the Chargers!

@mayofeb2020 Im sorry you are in such pain . We are all pain warriors Have you read about the ice and heat I put on here and tumeric I also use a CBD daily that helps . Just keep plugging along like me .

mayofeb, I’m sorry to hear you’ve had no relief with either cortisone shot or P/T for your hip. I too have had hip bursitis for 10 months, had a shot last month which did not help(I actually think the Dr. got the wrong placement) since he wasn’t sure if it was bursitis or tendinitis and I had cortisone shots previously (different location) which totally eliminated my problem. I had previously gone to one P/T who said I had no muscle weakness so he just treated the pain which basically did nothing. After the failed court. shot my ortho dr. referred me to another P/T who is wonderful, doing actual therapy on my hip along with exercises I do at home. After 5 sessions my bursitis is almost gone. I am usually sore after a session which is actually helping to strengthen the muscles which in turn will eventually take pressure off whatever was causing the irritation and hence inflammation. Are you able to take NSAID’s for pain? I started on Tramadol and now only 1 Naproxen at night. Bursitis often goes away on its own with rest, hopefully this will work for you. Best, Helen

@helennicola. I'm continuing with my PT. They do manipulate my hip muscle and supervised exercises. I have been using the same PT place for over 10 years so they know my body and my problems. They're trying to help me with my back problems too. I guess I just have to be patient. I cannot take NSAID because I'm on blood thinner. Sometimes when it gets really bad, I'll take Tylenol, but they're not really as good. Thank you for giving me hope. I hope it'll go away on its own soon. The PT gave me alot of food advice. Every morning I put a heat pad under my back /hip for a few minutes to warm my muscle up and then do my exercises. Again before I go to bed. In between I do some more core exercises.

@helennicola. My PT gave me good advice, not food advice... Finger not too nimble, sorry.