Whoever develops a decent drug without damaging side effects for the pain of arthritis and the wide variety of aches and pains that come with the aging process, or for those who suffer from chronic pain for whatever reason…will be a hero/heroine. I’m “lucky” that I don’t tolerate opioid based medication unless given strong anti-nausea medication along with it. The most I can tolerate is half a tramadol if I eat some candied ginger shortly after I take it. I tried gabapentin for what we thought was nerve pain in my legs (turned out it was referred pain from a hip gone down to bone on bone so hip replacement surgery cured that) and, to help with my restless leg syndrome, always bad at night. I tried various configurations of it but all it did was make me feel under water and to want to sleep all the time. I could barely function. I like functioning so I weaned myself off it. I still have a big bottle of 100 mg capsules and when I’ve had several poor nights of sleeping, I’ll take 2 of them to kind of knock me out. I have insomnia due to waking up with my legs kicking and it makes me get up to walk about and stand while I use my iPad (like now and twice earlier this night.) So whoever finds a good remedy for restless legs will be another person I’ll happily bow down to in thanks. And yes, I supposedly have spinal stenosis, spondylothesis and severe arthritis in my lower spine where I also have scoliosis. BUT. As long as I do my daily mile + walk with my dog each morning, and my chair yoga in the evening (YogaVista online yoga classes is a fantastic bargain at $12.99 a month), I stay limber enough and the aches and pains are tolerable and often go unnoticed until I get tired at the end of the day.
Incidentally, I still use my Swedish All Terrain Trionic Veloped when I walk my dog each day. He’s attached to by a leash so when he sees a cat or coyote, I can control him. Plus, the Veloped helps me walk faster, further and more evenly than walking on my own allows me to do since surgery. I do bless the men who developed this outdoor all terrain walking aid as do thousands of others (i belong to an online Trionic goup). We have 8 miles of interlocking paths that wend behind the homes and go out into open space in the community where I live in New Mexico. But the Veloped can take you anywhere on any terrain, in any weather. It’s city and country, going over curbs and rocky terrain with equal ease. I bought it when I couldn’t walk without serious pain in my leg. It really saved my sanity during the two years that my leg (oops, hip) was going bad. I’ll tell you this. I took way too much ibuprofen in those days. I got so that I didn’t care anymore if it ruined the linings of my stomach and heart. When you have intractable pain 24/7, it wears you out. I can see why people get addicted to anything that will take that pain away. I was planning to go out of State to get a second opinion on my back(the supposed issue), because I couldn’t see continuing on with that pain for the rest of my life. Discovering that it was my hip and having surgery, cured that pain and resolved that issue and I take the occasional aspirin or ibuprofen now.
I believe that doctors and teachers have so many restrictions and expectations put on them these days, that it’s crazy making. For all the doctors and teachers who stick with it, I applaud and thank you.
Whoever develops a decent drug without damaging side effects for the pain of arthritis and the wide variety of aches and pains that come with the aging process, or for those who suffer from chronic pain for whatever reason…will be a hero/heroine. I’m “lucky” that I don’t tolerate opioid based medication unless given strong anti-nausea medication along with it. The most I can tolerate is half a tramadol if I eat some candied ginger shortly after I take it. I tried gabapentin for what we thought was nerve pain in my legs (turned out it was referred pain from a hip gone down to bone on bone so hip replacement surgery cured that) and, to help with my restless leg syndrome, always bad at night. I tried various configurations of it but all it did was make me feel under water and to want to sleep all the time. I could barely function. I like functioning so I weaned myself off it. I still have a big bottle of 100 mg capsules and when I’ve had several poor nights of sleeping, I’ll take 2 of them to kind of knock me out. I have insomnia due to waking up with my legs kicking and it makes me get up to walk about and stand while I use my iPad (like now and twice earlier this night.) So whoever finds a good remedy for restless legs will be another person I’ll happily bow down to in thanks. And yes, I supposedly have spinal stenosis, spondylothesis and severe arthritis in my lower spine where I also have scoliosis. BUT. As long as I do my daily mile + walk with my dog each morning, and my chair yoga in the evening (YogaVista online yoga classes is a fantastic bargain at $12.99 a month), I stay limber enough and the aches and pains are tolerable and often go unnoticed until I get tired at the end of the day.
Incidentally, I still use my Swedish All Terrain Trionic Veloped when I walk my dog each day. He’s attached to by a leash so when he sees a cat or coyote, I can control him. Plus, the Veloped helps me walk faster, further and more evenly than walking on my own allows me to do since surgery. I do bless the men who developed this outdoor all terrain walking aid as do thousands of others (i belong to an online Trionic goup). We have 8 miles of interlocking paths that wend behind the homes and go out into open space in the community where I live in New Mexico. But the Veloped can take you anywhere on any terrain, in any weather. It’s city and country, going over curbs and rocky terrain with equal ease. I bought it when I couldn’t walk without serious pain in my leg. It really saved my sanity during the two years that my leg (oops, hip) was going bad. I’ll tell you this. I took way too much ibuprofen in those days. I got so that I didn’t care anymore if it ruined the linings of my stomach and heart. When you have intractable pain 24/7, it wears you out. I can see why people get addicted to anything that will take that pain away. I was planning to go out of State to get a second opinion on my back(the supposed issue), because I couldn’t see continuing on with that pain for the rest of my life. Discovering that it was my hip and having surgery, cured that pain and resolved that issue and I take the occasional aspirin or ibuprofen now.
I believe that doctors and teachers have so many restrictions and expectations put on them these days, that it’s crazy making. For all the doctors and teachers who stick with it, I applaud and thank you.
I was not aware there was a Swedish all terrain walker.
BEST invention ever!
Thank you very much for sharing your story. Where did you feel the pain in your leg? By any chance was it in your shin area?