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Alternatives for pain management
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Nov 28, 2020 | Replies (258)Comment receiving replies
I find when I can be outside doing anything it reduces my anxiety unless I let myself get crabby because I can do so little (key words there our "let myself") it may be the pain, which is the easiest to work thru or the inability to breathe a little tougher to ignore lol on a good day I will be out as long as I can stand. I am so lucky !!!!! We live about 10 miles outside a town of only 10,000 but it still has 5 recreational lakes WITHIN the city limits! Our home is on a smaller lake which is mostly used by the people (10) living on it. It is close to heaven. Years ago I started expanding the flower gardens, still need one more for the youngest grandchild and as hard as it can be to maintain they bring me joy. My husband doesn't really care about the flower gardens but knowing how much they mean to me he has really helped out A LOT. He also expanded the veggies and grew a 200lb pumpkin last year. He has built a tree house that I still have not seen since he finished the enterior but I have seen pic and it rivals the ones you see on TV only a bit smaller. So far haven't been able to make the climb but I will soon. He is so proud of it he picked all the furniture and décor with only a tiny bit of help from me. except for plumbing it could be a guest room in the sky !!! LOL and he is trying to solve the plumbing (mostly for the female guests ) Speaking of being outside I need to run into town to pick up a few plants and get them in before it rains. Hope everyone as a great day !!!
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@oregongirl thats great glad it helped just be careful about the amount you take.
@lioness Thanks you for the suggestion for @oregongirl
@allisonsnow Hoorah and keep enjoying the great out-of-doors. Best pain med I can get!!! Sorry all cannot see my secret garden that is just starting to burst w/ color-in spite of the guldern squirrles. Spring arrived later this year.
@parus I am just headed out now though it is cloudy and muggy. It didn't even seem as though we had spring we went from a blizzard one weekend to 80+ degrees in a matter of days and hasn't stopped the hot n muggy cycle. I sympathize with the squirrels I am having trouble with rabbits and deer ( thought deer didn't eat Hosta ). NIce flowers they can bring a lot of happiness. Thanks for sharing with me
@parus p.s. Love four o'clocks my mom had them every year
@allisonsnow Oh my!!! Squirrels are mild compared to deer as far as eating the plants. There are some ferns that deer do not like. flowers do bring happiness. Mine have not been planted for long. Another couple of weeks and their legs will stretch as they have room to wiggle their toes. a later start here this Spring too.
@parus The sad day of spring is when I plant my last annual LOL I am moving more and more to perennials especially in the gardens farther from the house. harder to keep them watered (the annuals) and I can't carry many watering cans ! I planted a new garden a couple of years ago in honor of my daughter and that one is finally taking hold , except for deer But a Norway pine started growing between the landscape rocks and the deer have left that alone. She must be watching out for it, it is a couple feet tall now, Think I might go out and pick rhubarb while my back isn't hurting to bad. (I was pretty lazy today so I feel ok)
Have a good night
You sound like you live in Minnesota or Wisconsin. Rhubarb used to be my treat to myself. Raw. My mom would make Rhubarb pies . I grew up in Minnesota.
@oregongirl Yes southern mn. couple of miles I would be in Iowa. Which part of mn?. I am only a couple hundred from Mayo We used to sneak a bowl of sugar to dip the rhubarb stalks in lol I feel bad for those who have never had the joy of a nice sweet/tart rhubarb desert !!! You know I have noticed my back is a bit better....because I haven't used the patches as much I FEEL THE PAIN so I stop doing to much and causing more pain …..sounds backwards but is working for me for right now and right now is what we crave to fix. I try to stop worrying about the tomorrow and concentrate on the right now. "Only he know the plans...." I know ...we hear that over and over but really when I start to even attempt to understand the why me ???? I will drive myself crazy !!!!! why do I have cancer...why am I alive and not the more deserving....why have I hung on 9 long years and others have left us in a flash. while I am dripping sweat all over my key board so am going to quit on that "light" thought (so like me) and sit in front of a fan. talk more later
Allison
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Just a comment regarding pain. My Dr said take 1 Tynenol and 2 ibuprofen. I did it and trust me it works