In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Beautiful day here today and tomorrow we are back to cloud then rain.
Hope my knee cooperates tomorrow when I head out for my walk.
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Quote:Glad you had nice weather, BRENDA!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Beautiful day here today and tomorrow we are back to cloud then rain.
Hope my knee cooperates tomorrow when I head out for my walk.
What's with the knee?
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Finally saw the official full version of "Biggest Little Farm". What an inspiring, positive movie!
And so much work! Creating a farm on 200 neglected acres is young person's activity. I can only manage (sometimes) our own property, and its just a regular city lot!
But if you can, see the film. I think you'll like it a lot!
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Glad you had nice weather, BRENDA!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Beautiful day here today and tomorrow we are back to cloud then rain.
Hope my knee cooperates tomorrow when I head out for my walk.
What's with the knee?
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Those times I tripped and fell, landing hard on my knees and hands. Means now my knees bother me when I am standing too long or sitting too long. I put my heating pad on it last night(Sunday) and it was okay today but then I was in all day. Am going to put my heating pad on it again before I go to sleep and hope that staves off the pain in my left one in particular tomorrow when I am out.
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Out for a walk in a bit. Gotta take my umbrella with me I think.
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Well, I went out and ate in an actual restaurant today. Staff wore masks and gloves. Some tables were blocked off to maintain social distancing. Also there were no salt or pepper shakers on the table. Sugar was. Not a lot of people in but some and the staff seemed happy to be back. Also floors all marked so you could only go a certain way.
But it was nice to be able to sit down and eat. Then I could get on with the rest of my errands without worrying about my blood sugar going too low.
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BRENDA:
Beautiful day here today and tomorrow we are back to cloud then rain.
Hope my knee cooperates tomorrow when I head out for my walk.
SIGNY: Glad you had nice weather, BRENDA!
What's with the knee?
BRENDA: Those times I tripped and fell, landing hard on my knees and hands. Means now my knees bother me when I am standing too long or sitting too long. I put my heating pad on it last night(Sunday) and it was okay today but then I was in all day. Am going to put my heating pad on it again before I go to sleep and hope that staves off the pain in my left one in particular tomorrow when I am out.
It sounds like your knee(s) stiffen up after long periods of beig still, like standing or sitting? It could be arthritis. Have you tried taking one of the NSAIDS for it? (Ibuprofen, naproxyn etc) Not a good idea to take constantly but may be helpful when things flare up. Also somewhat diagnostic: if your knee(s) improve with ibuprofen that means you have an inflammatory process going on.
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Tried to do my usual yardwork, but it went really slow bc I was favoring my shoulder. Also, my string trimmer ran out of string so nothing can happen until the new string comes in.
But hubby bought me a leaf shredder anyway. If it works as well as it seems on video, it will help me reduce that many-year-old pile about five times faster than with a string trimmer. It wasn't too expensive, either.
But I think my next urgent thing to do tomorrow is spray the avocadoes with Neem oil: they went from "no mite damage" a week ago to "OMG!" in the space of just a few days! I've been hosing them off regularly hoping to forestall the mite invasion, but I really need to reach for something else. After that, I'll release some beneficial insects (there is an insectory in the next county over, Rincon Vitova, where I buy them). Trying o decide between neosieulous californicus (predatory mite) and N fallacis (1:1 mi) or lacewing (general predator that would eat the N californicus and fallacis too). I think I'll go with the predatory mites, they tend to stay in place whereas the lacewings fly off once their prey is gone. Plus, fallacis overwinters.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
BRENDA:
Beautiful day here today and tomorrow we are back to cloud then rain.
Hope my knee cooperates tomorrow when I head out for my walk.
SIGNY: Glad you had nice weather, BRENDA!
What's with the knee?
BRENDA: Those times I tripped and fell, landing hard on my knees and hands. Means now my knees bother me when I am standing too long or sitting too long. I put my heating pad on it last night(Sunday) and it was okay today but then I was in all day. Am going to put my heating pad on it again before I go to sleep and hope that staves off the pain in my left one in particular tomorrow when I am out.
It sounds like your knee(s) stiffen up after long periods of beig still, like standing or sitting? It could be arthritis. Have you tried taking one of the NSAIDS for it? (Ibuprofen, naproxyn etc) Not a good idea to take constantly but may be helpful when things flare up. Also somewhat diagnostic: if your knee(s) improve with ibuprofen that means you have an inflammatory process going on.
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Yes they do. I hadn't thought about arthritis setting in but that does make some sense. I can take a little Tylenol for pain but that's about it. I've got to watch what mixes with my seizure medicine. Also pain killers used to put my lights out and I don't like them.
Heat I find works the best and sleep. Sleep for me and pain is still the best remedy. As long as I can use sleep to knock out the pain, I'm glad.
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NSAIDS are NOT painkillers. They are NonSteroidal AntiInflammatory DrugS and include aspirin, ibuprofen, meloxicam, naproxen, etc.
https://www.drugs.com/drug-class/nonsteroidal-anti-inflammatory-agents
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Inflammation is a complex process set off by the immune system in reponse to damage or disease, but what it eventually involves is your capillaries becoming "leaky" and letting fluid and white blood cells swarm the site of damage/infection in order to ward off disease. Wht that does is cause swelling, redness, heat, and pain. NSAIDS shut off that process. They work AT THE SITE OF INFLAMMATION, THEY DO NOT ACT IN YOUR BRAIN. They DO tend to cause generalized sodium and water retention, I assume because the affect the small capillaries in your kidneys. Please don't avoid them on the mistaken assumption that they are "painkillers".
TYLENOL IS a painkiller. It is a non-opioid drug that DOES act in your brain to reduce the brain's response to pain. Unlike NSAIDS which can cause gastrointestinal bleeding and water retention (kidneys) Tylenol can do a number on your liver if overdosed or combined with alcohol.
There are opioid-based painkillers that I can imagine would interact with any number of anticonvulsants including carbamazepine. Codeine is the most common one prescribed for pain and is commonly mixed with tylenol and sold as codeine/paracetamol, co-tylenol, tylenol#3, tylenol#4 etc but these are available only by prescription.
The most effective painkiller OTC combo that I know of is an NSAID combined with Tylenol. The NSAID acts at the site of inflammation and reduces the source of pain, while Tylenol acts in your brain to reduce the perception of pain. The two combined work far better than just an additive effect.
TBH I tend to avoid both, partly because I already have a problem wth water retention and also bc I do drink alcohol. For me, I go with rest, heat (those chemical heat patches work super well for me, they provide a very low level of heat for over 12 hours and work great), gentle motion and gradual return to normal activity. I only take meloxicam when every joint with arthritis flares up (fingers, knuckles, hips, knees, ankles, feet) and the pain keeps me from sleeping. It works great, but I know I'll put on 5 lbs of water weight and my fingers and feet will puff up.
But, as always, your mileage may vary. Only you know how you react to specific medications.
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