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An update on my 'road trip' with Mary
We went to Office Depot/Max was looking for desk chair,didn't want to spend an'arm&leg' for one. The one I really liked was on sale for $140{too high} ,I decided against,Mary&I went to Target which was in the other part of the plaza. I had better luck there
I was in the furniture dept,saw a chair already assembled, their own brand 'project 62',was comfortable,didn't know what price was. Mary went looking for employee, Jace was extremely helpful,really nice he decided to give it to me. We went to the quick checkout line,paid $78
I profusely thanked him,he made my day
 
Took my dog to the vet to have them check her leg that she hurt yesterday. Had to drop her off and they will call when more is known. She seemed much better this morning but would only walk a short distance and then stop and hold her leg up. I didn't want her to go all weekend in pain. Why do these sort of things always seem to happen near the weekend?
 

I had a dreadful sleep last night, my back was killing me, all because my doc took me off 5mg of Diazepam which I take every night to stop the lower lumbar muscles from going into spasm.
No you're obviously addicted she said.. yes ok, I get that it's addicting ..but for gawds sakes 5mg .. you could give that to a baby and they'd not know the difference. ..she never offered any alternative for my back.. so I suffered like blazes, could hardly walk when I got up for the agony... :cautious:😠

With the help of 2 hot microwave heat bags one after the other this morning applied to my back, and some Ibuprofen I finally managed to ease the pain ..and kept myself moving around

Got the shelves in the triple sliding door wardrobe in the spare room, cleared out of stuff , and re-boxed other stuff into new storage boxes and I'm now using that wardrobe as a storage area things like Lightbulbs , and stationary etc..

re-arranged 2 drawers in my office room, and got myself a lot more space.. and then cleared out the medicine cupboard of out of date meds..

Took delivery of some items from Amazon... .. and it's now almost 5pm and my back is hurting badly again, so enough jobs for today, I'll finish the rest tomorrow
 
Yesterday we had our grandkids (10 & 7) during the day. In the evening as a gift to some friends who were celebrating their anniversary, we watched their 8 week old and 2-1/2 year old daughters so they could celebrate at a nice restaurant. Our son & DIL came with their 2 month old baby so it was 4 adults caring for the 3 little ones. We tag-team entertained them plus I made dinner for the five who eat solid food. A fun and busy evening.

I reflected in amazement about having managed this identical dynamic solo. DH went to work while I stayed home with daughter and twin boys. Just over two years difference between her and the boys... It was like living in an ER - constant triaging. :cool:

Today I need to continue organizing some things for our business. Supply chain disruptions and shortages that are already worse than 2021 bring huge complications, not to mention confusion.

I'm creating extremely detailed spreadsheets to help me stay on top of orders, deliveries, backorders and shortages. No easy task, this.
 
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hollydolly said:
I'm allergic to an ingrediant in muscle sprays, brings me out in Hives.. (not that they ever worked on my anyway because my back problems is because I have herniated discs.. :(
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Salonpas also puts out a 4% lidocaine patch that is odor free and effective. And not *nearly* as expensive as the prescription Lidoderm patches that have 5% lidocaine. They may be under a different trade name in the UK…

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@hollydolly
Would they let you try a lower dose than the one you'd had in the past,
of the same med you had, that did work?:unsure:
Or of a different med, that has same action as that med you had?
It seems to me that it specifically addressed what you need, and I agree that a low dose of it, if it is not causing you significant other problems, is possibly worth it, but I am not a doctor.:rolleyes::(

Possibly for some partial relief, you might need to space out the series of tasks, and limit the time periods or the combinations of the work-jobs you do, that exacerbate the pain?
The mowing might need to be done in parts, or with day off between that, and the household ones? Or, you might need to frequently switch back and forth, to sedentary ones, before the effects get too bad from the straining ones?
Just possible ideas, that might help you to think of some other method of managing the challenges. :confused:
 
hollydolly said:
I had a dreadful sleep last night, my back was killing me, all because my doc took me off 5mg of Diazepam which I take every night to stop the lower lumbar muscles from going into spasm.
No you're obviously addicted she said.. yes ok, I get that it's addicting ..but for gawds sakes 5mg .. you could give that to a baby and they'd not know the difference. ..she never offered any alternative for my back.. so I suffered like blazes, could hardly walk when I got up for the agony...
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I hope you told the doctor, that is so frustrating that there is a medicine that helps and they won't prescribe it.
 
