Monday Check-In

Woohoo, I remembered its Monday again!!! Here is where you check in & let us know how your weekend went. If you did anything fun or exciting we hope you will share it with us. What about the week ahead, most everyone will be getting ready for the big turkey day. Tell us what you have going on.

Susie

Well I spent the weekend in bed with a really sore back. It's never ending.

Even here in Scotland I will be celebrating thanksgiving on Thursday. I have an American friend living near me and we have celebrated with her and her family since they came here. Problem is here, at this time of year, turkey isn't readily available. We have to mail order it. It's in the shops here for Christmas. So well be having turkey with all the trimmings followed by pumpkin pie. Tummy is rumbling thinking of it!

Hope you start to feel better soon Susie, antibiotics can really make you feel bad.

Happy thanksgiving to all my American family here on HW!

Jane

first time i am checking in on Monday, as of late i have been comforted by the compassionate people here on this forum. i have had same sinus/ear thing. and everyone i know in Virginia Beach has had or has it. i used ultra doses of organic oregano oil and Mullein flower tea with some Elecampane and Thyme. it has gone down but still their. anyone ever try the Ayurveda Ear Candling and then to replace wax that is vacuumed out replace with warmed ear oil that is usually mullein, st.John's wort and garlic? a TCM herb or should say root good now is Astragalus ext. but do not use in presence of fever. it boost T-cells and NK-cells. Maiitake and or Reishi (sp?) mushroom boost immune killer cells. they contain beta-glucans that are the pharmacologically active. i believe Elder flower, bark, leaves are similar, L-Lysine with Ester-C is a viral preventor and killer. Inositol Hexaphostphate "IP-6" is timley but take seperate from calcium and calcium containing meals. we all are in osteoporosis risk group. i tried Ashwagandha and just finished 2nd bottle, it is ok. i now will rotate myself and mom to Maca root ext. from Gaia Herbs. New Chapter also has good herbal products. Gaia and New Chp. use a dual extraction method that gets not only 1 or 2 active compounds but 100s due to a Supercritical CO2 extraction and a water/glycerin extraction. now you have all trace compounds that allows the benifical healing powers of the plant activate because it is a team ready to go. like saying THC will help you, but it will not because all compounds must be there to modulate the process. thanks for allowing me to vent a little. i love you all and pray you have fantastic week with pain free hours in each day. NICK

We had nasty winds howling around yesterday, and lots of folks in the area lost power for over 8 hours.

(God we really need to get a generator,...it's tough that they're so expensive).

We had a number of trees and branches get blown down in our yard.  I'm thankful none of the trees came crashing down on our house.  Even some of the older, sturdy trees were bending.

It was tough to sleep Saturday and Sunday because the wind was encouraging the house to make random noises all over the place. 

The snow has just left the yard today,...it's just a dusting now.  (But still enough to track in, of course).

I was feeling not-too-shabby there for a bit, but this weekend felt rough.  (Also Hubby was away overnight, back to pick more stuff up from our place in MA,...and I never sleep well when he's away).  My sacrum and both SI's are feeling belligerent today.  Thankfully my (new and wonderful) PT worked my emotional crankiness out of me...

I told him how I "walk" into the office for therapy, then I slowly "slither" out the door when he's done with me.  I find I feel better mentally and physically when I'm exhausted (as strange as that sounds).

M.

…..while I have done very well on the Nucynta this year, the BT meds, have starting to wane a bit, and my Dr upped the dose this last week by adding an extra pill each day. One thing I was surprised at, was that he jumped the Percocet's 7.5/325 to 7.5/500. I would not have thought that it would make much of a difference, but to my surprise it did!

The Nucynta has been a miracle med for me, and I'm glad I stuck with the introduction of it in the beginning. At first, I thought right away that it was not going to work, but after 5 to 7 weeks, I realized that there was a change of which my wife noticed as well. The Nucynta, by it's self might not have been sufficient enough, but the combination of Lyrica, Mobic, and Percocet seemed to do the trick. I have been able to work daily with comfort, and as a chronic pain patient, that is everything!

I still have my moments of unexplained increase's of pain, but for the most part the chronic pain has been kept in check. Work has probably been my best friend for keeping myself in shape, but I tend to over do it, and put in way too many hours. I think I have worked 35 to 40 of the 52 weekends in a year. I keep hearing that this next year will be different…..I can only hope!

Have a great week!

SE

Hey everyone...hope everyone who is sick/somewhat sick and having pain days/weeks get some relief.

I go in for a med check tomorrow...as well as talk about my SCS trial. Don't think I'll be going through with it. Did not get enough relief...barely 40%...and even that was sketchy. Was inconsistent. Would have to turn it up to the point it would "paralyze/numb" my leg from vibrations to actually feel "good."

Hope they have another plan for me... :( really depressed and feeling kinda hopeless.

Been lurking here more than posting.