Yawn, Yawn, Wakey Wakey!! 2016

Good morning @shiney @moyra @"M" and all my other friends here at Gardeners Corner have a lovely day,keep smiling and take care out there

 

I'm going off to the doc shortly. Going to ask her whether she thinks a scan/X-ray would be worth it.

 

Hi @shiney please keep us updated my friend

Mrs Woo has the same problem .I politely suggested that she was given a scan/x ray .which she had, she is still the same,they said that she has Osteoarthritis ie wear and tear she was taking pain killers which have no effect,so we decided to stop them gradually which we now have I am looking for an alternative treatment .

I went to a chiropractor for 10 years and to be honest since I stopped going a year ago I personally have been a lot better

 

@wiseowl @"M"

When I got to the doc she was running an hour late. I couldn't sit down in the waiting room so spent the hour walking up and down the corridor

Although she was running late she didn't rush me and spent 25 minutes with me . Extremely thorough case history (right back to childhood), is it giving me pains down my legs (no), trouble going to the loo (no), is it affecting my sleeping pattern etc. etc.

Then a thorough check up - spine too flat, not enough flexibility etc. Then checking my spine for disc problems, then thumping up and down my spine gently, then when it didn't hurt thumped harder and harder (still OK ).

Sending me for X-ray to check back and to look for ankylosing spondylitis. Also hacving to go for blood tests for the Erythrocyte sedimentation rate which gives indication of inflammation.

She asked if I'm taking any painkillers and I said I'm taking soluble paracetamol but restricting it to two every twelve hours. She told me off and said that I should be taking two, four times a day otherwise I don't get any benefit . It needs to accumulate.

I went from there to the chiropractic clinic for some Myofascial Release Treatment. This is gentle but usually helps when I have problems. The only trouble with that is that it gets worse for a while (usually up to couple of days).

So, end result:- she's pretty sure it's not disc problems (so am I) and have to have tests and checks for other problems. Pain is worse from both the doc and physio working on me so shall spend another night walking up and down or standing and leaning on the back of a chair whilst watching TV. By about 4 or 5 a.m. I hope I would have had an accumulation of sufficient para to make it feel a lot easier and be able to sit down.

I've not tried sleeping standing up yet.

 

Thanks @"M"

I shall take the tablets more frequently to start and shall take them every four hours (next lot at 9 p.m.). My chiropodist has said that they put the '8 in 24 hours' to err on the very safe side and, apparently, up to 20 in 24 hours is OK - according to medical research.

 

Good morning all my friends on this Bonus of a Friday morning have a good say and take care

ps @shiney hope you had a better night

 

Aloha everyone,

Not yet sure how I'm getting on. (But this is handy for my record of progress.)

The pain killers started to help around 8 p.m. last night and I was able to lie back in my reclining chair without too much pain. Unfortunately I dozed off from exhaustion during Jack's TV programme so shall have to watch the recording I made of it. Woke up again at 9.30 but it was painful to try and get up so just continued there and watched TV. Dozed off again for a long time but needed to get up about 1.30.

That was the test of the painkillers. With a lot of difficulty, but not quite as much pain, I managed to get up in only two or three minutes. Walked around, slowly , for about an hour but it was painful. Whereas, before, it wasn't too difficult walking around but agony to sit it had now become painful to walk but not agony to lie back in the armchair. So I went back to my chair and fell asleep for another hour. That's getting on for half a week's sleep in one night .

It only took a painful minute to get out of my chair but is quite uncomfortable walking and is very uncomfortable sitting here typing. Taken some more tablets.

Today I'll go to the hospital for the X-rays if my back will allow me to drive. Otherwise it will have to wait until Monday.

Keep well and have a great day

Aloha!

 

Thanks @BeeHappy