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There is an a medication which is EXCELLENT for nerve-sourced pain, here called Lyrica. It was originally developed as an anti-convulsant. It's great for pain from nerve damage (diabetic neuropathy, shingles, piched nerves) with very few side effects. Also, there is a nerve-pain syndrome which occurs when pain signals are constantly sent thru a nerve, which causes the "pain" nerves to grow and the "pain" receptors to multiply, so that even when the original source of pain is removed (the broken bone heals, the pinched nerve is relieved) the pain continues on its own. Lyrica is great for that too: I had a terrible pinched nerve and kiped some of hubby's Lyrica and I have to say it brought me blessed relief until physical therapy and a change is prescription glasses helped fix the problem. (altho I still have spinal arthritis)

ALL of the NSAIDs reduce kidney function and long-term use is associated with kidney failure and cardiac "events", so try to use those sparingly.

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There is an a medication which is EXCELLENT for nerve-sourced pain, here called Lyrica. It was originally developed as an anti-convulsant. It's great for pain from nerve damage (diabetic neuropathy, shingles, piched nerves) with very few side effects. Also, there is a nerve-pain syndrome which occurs when pain signals are constantly sent thru a nerve, which causes the "pain" nerves to grow and the "pain" receptors to multiply, so that even when the original source of pain is removed (the broken bone heals, the pinched nerve is relieved) the pain continues on its own. Lyrica is great for that too: I had a terrible pinched nerve and kiped some of hubby's Lyrica and I have to say it brought me blessed relief until physical therapy and a change is prescription glasses helped fix the problem. (altho I still have spinal arthritis)

ALL of the NSAIDs reduce kidney function and long-term use is associated with kidney failure and cardiac "events", so try to use those sparingly. SIGNY

Chiropactor recommended exercises for my left leg and I think I will try them out for my right leg. The exercises helped the left.

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There is an a medication which is EXCELLENT for nerve-sourced pain, here called Lyrica. It was originally developed as an anti-convulsant. It's great for pain from nerve damage (diabetic neuropathy, shingles, piched nerves) with very few side effects. Also, there is a nerve-pain syndrome which occurs when pain signals are constantly sent thru a nerve, which causes the "pain" nerves to grow and the "pain" receptors to multiply, so that even when the original source of pain is removed (the broken bone heals, the pinched nerve is relieved) the pain continues on its own. Lyrica is great for that too: I had a terrible pinched nerve and kiped some of hubby's Lyrica and I have to say it brought me blessed relief until physical therapy and a change is prescription glasses helped fix the problem. (altho I still have spinal arthritis)

ALL of the NSAIDs reduce kidney function and long-term use is associated with kidney failure and cardiac "events", so try to use those sparingly. SIGNY

Chiropactor recommended exercises for my left leg and I think I will try them out for my right leg. The exercises helped the left.

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That's the best kind of fix, I hope it works for you! My Dr was so horrified by my spinal MRI that she wanted me to get surgery. I know in some cases surgery is an absolute necessity, but as long as I can keep the pain away with better posture and exercise that's what I'll continue to do.
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I read that Seattle is getting slammed with three winter storms in a row, including significant snowfall, so I guess you're getting the same weather system up there Brenda! I was hoping that when I looked at Vancouver forecast there would be relief in the near future, but it looks like your daytime highs will be above freezing but your nighttime lows... not so much!

https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/ca/vancouver?cm_ven=localwx_10da
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As for us ... it looks like we'll also be in the track of winter storms for the foreseeable future. For us here in the flatlands of SoCal that means rain. The next storm, due Wed/Thu, looks to hit all of CA at the same time, so for the Sierras that means snowpack.


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The only good thing about all this snow is the snowpack will be good for the summer.- Brenda

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Sorry to hear about your weather. :(

It finally seems to have stabilized with some reasonable temps around these parts. Slightly cool for the season, but not much. A lot of days snowing in the forecast, but mostly incidental if it doesn't keep piling up before we get a warm enough day to melt it all.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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The only good thing about all this snow is the snowpack will be good for the summer.- Brenda

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Maybe fewer fires? One can only hope!

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Driving was pretty scary on the way to work and almost as bad on the way back. Had 3 call offs last night. That kind of surprised me. I didn't think it was nearly as bad as a few nights earlier this winter when we didn't have any call offs.

