Alone and not well

Aneeda72 said:
šŸ˜³šŸ™„ So, @kaemicha donā€™t do squats, donā€™t do deep squats, donā€™t do whatever a split squat is, donā€™t practice getting up and down off the floor and the old adage ā€œuse it or lose itā€ applies only if you have not already lost it, or are about to lose it, or you are in chronic pain.

The only way moving lubricates your joints is, oh wait, moving does not lubricate your joints because you are not a car, a bike, or a tread mill. Moving, specifically walking, can help maintain your joints and ease stiffness, but lubricate-nope.

@kaemicha talk to your doctor about what you can and can not do. Seek help from the senior services in your town. listen to some of the advice given here, but always check with your doctor first on what level of movement you can do. Most people who have the ability to walk, can walk at least a little.

Be careful.
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Hi Kaemicha! (I just arrived here..today!). I read your first note and felt just had to respond. Pain is the worst, isn't it? There are so many degrees of it. No one knows what you are going through, unless they've been there, with the same problem. We get all kinds of ideas and suggestions from well-meaning souls. (For me, working with physicians for 50 odd years, I know a thing or 2). For me, it was having to explain this and that. The fact is you are in pain and it's an horrific challenge. So, I am sending you my best wishes...to get better..feel well.
 

Personally,I would call 911, explain you're in excruciating pain and go to the ER and explain nothing touches your pain and you need help managing it,telling them you live alone and are frightened by how bad it is,they should give a referral to a social worker,who should set you up with home care.
I'm assuming with this that you're not "drug seeking"?
 
kaemicha said:
Thank you! Sadly, still alone and unwell. I need to do Something but I don't even know where to start. You are so nice to check in.
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Does this mean no one at all has done anything to help you since you were diagnosed with dementia in October? Which agencies have you reached out to? What has your doctor advised? What did the person the insurance company sent advise?
 
kaemicha said:
Thank you! Sadly, still alone and unwell. I need to do Something but I don't even know where to start. You are so nice to check in.
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I also suffer chronic pain. In my experience, my doctor was my only resource and best starting point.

She prescribed really helpful medication, of course, but she also suggested some agencies, therapies, and community events; everything from an art exhibit specifically for pain-sufferers and handicapped people to home-health aids, acupuncturists, physical therapists, etc..
 
Could you ask your neice and her husband, and her mom, for some ideas, or to help find you some possibilities.

They were nice enough to bring you home-made food on Thanksgiving, or to want to, so they might be willing to do something, or make some calls for you.
 
kaemicha said:
I am in chronic pain and only have some muscle relaxers to help me. I think I need someone to help me. How to go about finding a care giver or even a community. I'm lost with no one to talk to about.
Thanks!
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It would be nice if senior centers or other community senior organizations had local website similar to this forum where seniors of a particular city or town could communicate with each other and share all sorts of information from healthcare, to pet care, to wellness checks on each other, to exchanges of services with each other. Most of the seniors on here are very spread out and distant from each other.
 
TabbyAnn said:
It would be nice if senior centers or other community senior organizations had local website similar to this forum where seniors of a particular city or town could communicate with each other and share all sorts of information from healthcare, to pet care, to wellness checks on each other, to exchanges of services with each other. Most of the seniors on here are very spread out and distant from each other.
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well maybe and I mean maybe...start with doctor ..hospital chaplain. visiting nurses ...local hospice volunteers etc senior services in your area.....yes, I know the usual unproductive talking with uncaring condescending aholes tho you may not have any ---?most of them are here in my city.....

.talk with 5 might make a hit....good luck
 
John cycling said:
Where do you have the pain? A lot of pain comes from inactivity, which causes the muscles to get tight.
Thus, moving to lubricate the joints helps quite a bit to loosen the muscles. For example sitting in a deep squat
lubricates the knees, hips, lower back and ankles. Getting into split squat positions is good for the legs, hips and back.

Practice getting up and down off the floor, in and out of bed, over and over. The adage "use it or lose it" is quite applicable.

@Aneeda72, what you posted is not right, and is one of the reasons you suffer so much.
"the principal role of synovial fluid is to reduce friction between the articular cartilage of synovial joints during movement." <--
When you don't consistently move the joints through their full range of motion, they dry up, become rigid and cause pain.
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Very true!
kaemicha said:
I so appreciate all this feedback and since I posted I've been diagnosed with dementia and now in more trouble since I wrote.
I talked to my insurance company and they said they'd have someone contact me. No one has contacted me. I'm too alone to deal with this.
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Try googling home health care services in your area. Most take insurance. Call them, and if they can't help you, they can refer you to an agency that can. You can set your own schedule to have an aid come once a week, twice a week or every day for a few hours. They can help with chores and shopping etc.
 

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