Gail, I copied this and your other post with the spine graphic and sent to me in email, so I have these to study, I hope, tomorrow! And thank you so much. I appreciate it. I am interested in the Hot Hands until I can have this back worked on. You are right about the Lortabs not helping anymore. They kept my hip under control some, won’t touch the back. My doctor gave me a higher mg. dose and it didn’t work any better. Later! Glad bedtime is here. I don’t suffer during my sleeping or just plain sitting still and doing nothing.
(((((My Heart and Prayers are with you, Sweet FRiends)))))
Be sure you stock up, they only are out during hunting season/winter. They come 3 to the pack and at Walmart they are only about $2.00. I have a shoe box full. I used the little ones on my torn rotator cuff, and yes it brought the pain way down.
Most of my arm pain is C6 pinching the nerve bundle for the arm, the rotator cuff just adds to it. And the torn muscle under the armpit does not help either.
The Urologist thinks most of my bladder pain is from the L3-4, which is why he sent me to the neurosurgeon.
Last night was a bad one, it was way after 3 am before I fell asleep.
You have to be strong to get old. It takes 10 mg of Lore Tab to bring the pain down by 1/3rd, and then you have to deal with the CONSTIPATION issue if you take them to long. My NO TAKE MED list is much longer than my Take list.
PLEASE be sure to use at least 2 good pot holders to put them in. Those pocket pot holders might work, if not protection enough just add some more padding as a separate sack to put into the pocket. I made mine, it was one of the last sewing projects I took on.
I’ve not been able to even sew on a button neatly, the motor skills took a big hit in that right hand. Have begun rehabing my hand myself, I know which exercises to do, and NO PT guy to push me beyond what I can do. LOVE GOOGLE and U Tube.