Thanks Dalton. On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:12 AM, john snodgrass <[email protected]> wrote:
> thanks Dalton > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dalton Garis <[email protected]> > *To:* TM list <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 1, 2012 11:10 AM > *Subject:* Re: [TMIC] New Year Prayer for all of us > > Fellow sufferers; > > I offer this prayer, called the *Remover of Difficulties* prayer, which I > have recited for decades, sometimes 400-500 times/day in times of great > pain or stress, for inner calm and the expectation of better things to come > from sources and directions I did not imagine. > > *Is there any Remover of Difficulties save God? * > *Say: Praised be God. He is God.* > *All are His servants, and all abide by His bidding.* > > Love, > > Dalton > > * > * > > From: pat cooley <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 09:45:47 -0600 > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: Gillian Clark <[email protected]>, TM list < > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TMIC] RE Pins and Needles > Resent-From: <[email protected]> > Resent-Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 07:49:01 -0800 > > Patti I have found that the cold is much worse for me. I have found that > if I wear soft long underwear under my jeans it doesn't bother me and helps > to keep me warmer. I too always have the pins & needles plus the > burning/freezing all the time, but it is so much worse in the evening.. I > believe that I have learned to live with it since I am able to fall asleep > and stay asleep all night except to go potty at least once maybe twice. I > have also been told by doctors that the pins & needles in the feet is > called neuropathy, which is the same nerve pain that people with diabetes > suffer from. I have a good friend with diabetes and has suffered with it > for years. > > Patti in Wisconsin > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 9:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gilly > You are right to remide us about cothes, shoes and sock contributing to > our TM pain. I think I've posted for eight straight winters that wearing > blue jeans in cold weather puts me right to bed due the the intense pain > the cold material causes. New TMers beware! It isn't just the heat that > causes additional painful sensations. The cold weather causes its own set > of problems. > > Patti - Michigan > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Gillian Clark wrote: > > John, the sad fact is that nothing really takes it away, I have so far > racked up a bit over 10 years of it. > > I must say though that I do believe it has decreased somewhat. Either > that or I'm just used to it. > > I don't do meds as all they did was make me completely spaced out or > zombie like and the pain was still there. Strangely enough, just the > everyday little old aspro or Panadol help. Maybe because they concentrate > on any other unrelated pain that then lessons the tm residuals. I have no > idea why, I just know that's what happens for me. > > There are other external causes. The shoes you wear, your socks (always > wear them inside out), the clothes you wear, particularly the type of > material. I found that by paying attention to these things, I can lesson > (not by a whole lot) these annoying freeze/burn feelings. > > Gilly > ----- Original Message ----- > *From: **john snodgrass* > *To: **James Berg*; *[email protected]* > *Cc: **tmic* > *Sent: *Saturday, December 31, 2011 7:47 AM > *Subject: *Re: [TMIC] RE Pins and Needles > > was talking with the neurologist yesterday about the buzzing,vibrating > feeling that sometimes go all the way into my chest but stays mainly in > my legs and feet,,,,when its not buzzing it is burning. he called it > something but i failed to write it down. > > I tried MJ but for me,,,it made it intensify! > > nothing i have taken to date has had any positive effect on that > symptom. > > creams,muscle rubs,neuronton,baclofen, Xanax ,valium,Lyrica > alcohol,MJ. > > > scratch that off my to do list. > > > ___________________________________ > > *From: *James Berg <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Cc: *tmic <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Friday, December 30, 2011 4:05 PM > *Subject: *Re: [TMIC] RE Pins and Needles > > Gerry and Pati--you can control the cost by buying your meds a River > Pharmacy--out of India--they are honest and the drug is quality > > Jim > > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 6:01 PM, < *[email protected]*> wrote: > Gerry, > Many of us faced the same thing. Movement and feeling also brought > the feeling of pins and needles. > > I've taken Lyrica for about three years - it helps a lot. I don't > know about side effects except the cost can empty your wallet. I > would have stuck with gabapentin, but it was unpredictable. Lyrica > starts working witin 15 minutes. Gabapenten took an hour or two to > work. > > The best pan reliever is laughter and the posts I read tonight > relieved my pain for a while. > > The antidepressant, Cymbalta, might help with the pins and needles. > Of course, it's another drug with a lot of side effects. > > Pati - Michigan > > > > > > > > >