HoneyNut said:
I hope you told the doctor, that is so frustrating that there is a medicine that helps and they won't prescribe it.
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I did argue my point with her, but she was admant that I wasn't to get any more Diazepam. Annoyingly she's only a locum, but once they've put that stroke of the pen through an 'addictive drug', I wouldn't be able to get it reinstated by the regular doctor..
 
Today completes my first week of retirement, it is so lovely. I did have some feelings of rudderlessness from not having work to define the use of my time.

I have set up some helpful reminders on my phone, so I may survive not having my work calendar application.

I made another pass through my clothes closet and filled up a box of clothes I think I can get rid of (they will sit in the box until I feel sure).

I watched a YouTube yesterday about the importance of having a daily conversation with another human during retirement, and fortuitously a coworker called me last night. It really was very nice to talk to someone, I felt a lot more like myself after it. I need to get out and make some friends.

Today I signed up on the Duolingo site and started the free casual Spanish lessons. I hope to have the self-discipline to do one lesson each day, it took less than 10 minutes I think. Was motivated to do it after anxiously worrying about having enough money in retirement and watching a YouTube about how affordable it is to live in Mexico. Lesson one I learned "Yo suy una majer". I cannot actually think when in life I'd want to say "I am a woman", but now I sort of can (with faltering and butchered pronunciation). 'yo suy' is really hard for me to enunciate, for sure cannot say it three times fast.
 
hollydolly said:
once they've put that stroke of the pen through an 'addictive drug', I wouldn't be able to get it reinstated by the regular doctor
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That is so infuriating. I'd try with the regular doctor anyway, in case they are more reasonable.

I don't know if a person can buy one, but I remember when I was having back spasms the machine at the chiropractor's that does electrical stimulation on the muscle helped a lot.

I've long since given up and wear a back support all the time and just ignore doctors that tell me my own muscles will get weak using it. In a choice between weak muscles versus having to suddenly lay down on my back on the ground out in public, I vote weak muscle.

https://www.amazon.com/Professionals-Choice-Comfort-Back-Support/dp/B0063O52K0
 
HoneyNut said:
That is so infuriating. I'd try with the regular doctor anyway, in case they are more reasonable.

I don't know if a person can buy one, but I remember when I was having back spasms the machine at the chiropractor's that does electrical stimulation on the muscle helped a lot.

I've long since given up and wear a back support all the time and just ignore doctors that tell me my own muscles will get weak using it. In a choice between weak muscles versus having to suddenly lay down on my back on the ground out in public, I vote weak muscle.

https://www.amazon.com/Professionals-Choice-Comfort-Back-Support/dp/B0063O52K0
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bless you but the brace wouldn't work on me, my back spasms while I'm asleep most of the time... . Over the years I've tried lots of things, the surgeon has also tried lots and nothing has improved it.
My own GP at the practice will not over rule the locum because it's a legal thing in the Uk with regard to only prescribing addicting drugs for short periods.... a simple 5mg of Diazepam would keep me from costing the NHS a lot of money by having to now keep returning to the surgeon for some kind of answers... . It all makes no sense when the dosage is so low and it's doing good to a patient .. that they can just withdraw it because higher dosages are being abused by some people..
 
I slept later than usual. I spent a couple of hours this morning reconciling my checkbooks and doing a couple of other financial things. I played a few games of Words With Friends and had a nice conversation with my BFF. Other than that I'm kind of taking it easy today.
 

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