Yesterday I received my mail orders of both Biofreeze and 3 'flavors' of Cryogel roll-ons. I also ordered the Biofreeze in tubes. Call me crazy but I was in a lot of pain late Friday night and so I went online and bought a little of each to try out

After sampling on a non-affected body area(calf), I used the menthol Biofreeze on my brachial plexis last night...still a light application there and between my bicep/tricep where one of the smaller muscles had been twitching all day. I had had PT in the AM, we've started some strengthening of my shoulder and arm muscles so I was taking it easy the rest of the day. I've been tolerating PT better this time around(post-op) than at ANY time in the past 16 years.

Felt good for the first few hours...I had gone to bed WAY early, as soon as my toddler daughter went to bed. Usually I stay up and visit with my wife for a few hours, let her turn in first, then I do a final set of stretches before I turn in.
But starting around 1am, I started having coughing fits every half hour or so. By 3am I was throwing up a bit and dreading the inevitable flare I would have today. After another episode at 4am, I grabbed a dose of Phenergan-codeine & the comforter and headed for the lazy-boy. I passed out there until 8am when my daughter awoke, then wound up back in bed until 4:30 this afternoon. Somehow I didn't have a flare, especially having missed 2 doses of Norco.

My 18mo daughter is so cute. They were gone all day, but she wanted me out of bed. She found me pants and a shirt out of the clean (but not folded or put away, of course) and kept trying to help me get dressed in bed. Once I came out to the family room she climbed up on the couch and patted the seat next to her until I sat down with a book for her. I'm having a terrible time holding books open or turning the pages, luckily she's getting better at that. She threw a fit wanting to try some of the Biofreeze, I wound up giving her the smallest of dabs to the back of her hand.

My RN wife is convinced I had a throat spasm from PT during the night. I really don't know what to think, although I'm guessing I'm caught up on sleep now!

I guess I just want to say thanks for the leads on Biofreeze and Cryogel. My previous favorite was that old standby, Absorbine, Jr.