Ok can i be a member. It looks like my kind of place.. that room looks like my grandsons room..only better actually....Just do like i do with him make him get a rake.....
And I can tell you personally from my experience, as Katherine said chronic pain is a GDBOAUS. iT does inhibit you from activities you would love to do.. and i had those shots. and they did nothing for me...But i did twist my doctors arm and got some good medications for the use on my two trips...I cant take codine or morphine base meds. So the only thing i can take on a regular basis is motrin and aspirins..advil or some things you can get readily, otc. But that Tordol works like a charm..It allowed my trip to Boston, and Colorado and Wyoming.. I even climbed that mountain. None of which i would ever have been able to do without it..You can only take it for four days in a row however.. It will eat your liver.
I was in a car crash many years ago (passenger) and broke my foot, Janice. It healed beautifully and I experienced no pain for decades until relatively recently. I began experiencing extreme pain and was having trouble walking. I went to my doctor and he told me that arthritis had set into the site of the previous break. He said I'd probably need an operation. Before sending me to a surgeon, however, he sent me along to a sports' therapist to see if he could do something for me. The sports' therapist I saw treats some of Australia's most elite Rugby stars and his waiting room was festooned with photos of the most gob-smackingly gorgeous men (but I digress!). He put me on a treadmill and told me I was walking funny (not a word from you, David LOL!
). He prescribed a shoe insert for my wonky foot (very minimalist and non-intrusive - you'd never know it was there) and also suggested I take Glucosamine and Omega 3 Fish Oil daily. To cut a long story short, I now experience absolutely no pain and never did have that operation. Glucosamine and Omega 3 Fish Oil is available over the counter here in Oz, no doctor's prescription necessary. I'm not sure what's the cause of your pain, Janice. If it's arthritis, perhaps they may help you, as they did me.
