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CaliforniaPeggy

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11. My dear LuckyCharms!

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:08 PM

6 hrs ago

I know how difficult it can be to do something to fix this new foreign pain. But when it's this bad, someone needs to have a good look at you.

Pain is a message from your body. Heed it.

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Holy cow. For some reason, I aged 20 years today. [View all] LuckyCharms 6 hrs ago OP

I hope you get the 20 years back tomorrow. Harker 6 hrs ago #1

I hope so... LuckyCharms 6 hrs ago #2

Mrs. Charms there, ready to drive you if needed? Harker 6 hrs ago #7

She is, but I doubt I could get into the car. LuckyCharms 6 hrs ago #9

They can come to you, I hope. Harker 6 hrs ago #13

I took an ambulance ONCE LuckyCharms 6 hrs ago #14

I'm sure you can concoct an implausible back story to shut up the vultures. Harker 6 hrs ago #17

I...I....injured my genitals with a wooden headed axe! LuckyCharms 6 hrs ago #18

Well, it has plausibility going for it. nt eppur_se_muova 5 hrs ago #21

Jeez Mr. Charms....is it a full moon? LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #22

It seems we age in sudden leaps and not gradually biophile 6 hrs ago #3

It might be spinal related... LuckyCharms 6 hrs ago #6

Any reason you might have injured your coccyx ? I suffered a pull to my coccygeal ligament picking up a piece of paper. eppur_se_muova 5 hrs ago #24

The painful touch isn't exactly at my coccyx... LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #26

Per dose. Four doses per day. Warned not to continue beyond 3-4 days. eppur_se_muova 5 hrs ago #30

24 grams a day???????? LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #32

I'm pretty sure the caloric value was non-neglible. nt eppur_se_muova 5 hrs ago #33

Maximum dose suggested is 4,000 mg/day. LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #35

I don't recall that they did. OTOH, I had no other health issues, and was (reasonably) young and healthy. nt eppur_se_muova 5 hrs ago #36

Have you ever had a compression fracture? Marthe48 5 hrs ago #40

Thanks Marthe...no compression fracture that I know of. LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #41

Maybe a nerve is pinched Marthe48 4 hrs ago #43

Yeah, no one warned me PatSeg 5 hrs ago #23

SO SORRY! elleng 6 hrs ago #4

Oh No!!! calimary 6 hrs ago #5

Hope you are feeling better LuckyCharms. debm55 6 hrs ago #8

You didn't just STOP taking opioids today after having taken them the past couple of days? AZJonnie 6 hrs ago #10

Thanks Jonnie... LuckyCharms 6 hrs ago #12

My dear LuckyCharms! CaliforniaPeggy 6 hrs ago #11

Personally, I would head straight to E.R. or call 911 to come get me. Pain is a message. LoisB 6 hrs ago #15

Get-your-ass-to-the-hospital. Please! chouchou 6 hrs ago #16

Thinking seriously about it... LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #20

Sounds like your best option PatSeg 5 hrs ago #25

Horrible! I'm so sorry! Pain sucks! Diamond_Dog 6 hrs ago #19

Is it possible that you are dehydrated? Hope22 5 hrs ago #27

Thank you. No...I drink 2 liters of water a day, plus 2 huge mugs of decaf. LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #31

Pain is a message Lucky. mnhtnbb 5 hrs ago #28

My dear LC, holding you in light, with lots of very gentle virtual hugs. niyad 5 hrs ago #29

I'm really sorry to hear that LuckyCharms, JMCKUSICK 5 hrs ago #34

My spine is in bad shape John... LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #38

Arthritis does flare up and in unpredictable ways. soldierant 3 hrs ago #49

I'm with you, good luck JMCKUSICK 2 hrs ago #52

Any change in medication? Easterncedar 5 hrs ago #37

I've been taking a statin for decades. No change in dosage. LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #39

Not that then Easterncedar 4 hrs ago #42

Probably not the issue, but before I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis... pat_k 4 hrs ago #44

Woah, LC! Maybe you should get an ambulance... electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #45

Pain ms.pamela 3 hrs ago #50

Have you tried ibuprofen? iemanja 4 hrs ago #46

My day like that was June 16/25 Mira 4 hrs ago #47

Hang in there Brother BaronChocula 4 hrs ago #48

Welcome to the club, (not) Bayard 3 hrs ago #51