Chronic Pain

Good Morning pain Gang

It's a bright and shiney day here in Washington state, if you stand in the house by the woodstove, looking out the window, you can kind of get the elusion that it's warm and sunny outside. But In reality it is 30.0, but with the wind chill, it's about 24.0. and has actually warmed up a great deal since I woke at 8am.
I really got a pretty good nights sleep last night. I had recently began my supplements again, and I really think they help me to sleep & with having a little more energy and alertness.

Since I've got my elderly friend all stocked up with Groceries w/husbands help. I won't need to go anywhere for a few days and that really helps me to regain some energy and store up some too.

I sincerely hope you all are having a restful, peaceful day and your pain is under control considering the cold temps all across the US.

I'm hoping that I can soak in a hot saltz bath and get this feeling of an axe out from between my shoulder blades and down one side of my back. We'll see, I may try one of my linement lotions too.
I recently received a tube of cream in the mail, called "Pain Vanish"? It's a small trial size and it has a whole bunch of stuff in it, even Ibrprofen right in it. I've been trying it on a couple of spots, but I've not come up with a verdict on whether I would consider actually spending money on it.

Have a nice day guys & gals
Betty

The UK sounds so intriguing! Not only a new country, but a whole new culture and everything. What a great adventure that would be. New life, new friends, new everything. I've really wanted to move sometime too.
We are waiting to see where our son & his fiance, wife to be, will decide to move, then we will either fallow, or We've also talked about selling our place and buying a large home for us all to live in. that was we can both retire and then be able to care for our grand babies, as the kids sound like they want to have about 4, so they are going to need some help too.

It sounds like a giant move to another country. Would you ship all your stuff to your self or would you just get your place and start all over with funiture and stuff??
Do you have a particular city in mind???

Betty

Betty,

I'd leave my truck in the States ... move to a small flat in London, only bringing my IMAC, laptop, ipod, guitar, bicycle (all taken apart and packed neatly) and the shirt on my back.

Did you ever read my response to your email from your "at live" address? ... I sent it back to you using your "at home"address?

Mark

Oh Mark , you are still grinning .. that is fantastic .. I had relatives there until last year, they missed the States ... but it is going to be a wonderful adventure and very brilliant .. what better place for people who suffer from chronic pain, and it would be a great place for me, as they also are ahead in research there for so many things due to stem-cell studies and all ..

Across the sea , just a hop skip .. this is exciting, and you are doing the right thing , get as far away from the "pain" as you can, this is why I am in NM ... just wanted to get away from painful memories and emotions ...

sorry that this happened again .. I am hoping that it was over and done , women can be strange creatures .. and I feel bad you are no longer comfortable here ..

Sometimes we just have to ignore these kind, Jekyll & Hyde, and just keep posting to the remainder of us who do care about what you have been through ..

I know it may seem simplistic, but when I was in business, sometimes that is how you have to do things , simple .. and Betty, maybe you can find a way to have the web masters set up a share post for her and cut her off from posting here .. I have seen this done on other sites ..

It's "locking" , they can unfortunately also lock the thread , but maybe , since this is the average chat forum, they can just have a procedure to "lock" posts ? I don't know .. but I don't want anyone here, as I am sure you don't being afraid to post ...

Mark, most of the other sites I have been on are way too argumentative for me .. I usually just do my shareposts here and in MS, but Betty got me hooked here ... the reason ? None argumentative but we can hold a reasonable discussion , like we are now.

I wish this had not happened, and I am staying put , as I don't leave my friends in a lurch or turn my back on people so quickly.

I am just coming out of my sleep mode .. and I pray that you each of you both get/find this ... peace ...

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Adrian, thanks for your understanding and support!

I have a valid passport and a workable plan on how to survive without the droll (welfare) in the UK ... wish I was in london right now ... you're absolutely right about the more progressive medicine available to all of us in the UK ... they're much more advanced medically than what Yankee Doodle land cares to offer under Chancellor Bush ... L_OL ... take care ... I'll still be in touch over the WWW, so I'm not really abandoning anyone (except for one person who Betty has instructed me to not mention here on the shared posts) ... Cheers!

Mark

Mark - you are welcome .. and that is great that you also plan to keep in touch .. i am planning my move back to Florida by year's end .. and I too will keep all posted .. you have a good night now .. as i am taking my meds and just stopped in and saw you posted .. take care of yourself , always .. peace

Greetings All,
Just a quik word before lights out.
I haven't been doing much of late other than
layin on the heating pad and dealing with 'ole man
winter. Damp and cold just kills me.
Like Adrian I'm stayin put hopefully more often
in the near future.
My daughter just started a new job making green cards for home land security so, it's back to being the house dad.
The upside is I'll have the 'puter all to myself most days.
Chuck

Hey Chuck,

Being Mr. Dad may become a thing of the past (for me) very soon ... I'll make sure that Audrey and the kids get the same amount of money from me that they do now [about $4,500 each month (plus paid for healthcare)].

I just can't take the pain of living in my own home any more ... this feeling can only be felt (first hand), so I don't expect anyone to really agree or understand where I'm coming from with all of this.

Chuck, I consider you to be a decent and caring human being and I'd like to stay in touch with you (wherever I wind up). Right now, my plan is still to head off to the UK ... I can't say much more right now without jeopardizing lots of planning.

