Actually I use a liniment from Korea. Smells like horse linament with a touch of mint added... I said Bengay due to the familiarity of the product... I do not know the English name for the product I use but it cannot be beat...
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Actually I use a liniment from Korea. Smells like horse linament with a touch of mint added... I said Bengay due to the familiarity of the product... I do not know the English name for the product I use but it cannot be beat...
I will trade you - we hit high 80's today, but the nights are still okay, but it is taking till almost 10pm to cool off.
The name of it-PLEASE !!
Anything legal that would help, would be greatly appreciated.
( do not drink alcohol or do the other stuff anymore-LOL )
Also, this is why the over 55 group understands and fits many of us ??
Anything legal that would help, would be greatly appreciated.
( do not drink alcohol or do the other stuff anymore-LOL )
Also, this is why the over 55 group understands and fits many of us ??
Old Hippy - If you have a korean market around they should sell it - that is where I get mine... Do not get the pads they sell. I had lots of allergic problems with them and it took several weeks to go away, but the ointment is great...
Also, while I got you - while everyone is different Aleve is hard on the stomach if you have ulcer related problems, but if not what Willie said is right. I used to take it regularly until my ulcers started back up a few years ago. Still use it sometimes, but usually when I know I have some walking ahead of me... I take it about an hour before I go shopping with my wife... LOL...
Also, while I got you - while everyone is different Aleve is hard on the stomach if you have ulcer related problems, but if not what Willie said is right. I used to take it regularly until my ulcers started back up a few years ago. Still use it sometimes, but usually when I know I have some walking ahead of me... I take it about an hour before I go shopping with my wife... LOL...
I'm paying attention to this, too. I've got arthritis in both knees, bone spurs in my left ankle that developed arthritis, and an arthritic hammertoe. Gosh, it's amazing to me how pain from a bad toe can travel through my body and make my day miserable.
It's lovely in Maine. We're getting around 70 most days now and cool at night. I'd love it this way all year round. Our summers are bearable, for the most part. We usually get a few days when it's unbearably hot and humid, and we just ride it out because a lot of us don't have air conditioning. It almost always cools down at night for comfortable sleeping.
I learned about the ointment while I was in Korea and one day when I was in one of the Korean Markets it was there. I asked to make sure it was the same stuff since I do not read Korean and bingo I am a regular customer. I use it at night mostly to help me sleep...
I don't think we have any Korean markets nearby. I take 3 prescriptions and lots of good supplements. I feel really dumb for never even thing of using some kind of ointment or topical stuff on my arthritic problems. I'm gonna see what I can find before this weekend. We're going to a wedding this weekend with an open bar, and I want to dance my socks off!
Korean markets ??
No !!
OMG, I live way out on a hill top with the nearest neighbor a half mile away and the nearest store to buy sewing thread, for example, is a 45 minute one way trip. Buy most over the internet.
I buy groceries in bulk from an Amish store and make a trip to a Walmart once a month or less. As an agoraphobic, sometimes don't leave the house property for months at a time.
No !!
OMG, I live way out on a hill top with the nearest neighbor a half mile away and the nearest store to buy sewing thread, for example, is a 45 minute one way trip. Buy most over the internet.
I buy groceries in bulk from an Amish store and make a trip to a Walmart once a month or less. As an agoraphobic, sometimes don't leave the house property for months at a time.
Today seems to be a day of physical aspects of becoming more experienced.
Grade 2 systolic murmer (born with)
Hypofisitus (sp ?) from jumping off 2nd storied building as a teenager)
Bones bellow the knees that never fused.
Ryders syndrome Arthritis ( strikes males in there early 20s, I was 23)
Epilepsy (started when I was 40)
Type 2 Diabetes ( 2 years ago)
Despite those things I have always felt lucky with my health.
I do give thanks everyday for my good health.
I feel good and mostly none of it limits me except my diet.
Lots of meat and few carbs, keeps the high blood sugar away.
oh and restless leg syndrome
Grade 2 systolic murmer (born with)
Hypofisitus (sp ?) from jumping off 2nd storied building as a teenager)
Bones bellow the knees that never fused.
Ryders syndrome Arthritis ( strikes males in there early 20s, I was 23)
Epilepsy (started when I was 40)
Type 2 Diabetes ( 2 years ago)
Despite those things I have always felt lucky with my health.
I do give thanks everyday for my good health.
I feel good and mostly none of it limits me except my diet.
Lots of meat and few carbs, keeps the high blood sugar away.
oh and restless leg syndrome
I take a heavy duty blood thinner every other day .. and a baby aspirin every day .. still take the Aleve when I need to .. no problems, but when I almost cut my thumb off back in December carving a guitar, I bled like a stuck pig, I can tell you that .. duck tape / electrical tape stopped the blood though ..
