Well, this thread is moving along nicely! I am glad some people are getting some pain relief.

I had to use my large one last night too! (and my wrist splints).
Doing alot of yard work etc. AND I managed to LOSE it again...took a whole day to find it!

So I have decided to order the coated red/green ones and did so this morning from Ebay. I think they will be more "visible" and less likely to lose. When I bought my 1 inchers a few years ago, they were closeouts, from a computer supplier.
I didn't belong to Ebay then, so I had no idea there were affordable coated ones. So they should come soon, I expect.

The coated red and green are what you recommended in your earlier post, and what I purchased. I can't compare them to the uncoated, but they are working great for me. I have had four good night's sleep in a row. I wear one all night, and again during the mid-day nap. Not only am I sleeping better, but have very little pain during the day.

Sleeping good and not living with daily pain, makes me less cranky. So, I thank you, but my husband thanks you even more.

My magnets are silver in color and thinly coated with nickel. I put tape on them to make them bigger and easier to handle.

The most devious loss place is snicking onto the mattress edge.
Most conventional mattresses have a metal edge on them under all that ticking and fabric. Sometimes I don't stick the magnet on ME, but just leave it under my back, and most of the time it stays in the bed somewhere. The other night I was more tossing and turning than usual and it rolled off and while falling was attracted to this metallic edge of the bed. It was stuck on "under" an edge and was totally out of view. Sometimes it falls off me, and ends up on the floor. I've had them restick themselves inside my loose PJs, too. Many odd places, which are baffling.

I am so glad you are getting relief. I do think it is possible with long term use for your nerves to quiet. That is what happened with my MP and the Lidoderm. I don't like to hold that carrot out too often, but it is possible. That may not happen, but be prepared for it if it does. Sometimes there is a relapse, but in general, you may see some permanent changes.

Keep me posted as to your progress in any event!

P.S. I saw a site the other day, that puts the magnets in 4's in a soft cloth baggie...so you can just lie on it. I am going to try this soon, but I have to figure it out some. That would make them like the Quadrablocs. I am going to order the 1/2 inchers for this. But I will try two of the red/green ones as well. I'll use a bright color like red...too. Anyway that is a project for the near future. This will be good for the back area!

Great post MrsD, glad to read that people have benefited from your thread.

Mrs D, something you may want to try If you want to use more than one so you can lay on them in bed [ especially for the spine ], just place them in opposite poles so they push away from each other, I normally just set them up on a table first, put the first one down [ doesn't matter which pole ] then grab another and carefully place it down [ about 4 inches away holding both firmly] then just slowly push the second one towards the first one, if it starts to push the other one away that's perfect, if it starts to attract flip the second one over so it will push the first one away, the point at which it starts to move the first one is the distance I use when placing them on my body, creating a magnetic field of energy, any additional magnets gets done the same way.

Thanks Brian. I'll try that. I am going to make the stitched pad thingy soon. I hope my hand holds out tho! My carpal tunnel does not like sewing by hand.

I've always darned my own socks and
replaced buttons and done minor repairs with needle & thread.
Nowadays, just threading the needle
(with the little metal wire thingy, to assist)
takes forever, and sewing on a button
either makes my hand go numb, or ...hurts!

ive actually sewn my finger to what i was sewing on two different occasions. i really have to watch what im doing.

Yesterday we planted over 60 plants at my son's new home, for his garden/landscaping. The work took all day... some were large Hostas, and one humongous one needed to be moved so he can put up a rain barrel under the eave. But many were small plants I grew from seed here under lights starting in late January. Even tho the soil was soft, and the new sharp trowel helped, my hand is totally blasted. Luckily it was cool...and at times COLD, and that helped I think.

Even tho I wore my braces to bed (I do so as a result of my own gardening at home) I can barely use the mouse today. I can only do 15 minute bursts and then I have to rest. (going numb).

I had my first bad night since using the magnet for my back pain, and it was all because of the tape I used to secure it. I had been using a roll of 3M surgical tape that was left over from one of my surgeries, and it worked great. I could use it for 2 days, and that included changing positions when I didn't find the right spot the first time.

My neighbor stopped by over the weekend, complaining of lower back pain and I had just the thing for her. (Yes, mrsD, I'm magnetizing my friends ! ) So, I gave her 2 of my magnets and the end of the roll of 3M tape.

I had a new roll of Johnson & Johnson tape, that I opened last night. It looked the same, but it is awful. It is flimsy, and everytime I reached around to put it on my back the tape folded over on itself. Once it did that there was no prying it apart, and I had to start over with a new strip. I finally got my husband to help me, but that made it more difficult to find the right spot. And each time we removed it, we had to replace the strips because they lost all their adhesiveness.

We finally got it in place, and after about an hour the darn strips started sliding, folding in on themselves and digging into my skin. So, I've been on the internet in search of 3M surgical tape. I can't find any drug stores or even Walmart that carry it. It looks like I am going to have to buy a box of it over the internet.

mrsD, I know you said you buy the tape from Walmart. What brand is it? Walmart has several types of the Johnson & Johnson First Aid tape. The one I have is the All Purpose Clear Tape.

My tape is called NexCare (by 3M) and I bought it at WalMart about a year ago.

This is it:
http://www.walgreens.com/store/catal..._sku=sku727919

Mine is in a plastic dispenser like Scotch Tape comes with a little sharpey cutter at the tear off spot. It is clear plastic with tiny holes so it is breathable.

Tape can be fraught with woes. I don't wear my magnets all the time. I go in bursts of 3 days to a week, then I don't need them for a while. So my tape lasts me a long time. Sometimes I just lie on my back with a loose mag underneath me, while I read before sleeping. These really strong large ones really don't need long times on the body, at least not for me. When I do my left groin area, where I tore that tendon, I don't use tape at all, just lie on my side for an hour and read with it in the fold of my leg. (I don't have TV in the bedroom). You could watch TV etc and place them like that.

I just ordered 50 of the 1/2 inch wide 1/16 deep from Ebay for 11.69. I am going to sew those into a large long pad, to put in the bed. And a smaller pad for 2 of the big ones. My friend just came by on Sunday, and gave me a quilted gift pad for a gift.
So we discussed how to do this, and she may help me, as she is more skilled at sewing than I am.

The tape sort of "gets" to me after a while...it leaves a residue, that is hard to get off, etc, and for really hard places I can't reach well to apply it. I find that body heat makes it stick really well. So if it seems "unsticky" at first on your back just lie on it for 15 minutes and the stickum then really sticks! We have a memory foam mattress topper that reflects back body heat, and this may enable this more, I think.