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soldierant

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49. Arthritis does flare up and in unpredictable ways.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:45 PM
3 hrs ago

The Clinic that serves the Olympic Training Center says apply ice, never heat. When it's whole body, that's a neat trick.

I get the best results with a TENS but that's also a neat trick with whole-body. The unit I have can only supply at most four pads at a time. You have to use an even number, and they don't need to be near each other - as long as both or all are securelt touching the body, they will conduct.

But seeing a doctor is really the best idea. There are so many things we don't know about our bodies because we never needed to. When we don't know what we're sealing with, we are probably doing it wrong, whatever we are doing.

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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 5 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 4 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 5 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 2 hrs ago #51
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