Cody, yes it's good to change off and use other pain stuff, a friend believes she ended up with afib because her one doc pushed her to take the 800mg for a shoulder issue I believe it was,800mg is high dose, once in a while ok and I take 200mg Ibuprofen with a couple other otc pain things every 6 hrs, but as I said I also live with some livable pain.
But, from my past experience in Senior Healthcare, a pain medication is what keeps many old/older folks going. Just as you said about Bobby "he worked very hard at becoming and remaining healthy and in good shape" is great for him, but not for all of us.
Joy, there are those that can live with some pain and those that refuse to and will take whatever, including a prescribed pain killer to temporarily stop the pain. At our age, that's sometimes all we can hope for is "temporarily" stopping the pain or living with some.
i have a question, and do not want to start new thread. Those of you who take your Bp at home, which type of machine do you use? Mine is 5 years old and i am thinking we need a new one. I have read they last 2-5 years. do you take your BP once or 3 times in a row?
Yes to each his own, live with some pain or don't. Take more meds or don't. I suppose I've gained a high pain threshold as I don't want a lot of heavy duty drugs in my ole bode...
What DMII med are you taking that you cannot take turmeric, @Cody Fousnaugh ? It is synergistic with metformin and is recommended for use with that drug. If you are monitoring your blood sugar, you should know what affects your sugar level.
If you take your BP several times, don't use the same arm unless you leave a good bit of time between the measurements, as it can affect the readings. Try the opposite arm, don't cross feet or legs, and try to rely on the readings from the same arm for comparison.
tnx but i have blockage in left arm,so can only do right side.my Bp seems fine, hubbys not so much since meds wre changed in July. But because our BPs are lower at doctors offices thinking machine might need changing.
Could be batteries need replaced. I believe I've had 2 monitors in maybe 20 yrs and went nuts doing BP years ago and now NOT doing it. I drove myself nuts..Keeping a journal daily, writing down foods I ate, my emotions, etc....I know what NOT to do to keep it lower.
If yoou and you husband know how, you could buy an old fashioned syphygmomanometer and a stethoscope and do it manually.
Exactly. One can choose to continually be in the pain killing line at the pharmacy or do something positive to naturally combat it. That said, if one does so choose to stand in line, it’s a good idea to grab some boron to help heal the ill effects that pain killers WILL do to the human brain.
Ok, Bobby, lets have it! Willing to try. IOW, type of Boron, how many milligrams/dosage and when to take. Just how long will it take before I know if the Boron is working? Like I say "willing to try it". When I take the Tramadol, wait a few minutes and then take the Ibuprofen, I know darn near immediately that both are working. Absolutely no pain at all.
The difference in time is because both are having different effects, @Cody Fousnaugh . Your pain medication works fast because all it is doing is blocking your pain receptors so that you do not feel the pain from your damaged body. The vitamin, mineral, and supplements that we take are not to just stop us from feeling the pain, they are to actually heal the body, so that the pain itself no longer exists, and at that point, you no longer need painkillers to block the pain. Achieving the healing is not a quick process, and it depends on how badly your body has been damaged and how much it can be healed, as well as what helpful supplements you are taking; that will determine how long it takes. There is no reason that it has to be one or the other. You can still take your painkillers to block your receptors from telling you about the injury in your body; but if you also take supplements that will help heal your body, you will gradually need less and less pain medication. If you choose not to help your body heal, then it continues to deteriorate, so you will always need painkillers, and probably more often as time goes on and your body gets worse. The choice is yours, people are just trying to explain that there are options for you should you want them.