@jasl welcome, I’m glad you found us, however I am sorry you had to…

Pain is exhausting. I have a laundry list of issues that cause me pain. My problem is that my body doesn’t react well to any sort of pain reliever. Everything I have tried just knocks me out. I get way too sleepy to function so my quality of life is not good. Tylenol, regular not PM makes me drowsy! My mom had the same problem.

I use topical creams ie, Aspercreme, Bio-Freeze, Magnesium Lotion for the osteoarthritis, peripheral neuropathy, and fibromyalgia pain. They help me a lot.

I’m in agreement with you on the plight of pain patients. In 2019, I had a total knee replacement. The only pain relief I was provided was a solution of some sort of pain relieving liquid that was fed into my knee capsule via IV. That lasted 3 days. It was certainly not enough!

I understand both sides of the situation. My 45 year old daughter died in 2018. She overdosed on painkillers with fentanyl. Stephanie was not the usual portrait of a drug addict. She was a typical soccer mom with 3 beautiful children.
I tell you this because it’s so easy to become wrapped up in this stuff for many people. Our grandchildren are not growing up in the same world we did…

I wish I had the answer for this problem but I don’t think, at this point anyone can totally fix it. Thanks for your help!