[Mari]

Originally Posted by bizi

Thank you kay.
I woke up to severe pain in my right hip Could barely put any weight on it, hobbled around until it got better. I took 4 advil at 815am.
Now/This noon The advil worked on my hip either that or it is just not as painful for what ever reason, I will take it. I just took 4 more advil after lunch.
I see 3 clients hopefully this afternoon.
I will pick up the naproxin after work.
IT was hard to believe that it is just arthritis.
I slept like crap last night.
it hurt what ever side I layed on finally slept on my back with my knees completly bent and a pillow between them that sort of worked for a few hours then my knees were hurting.
I had a nice walk with melissa last night.
She is juggling so much stuff with her family right now.
Feel embarressd to trouble her.
Wonder if inflamation is a side effect of naltrexone?
I will take the stronger antiinflamatory tonight to see if I can sleep better.
bizi
bizi

The naltrexone is supposed to be anti-inflammatory.
Perhaps you need a different dose.


Can you do your work in a different position?
Raise the person higher like in some of these pictures so you do not have to bend over:

Posture Primer - Health - NAILS Magazine


safe positions for pedicurist - Google Search


Ergonomic Basics for Nail Techs - Health - NAILS Magazine

A pillow similar to this might help with back sleeping.

Amazon.com: Half Moon Pillow Bolster - Pain Relief Memory Foam Cushion with Removable/Washable Cotton Cover – Reduced Stress on Spine, Effective Support for Side and Back Sleepers, Neck, Legs, Knees & Waist: Home & Kitchen


M

[bizi]

These are excellent!
Thank you Mari.

The reason I can't sleep on my back is for some reason which I can't explain very well is:
My diaphragm freezes up on me after a few minutes and it hurts to breath.
If I accidentally turn on my back at night it will wake me up and I have to take deep breaths and they hurt to do so, then I have to re position myself on my right side.
Weird isn't it?

the ergonamics pictures were telling.
I have poor posture for my work and being a portable pedicurist means I have limits on to what is portable.
I am happy with my new soft stool.
I need stronger bifocals to better see my clients feet and sit up straighter and not slouch.

bizi

[OhKay]

Arthritis can be extremely painful. You shouldn't have to live in pain like that tho

I really hope that the naproxen helps you and being on it regularly helps to keep that pain at bay

If it doesn't work, there are other med options out there, too

[bizi]

Thank you kay!
I have been taking alieve twice a day for the past 2 days and my hip has been fine.
I am happy about that.

jeff has had a head ache all day.
WE came home early from a gumbo dinner because he was not feeling well.
I feel sorry for him. gave him some advil and he is in bed.
Our hot water heater is on the fritz.
I was able to get a shower in but jeff did not.
Something wrong with it and we need to call a plumber.
We don't have any names of plumbers, our neighbor came over but eh could not start the pilot.
Good to have neighbors.
So we will call the plumber on monday.
bizi
jeff is in bed....poor guy.

[Mari]

Bizi,

I hope that Jeff is better soon.

We had to get a new hot water heater a few months ago.

Hubby found it enlightening to stand and watch the guy do the install
because the guy talked a lot. Now hubby knows more about hot water heaters.

The insurance company had done an inspection of our house and
said we needed a new hot water heater in order stay insured -- it was
working fine. The guy from the insurance company only said that it was
old -- perhaps 18 or 20 years old.


M

[bizi]

ours is dated 1991 so that makes it 26 years old at least.....so...
I think we may get the electric instant heat water systems, so we have endless hot water. That is very appealing to me.
It takes me forever to get into the shower then to be disappointed to run out of hot water.
Maybe I will shower more often
if I know that I will have endless hot water??????
bizi
I think they are expensive....
our gas water bill runs $25 dollars in the summer.

[Mari]

We have electric but it is not endless.

And we have a rather small hot water heater at 30 gallons -- it is the only one that fits into the space designed for it but it saves on electric and saves the
planet a little.


M

[Mari]

Oh, I just re-read. We call them "tankless" hot water heaters.


Hubby heard of them and so had I but we got the old fashioned kind instead.


M

[OhKay]

All of this makes me happy I rent.

I hope that you get what you want and it's not too expensive, Bizi

I hope Jeff is feeling better, too.

I'm glad that the Aleve is helping with your pain

[bizi]

My right hip hurt me this morning while lying in bed, could not get comfortable...I had taken the naproxen at midnight so was not due another dose until noon....But my hip is feeling fine during the day, I think all of this extra weight that I have put on is not helping.

Jeffs headache is much better by this evening.

Hubby was a hero and changed some sort of thermocoupler on the hot water heater and fixed the problem.Thank goodness for you-tube
We are still going to have home depot come out and give us an estimate to install the tankless system.
I don't want to wait until the thing breaks for good next time.

Went to a NAMI pot luck dinner tonight. I took the green bean casserole that I had left over from thanksgiving.
There were many people there that I recognized from the education class, and even some from the support group that I attended a few years ago.
Lots of good food and I tried to talk to others but was feeling my social anxiety. I had already bandaged up 3 fingers to prevent me from picking them at the dinner.
They are healing up nicely.

I forgot to tell you that it was a gorgeous weekend! We went canoeing on saturday for a couple of hours it was nice and we saw Egrets and a great blue heron, an alligator, a piliated wood peck, I had never seen one before.
anhingas big black birds sunning themselves. Funny to see them all lined up with their wings spread wide open!
bizi