I'm assuming at this point that the winter is starting to beat people down. Hope it starts warming up soon.

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When you visit the body parts store, let me know if they still have any jawbones in stock.

Hang in there Brenda. Winter's almost over. :)

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Yeah, how about a new spine and right shoulder and knee? And while I'm making a shopping list ... new sinuses, eyes, and immune system?

Well, a girl can dream, can't she?

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We are officially one inch over the average rainfall. Yay! The storm that passed thru dropped an impressive three-plus inches of rain over two days at our house, according to my unofficial rain gage. There was enough rainfall to finally make it past the last dam on the San Gabriel River, because up until this last storm the engineers had managed to capture all of the storm water upstream throughout the whole winter. And, we still have about four weeks left in a typical rainy season, so there's a possibility that we might exceed the average rainfall by substantially more than one inch (altho Mother Nature seems to have moved the storm track to our east for the foreseeable future.)

I guess my prediction came true, after all!


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Back-east, sis's predicted 8" of snow turned into 5'. Jeez. Yanno, it seems like this might be the one year that there is no "drought" on the UNLV drought monitor. If that's true, that would be unheard-of. I'm going over there to check it out!

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

Ok, the fickle finger of fate seems to have selected Oregon, of all places, to be our drought-standard bearer. Also, STILL a big blob of drought out by Four Corners and in So Cal, but this map does not take into account this latest storm, which I expect will have changed the CA drought status considerably and also brushed by Four Corners and prolly reduced that somewhat too. Next week.



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Yes. Ears would be good too if you find them. Between working in a server room for years, working with forklift alarms blaring all night now, and driving around with ridiculous bass in my car for around 5 years in my late teens and early 20's, me don't hear so good these days.

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Funny you should mention that...

I had another "incident" tonight where I was throwing soda on top of another pallet and I lost my grip in a weird way and ended up gouging the back of one of my fingers when it pinched them on the other cans when it came crashing down.

Granted, I haven't been sleeping well the last few days so I'm fueled mostly on coffee and nicotine ATM, but stuff like that has happened a little more frequently than I'd like to see. I'm usually not a clumsy person and my moves are very precise.

My mom struggles with MS and would no doubt have been wheelchair bound years ago if it wasn't for some amazing experimental drugs. When these things happen I wonder if I might have it too. She had it for decades before being diagnosed.

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The rain has come so some of this ratty snow will go away. But still too much around for me to get too much done.

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Funny you should mention that...

I had another "incident" tonight where I was throwing soda on top of another pallet and I lost my grip in a weird way and ended up gouging the back of one of my fingers when it pinched them on the other cans when it came crashing down.

Granted, I haven't been sleeping well the last few days so I'm fueled mostly on coffee and nicotine ATM, but stuff like that has happened a little more frequently than I'd like to see. I'm usually not a clumsy person and my moves are very precise.

My mom struggles with MS and would no doubt have been wheelchair bound years ago if it wasn't for some amazing experimental drugs. When these things happen I wonder if I might have it too. She had it for decades before being diagnosed.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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The rain has come so some of this ratty snow will go away. But still too much around for me to get too much done.

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Say it with me Brenda:
Snow, snow go away! Don't come again another day!

I hope the snow melts for you very, very quickly!

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This first symptom of MS is usually random shock-like pains, or at least that's what the internet says. If you want to think about the worst-case which affects motion, try Parkinson's disease. But most likely you have a problem with your ligaments/tendons on your hand/wrist: Swollen tendons in your wrist can pinch the nerves running to your hand and cause temporary numbness and/or loss of function.

Like anything else I would collect data: What, exactly, is going on? Is it pain? Loss of motor control? Numbness? 2 of 3 or all of the above? How often does this happen? Is it getting worse with time? What makes it worse? (For example, do many days at work seem to precipitate this problem? Or does it happen after some other prolonged activity?) Have you tried anything to solve it? If so, what works? Rest? Ice? Heat? Gentle exercise? NSAID? Something else?

I think once you've defined the scope of the problem, if it's something you want to take up with your doctor you'll have lots and lots of good info to provide!

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Idiot additive?

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How long has that cough been going on?

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Have you been getting an unusual amount of snow lately? Seems like everyone else has!

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