Tuesday I had surgery for a second, new primary IDC ++-. Wednesday I woke up with Covid symptoms. Just got Covid test results today and it was positive. I had been thinking it was just a sinus...
A couple of weeks is just a start of recovery. It took me the best part of a year, although my surgery was 4 or so hours and my stomach was stuck partly in my chest, which was a horrible case. After...
You can find TENS units pretty cheap online, and they may help with muscle pain. But! getting up and moving is the best treatment. If you insist on going to a chiropractor review what they do first....
My pain doc makes his pain patients stop opioids before giving them a medical mj card. I stopped, and found my hydrocodone hadn't been doing anything anyway. I tried 2 kinds of mj but they didn't do...
What about tramadol?...
Any doctor can prescribe tramadol. My pain doc prescribes three month supply and a refill and schedules visits for 6 months if you're not taking an opioid. Best way to schedule a visit is before you...
When I did the Bravo I couldn't eat anything. Fortunately mine fell off early. If you're past the 2 days the thing was recording and still miserable, I would first call the doc who stuck it on, and...
Not a problem with skin, but you don't want to inhale it. I'd shake it outside while wearing a mask and then wash it and rinse twice....
Just maybe you could be one of the people who do not metabolize opioids much. They don't do much of anything for nerve pain anyway. I stopped taking them without even having any withdrawal. I had...
Yes, Becky, ENTs do often treat these issues. Look up in the archives - the search box at the top of the page. Lots of great information there. I agree that hernias often get missed on endoscopy. It...
All Baclofen did for me was put me to sleep. I couldn't work up to an effective dose. I never got any relief from my muscle spasms. Be careful with this because you have to work up on dose and work...
Check for additives and preservatives. I can't eat a lot of coconut products because they are sulfited. So much of our food and medicines are contaminated with unnecessary ingredients. I have a rule...
Elavil has been prescribed for GERD for years. You can find many posts in the archives (the search box at the top of the page). Whether it works may depend on the cause of the condition. You might...
You might consider a small hot tub. I have a very small triangular one that fits in less than a 5'x5' space. It's especially nice in cold weather even though it's warm inside. It has a cover to keep...
Are you able to burp at least a little? If not I wouldn't drink anything fizzy. If you still can't burp after 3.5 years your wrap may be too tight. Ask your doctor!...
Sorry to disagree, but I had bad reactions to Lyrica and gabapentin, and I had an awful time getting off them after being on them for months. They didn't do anything for any of my pains either. Just...
Sharon is absolutely right! Don't self-diagnose. Don't rush into surgery. Don't mess around with pseudo-medicine, the baloney that's online. Get yourself healthy before doing anything. #1 Stop...
A scope doesn't always diagnose a hiatal hernia, and especially doesn't find the degree of the hernia. I would ask for an upper GI. The barium you swallow for that test will show where the stomach is...
I'm so many years past Nissen, the best thing I ever did for my reflux. I occasionally get stomach problems, but the fundoplication is holding fine. I still can't vomit, even though I've had...
If you have any food or chemical intolerances you have to read the ingredients in vitamins carefully. I would get very ill from taking Biotin. It has a lot of sulfite, to which I am sensitive. For...
Look up your symptoms in the archives - the search box at the top of the page. I would guess your wrap is fairly loose since you can burp at all. I couldn't for a year or so. But don't panic yet. As...
Read the old posts in this thread. Scopes and scans often miss a sliding hernia that pops up after eating. You are told not to eat before the test. If you swallow barium a scan should pick a slider...
Be happy! If you can get gas up at this stage, instead of having to wait for it to only go down, you are lucky! I couldn't burp for at least a year. When the wrap is swollen you can't get anything...
Drugs.com lists rapid heart rate as a possible side effect of prednisone in the "more side effects" section....
You might try swimming in a warm pool. Years ago both my shoulders locked up and I couldn't get my hands up to the top of my head. I went down to my pool, scared to get even in the 3 foot end because...
