Neuropathy & Exercise

Good morning @rwinney, cheerio. So, my flare went away...stayed in bed until 2:30. One of those days. Rachel would you please share your experience with different responses from medical cannabis and opioids. I have never used opioids so I only know one side of the coin. If you could mention changes in dosages that would be helpful.

When did your body begin to require a different dosage, ratio mix or increase in dropper amount? I am starting 1:3 CBD/THC today. Just call me a mixologist. I do want to get the percentages right. I am currently using 1:1 CBD/THC, 2 droppers. I didn’t expect that my body would cry out for a higher dose. Is that what you felt? Thank you.

May today find your mind at peace.
Chris

@darlingtondoll, A decubitus ulcer would be difficult to heal depending on the stage. The deeper the wound, the more complications can arise. Preventing a sore is not always easy. Assistance may be needed for repositioning a person often throughout the day whether in bed or a chair. @darlingtondoll a physical therapist will make a home assessment and then show you the exercises to do. Always ask the therapist questions. The more knowledge you gain, the better equipped you will be to help yourself. I know it is not easy. If things were easy everyone would do it. That is what separates the fighters or survivors from the rest of the folks. Knowledge is power.

I adjusted the seat on my wheelchair to go forward by four inches which means that I now have a space between the seat and the back. When I sit, my butt (along with my ulcer) is suspended so there’s no pressure on the ulcer. I lie on my side at night and also during the day when I rest.

@darlingtondoll Im sorry to hear you have an ulcer . Is anyone helping you with it in cleaning it is it open when I was working early in the 60,s I use to have to clean the bedsores and we applied just plain sugar after the cleaning I know this is out of date now but that was the ritual then . Bless you you have a lot of problems . But you have a humor to you haven't lost . Good for you take care

@darlingtondoll My fracture is a L2 and I remember the Dr telling me if it was another vertabrea I would be paralyzed . SO sorry for your fracture there . So sorry for this . It is what it is right and on here it seems you have kept you spirit and humor . I congratulate you for this I dont know how I would have been in your situation .

I see my wound care doctor every Thursday. My ulcer is no longer down to the fatty layer and it is not deep. Every time it gets almost healed, it opens up again. I have a special dressing on it with some Prisma wound dressing directly on the wound. Then I dress it with a special silicone 4”x4” pad. The wound weeps a lot but it is not infected.

I don’t have a fracture. The artery feeding my spinal cord got blocked at T7. It’s like having a heart attack in your spinal cord. It’s officially called a spinal cord stroke. I have advanced cardiovascular disease and I have had two heart attacks, several brain strokes and this paralysis. All caused by the same thing. I had bypass surgery in 2010 and have six new blockages in my heart.

@darlingtondoll Wow so sorry for all you have . You dont need to put up with a fracture then at all. Do you have a cholesterol problem causing your blockages ? Guess you need a root rotter lol My bypass was from cholesterol that's why I asked . But still fighting the cholesterol problem altho its under control now with the statin I take . You have a great attitude Im sure your hubby is a great help to you . Blessings to you

My problem is bad genes. My father, grandfather, uncles and six of my male cousins died from heart attacks. I have always been thin, active and I eat a low fat diet. So there’s nothing that I can do to change my medical history. I take a statin, but nothing helps. My sister never exercised a minute of her life, ate a horrible high fat diet, was morbidly obese and did not have any cardiac problems. It just wasn’t fair. She got the good genes.

@darlingtondoll I understand the genes of our parents ,ancestors do have a lot with what we get . I inherited my Mom,s arthritis its all through me from my neck down to my feet . Right now after 2 fractures it in my right hip bad . I was suppose to see a neuro on the 30th March but canceled it so will reschedule when this virus is done Hopefully it will be gone by June if not before My Mom ended up with dementia of the Alzheimer's a type of it so I have some also . But at 78 Im still in control of my self. Its what we are given in this life that we cant do anything about it . Keep going the best you can