Oh my gosh Shirley, the sweating happens to me more in the Fall too, I think it's us quad bodies adjusting in our backwards ways to the cooler temps. I cringe this time of year because of it, it makes my neck and shoulder pain worse. I'm am glad to hear about acupuncture...really?? Can you elaborate? Hoe expensive was it? Thanks much.
Meredith ----- Original Message ----- From: "shirley bell" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 1:21:53 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Pain Management Me to with hair dryer!! I go through one a year. I just had a bad run of sweating for a 3 weeks. I get it like this every fall. I get acupuncture treatments for it (it helps me) about 5 or so and it is now completely gone as of Monday! I feel so happy and dry and warm. I once talked to a neurosurgeon about it and he said the only thing to stop it would be to cut the sweat gland but didn't recommend it. Has anyone else ever heard of that?I live in RI so the humidity doesn't help. To answer Larry's question about getting a scoliosis x-ray. No I haven't yet and wonder if I should bother. What good will it do other than knowing for sure. I also may have to get on the floor for it because You are suppose to stand up for it to get your whole spine so that was a turn off as well. Best, Shirley Bell www.ShirleyBellDesigns.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Price To: Eric W Rudd ; [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:55 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Pain Management I've done the hair dryer thing too,....many, many times. I've also sat in my van with the heater cranked for hours. Don. From: Eric W Rudd < [email protected] > To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 9:19 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Pain Management LOL...I thought I was the only one whose best friend was the hair dryer. Eric W Rudd [email protected] From: Larry Willis Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 6:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Pain Management To state the obvious: It's easy to say don't take meds when you are not the one suffering. We have cold sweats, clammy and miserable, not heat sweat like a runner might have. We freeze and then start tightening our neck and shoulders into a knot of pain that further increases the misery. I can't count the days I have sat with a hair dryer blowing on my face and neck. It really angers me when doctors say the equivalent of "Take an aspirin and call me in the morning." Quality of life means something, and a life of constant misery is not one of quality. Sorry for the rant. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: <blockquote> Resent-From: [email protected] From: Mandy < [email protected] > Date: October 19, 2012 4:01:06 AM EDT To: "< [email protected] >" < [email protected] > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management <blockquote> Wow, she must be the wisest person alive to know something like that. Of course, many of us would rather take Aleve than narcotics. Hell, one or two of us would even consider going without pain for a few days. To make such a pat statement without at least discussing the increase in pain and how it is effecting your life is irresponsible. I hate that, when a doctor makes you feel like an addict, but when I feel unjustly ashamed of my pain med requests I remember what one of my Craig nurses said when I backed off the meds at a time when I really needed them, for fear of the harm they could do to my body. She said, "make note of ALL the symptoms that go along with your pain- is your heart working harder? Are you losing sleep? Are you able to eat normally? Do you tense up and create more pain?" (She was referring to my frozen shoulder) She pointed out that if the answer to most of these questions was yes, then the pain medicine should be taken because overall, it would do more good than bad. Just my 2 bits. Mandy c6-7 On Oct 18, 2012, at 2:35 PM, "Derrick" < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> same here. my doc says paralyzed people are not given narcotics.i'm to take aleeve.... i put up a survey online asking if u used narcotics but it did not get much response i wanted to take to doc and show her derrick <blockquote> ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management my doc says 3 a day (oxycodone) 5 mg. and no more. i may go to pain management after i talk to the spine specialist. they make me feel like i'm a drug seeker. <blockquote> he started me on 6 5mg of oxycodone to start and I still take 3 1mg of lorezapam per day. i will adjust and figure things out as i go, but so glad hes open to work with me. well worth the trip </blockquote> -----Original Message----- From: RONALD L PRACHT < [email protected] > To: diannal767 < [email protected] > Sent: Thu, Oct 18, 2012 1:00 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management he started me on 6 5mg of oxycodone to start and I still take 3 1mg of lorezapam per day. i will adjust and figure things out as i go, but so glad hes open to work with me. well worth the trip ron From: " [email protected] " < [email protected] > To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, October 17, 2012 8:49:41 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management Hi Ron, If you don't mind me asking, what did they start you out on? I'm seeing a new spine specialist at the end of the month. <blockquote> I went to pain management today and they helped me. Gave me what I needed and is willing to work with me. Thank God! I feel validated as a human being. </blockquote> -----Original Message----- From: Danny Hearn < [email protected] > To: RONALD L PRACHT [email protected] >; quad-list < [email protected] > Sent: Wed, Oct 17, 2012 6:20 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management cool Ron, glad they helped you,Dan H. From: RONALD L PRACHT < [email protected] > To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, October 17, 2012 4:18:23 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Pain Management I went to pain management today and they helped me. Gave me what I needed and is willing to work with me. Thank God! I feel validated as a human being. ron c7 </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>