There will always be the WWW ... which I plan to still use to connect with my friends.

I'll probably need a handful of adapters (for North American to UK electric) ... Maybe, I'll find one unit that I can plug into a UK outlet that provides several North American outlets?

I've been researching how to get a small flat in London, etc. That's me! ... always looking forward.

Bye for now!

Your Friend,

Mark

Hi gang - speaking of kids , i have two dogs i consider my kids, got them in the divorce, and my Maxx, a daschound, ate part of a toy , about 1/3 , before i knew it .. i was so mad cause i knew that he was not gonna pass most of it ..

so two nights of puking and nothing .. this morning at 3 am he had me up and worried .. so i looked online and found that you can induce vomiting by one teaspoon of salt, or two teaspoons of hydrgen peroxide ..

well he is no dummy, except for eating the toy, he took a few licks of the peroxide and turned his nose up, okay ... so i took a teaspoon of salt and held his mouth open, and dumped the salt in .. he didn't puke, no , he did poop some more but being so dark i couldn't tell if anything came out ..

so i am seeing my PP today , and i am going to be tired , as once i am up , i am up .. my neuro that did the mri last year wants $15 for the radiologists report , can you believe that ?

i got the films for $10 bucks, you woulda thought the report came with, but because i was in a hurry i didn't check .. so today i am going to ask this doc to make me copies of neuro #1 who didn't tell me about the relapse , neuro #2 , who dismissed my symptoms for whatever reason , and the rheumo, who was so blaise about my fibro i wanted to choke him ..

i am on gov. disabilty, permanent total .. the ins. i paid into for additional dis pay, usually wants a report every year or so just to keep their records up to date , which makes no sense as if i am permanently & totally dis. why do i need to keep proving it ?

sorry if i sound annoyed , but sometimes i wanna scream .. that's it ...

i hope everyone has as painfree and peaceful a day as possible. I will be totally wshed out today and will probably not be on too much today .. i just don't want to jump down my PP's throat, but i am tired of being dismissed .. she actually did not perform a pap smear last years physical or chest xray as i usually get .. she siad , oh your lungs sound good and you have good oxygenation in your blood .. and i no longer need a smear being i have had a full hysterectomy due to endometriosis and fibroid tumors .... yeah, right , well she is gonna do thses two things as i do not want to end up dead from something thses alledged docs don't do ..

man, i am so tired of this crap i just want to give up .. if it were'nt for my "kids" i swear i would ...

Good Icey Morning all,
Nothin like driving the hills with black ice lurking
around add folks driving too fast most of the time and
it can be bad mix. We saw a fender bender going and a
more serious accident on the way back. I was relieved
when there didn't look to be any serious injuries, no
ambulances anyway. Even though I had to lie down when we
got back I didn't want my wife to go by herself.
Mark, I wouldn't pretend to understand your situation
but, I do respect your decision. Everyone deserves to
be happy. We have to go where the road takes us so to speak
and If that road leads you to the Uk so be it.
I do hope you'll stay in touch, that's why they
call the WORLD wide web
Adrain,
Sometimes I think they're in for the bux, it's that way
A lot around here. There's one doc that I know where you
walk in and tell him what pills you need and it's done.
They don't like to take cash state medicaid is payment
of choice and you have to pay first rather than after
the office visit---no pay no doc.
I hate having to get the copies, while I don't have
to pay for them it's usually a run around. Go here, there
last time it took 3 trips to get an MRI on disc.
What fun............

Chuck

HI chuck - it's still chilly here early am, but has been getting into the 40's lately ..

I was just venting, but really c'mon , we pay an addtional co-pay to see these "specialists" and then they get paid by your ins., then they want an additional fee for something you already paid for ?

but life goes on .. and so today i am in no mood for this PCP .. I can't even remember what she looks like as i see the np more .. but i found the local ms clinic in albque .. and i will calm down and i will call and i will get afull explaination of the relapse and why no treatments ..

lol .. yea, the www .. gotta love it .. a

Hey Chuck,

Thanks for not being judgmental re: my decision to re-locate to the UK.

BTW: Isn't being non-judgmental one of the mantras of the Daily Grind?

After all, it is MY decision. Some of the reactions that I get are UNreal.

I just know that in my "heart of hearts" that moving to the UK will be great for me, Audrey and the kids. I grew up in a home with 2 parents that threw plates and even scissors at each other. You gotta ask, at some point, if staying together is really worth it ... especially for the oxymoronic reason that it's better for the kids. My memories of growing up in so much turmoil (that was called a marriage) caused loads of emotional stress (at the very least). I got nothing positive out of my Mom and Dad sticking it out for the "so-called" good of the kids.

Thanks again for not insinuating that I'm running out of a 23 year marriage with no just cause. I'm even paying more money than a court would say I should pay.

Fixing my marriage, even if that was (or even if was still) a viable option would be like trying to squeeze blood out of a stone.

Take care my friend,

Mark

Hi Daily Grinders!

Betty and I have talked and decided that since this thread has gotten so long – 32 pages! – we're going to close it and open a new thread entitled, "NEW January 'Daily Grind.'" Each month, we'll start a new thread. That will also help new folks feel less intimidated by so many pages.

So, please go to the January Daily Grind and continue your conversations.

Wishing you pain-free days!