I get tachycardia from stomach or esophagus or colon irritation. My usual irritant is sulfite, but many problems could do the same thing - including perforated diverticulitis. Once I had this too!...
In one county, at least, in PA the health officials decided to not count the presumed cases and deaths to count. Only the tested ones count toward the totals so that they can show the decrease in...
I recently had a bad reaction to sulfite from eating a flour tortilla (homemade burrito which had no other sulfited ingredients). I had checked the ingredients on the package because it's often in...
Hi pickles. We hear you. Please listen to straydog. I have chronic pain not helped with pain meds too, but I have to keep on going and going because there are people who depend on me to keep going,...
Get a second or third opinion. University of Pittsburgh has a GI group that does some tricky repairs. I'm sure other places have great reputations also....
I am looking at pharm genetic testing. I talked with my PM and he said it wasn't worthwhile to bother to get the testing done as he's tried everything for me and nothing works. He gave me a paper...
I have tried CBD externally on my ankle, as advised by my cousin who swears by it. It didn't do anything. As for taking it internally, I don't trust that this stuff is manufactured under safe...
Of course your depressed! Pain does that. Opioids don't work for me either. Some never did and some only helped a little and now don't work at all. I stopped them cold turkey without even having...
I'me thinking of avoiding a few doctor visits too. I need to see my cardiologist because I'm having a lot of trouble breathing, probably from retaining fluids. I plan to keep that appointment. I have...
Coronavirus COVID-19 is not a new flu strain. It's actually a new strain of one of the common cold viruses. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/256521 COVID-19 is one the corona viruses which...
I spent some time searching and found that in PA it's illegal to have ANY amount of THC metabolites in your system, which could include something you used days ago. It's state law as well as federal...
PA is not a recreational state, and I hope it doesn't become one. I will talk to my doc about trying mm. Sometime. Maybe he knows what you can do with raw dried chunks of vegetation. I didn't see any...
In PA we have to go online to get the state registration, then go to the doc to get it signed, then send it in, or maybe it's electronic now, and pay $50 for the card. Then we have to pay again every...
Last week I told Doc I stopped taking Norco because it wasn't doing anything. No relief, no withdrawal (see previous posts). He said he'd tried everything and nothing works. He refilled my tramadol,...
Overnight I was thinking that air COULD get inside. My boot was open at the toe....
Sweat could condense on the shell, if the shell is just a little cold, but humidity can't get through the shell from the outside unless there's an opening. I think I was wrong back then. The inside...
The only way the boot could leak inside is if it gets cold or wet. A plastic bag would work when you go outside in rain or snow. My boots never had this problem. The foam padding shouldn't be able to...
I answered my own original question: Does tramadol stop withdrawal symptoms? Yes, it's better than buprenorphine and other drugs usually used, according to studies....
Thanks! Googling just pharmacogenetics gives many sites about what it is. Adding LabCorp finally does give information in a section for pain specialists and the names of tests they do, which I have...
I've searched and searched and can't find a DNA or other test for sensitivity to opioids. I know there are tests because I have read about the results. I was awake most of last night with pain. I...
Jams 82, this is a good question for a post of your own as a "New Topic." If you do that I will post my experience. Also try the search box at the top of the page. I didn't get anything from CBD. My...
So I stopped taking hydrocodone (Norco 7.5 TID) Monday night, and now it's Sunday night and nothing is different. No extra pain, no cravings, no reaction, nothing. I lowered my tramadol from 3 to 2 a...
I read a reprint of this article in the polio network journal I get. https://blogs.webmd.com/pain-management/20191017/how-to-manage-brain-fog-caused-by-chronic-pain I didn't know chronic pain caused...
10,000 IU daily of vit D3 is a toxic level, from a study I read. I use 2000 IU in the summer, here in PA, when I am outside in the garden. I double that, or even use 5000 IU daily in the winter, when...
I had a bad reaction to an ice cream bar, a candy bar flavor variety. I get tachycardia, upset stomach when I get over my daily limit of 2000 micrograms. I have eaten the candy bar without such a bad...