I won't get better ..
I will ask at the store and see if there is an internet place available - cross your fingers...
I am too embarrassed about the limping-bones getting "stuck and can't move for a minute or so" thing and am afraid to even try any more, to cross a street.
Would never go out with anyone shopping etc. Very embarrassing-people might think I am drunk, the wobbly way I walk.
But, I can and do keep gardening etc, cuz no one sees me here.
How do the rest of you handle this crap ? Are you able to deal with walking canes etc ?? If so, how ?
Would never go out with anyone shopping etc. Very embarrassing-people might think I am drunk, the wobbly way I walk.
But, I can and do keep gardening etc, cuz no one sees me here.
How do the rest of you handle this crap ? Are you able to deal with walking canes etc ?? If so, how ?
I use a pad called Salonpas that an old S. Vietnamese Army buddy turned me onto years ago when he managed to get into the States .. used to could only get it at a Vietnamese market in St Louis but now they sell the pads as well as the ointment at Walgreens .. it uses some sort of hot pepper that goes into your skin and gets hot .. lasts about 8 hours on the pads .. all natural .. and it does work, although it's best to make sure the area you put the pad on is clean as possible to make sure it sticks .. although this is another use of duck tape .. never used the ointment but I'm sure it works as well ..
They should give the person that invented duck tape the Nobel Prize, IMO .. just buy a good brand .. and never, ever leave home without that and a Swiss Army Tinker knife ..
You do NOT want to use horse liniment if you are out in public-LOL !! It smells, big time.
Danceing-omg- I could do that way too many years ago
Daily walking at even half normal would be my goal.
By the way-Jewels_ I use to live in Mass and did a whole lot of camping up and down the eastern seaboard.
Ptown and Truro were two of my favorite places. Maine is beautiful !!!!
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Danceing-omg- I could do that way too many years ago
Daily walking at even half normal would be my goal.
By the way-Jewels_ I use to live in Mass and did a whole lot of camping up and down the eastern seaboard.
Ptown and Truro were two of my favorite places. Maine is beautiful !!!!
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I am going through one of my Gout flare ups right now. If any of you have ever had Gout, you know what that is like. I get flare ups in several joints, not just the big toe that everyone knows about. Right now, I'm dealing with an inflamed knee. Very painful. Aleve (Naproxin Sodium) is the drug of choice for pain relief as per my DR. short of RX. I take a large dose and it helps to relieve the inflammation and does help some with the pain. The flare ups usually only last a day or two, but this has been going on for 3 days. Have a doctor's appointment Friday. It may be time to go on some regular preventive meds. Been putting it off because of side-effects, but this is becoming too frequent to ignore. Ah the golden years.
Oh, is that what we're doing today.
Okay, I'll add the following:
High blood pressure(take meds)
High cholerterol(take red yeast rice)
Chronic costochondritis(inflamed cartlidge in ribcage)
Right elbow issues(tendon weakness from tennis elboe) Yeah, like I play tennis...
Foot and ankle prolems(previously mentioned)
Swollen ankles
Restless leg syndrome
Insomnia
Varicose veins(been getting laser treatments and injections every 2 weeks since November '11)
Various neuropathies
Mental issues(take meds)
I'm sure most of the ladies here, some men, too, are familiar with the hormone firestorm of menopause.
Okay, I think I'm done, LOL. I, too, consider myself blessed. I am trying to eat healthier and exercise more. All in all, life couldn't be better...
Okay, I'll add the following:
High blood pressure(take meds)
High cholerterol(take red yeast rice)
Chronic costochondritis(inflamed cartlidge in ribcage)
Right elbow issues(tendon weakness from tennis elboe) Yeah, like I play tennis...
Foot and ankle prolems(previously mentioned)
Swollen ankles
Restless leg syndrome
Insomnia
Varicose veins(been getting laser treatments and injections every 2 weeks since November '11)
Various neuropathies
Mental issues(take meds)
I'm sure most of the ladies here, some men, too, are familiar with the hormone firestorm of menopause.
Okay, I think I'm done, LOL. I, too, consider myself blessed. I am trying to eat healthier and exercise more. All in all, life couldn't be better...
Yes, we used to vacation here, and we moved here in '89. We love it.
Is there anything that doesn't smell bad for aches and pains...
I'm dancing, no matter what! I may not be able to move for a week, but I'm painting the town on Saturday!
Is there anything that doesn't smell bad for aches and pains...
I'm dancing, no matter what! I may not be able to move for a week, but I'm painting the town on Saturday!
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