Nancy Bergstrom

My main pain is on my spine or just to the right of it around the bra line or at lower ribs.  It is where my spinal lesion is located and I have this pain all of the time.  I try to stretch and massage.  If it really bugs me at night, I put on a lidocaine patch – just about the size of a small yellow sticky – right on the center of the pain.  Eve…[Read more]

In addition to allof the recommendations, I have a few more.  I do not have limitless funds, but I am planning to update my kitchen and bath – both orginal to the home which was build in 1953.  And both locations are modest in dimension, so no major changes in layout.

Bath – replacing tub/shower with no thresh hold shower with seat that folds d…[Read more]

Easy-peasy – a good sized pool at about 85 degrees, for water ex. and swimming laps.  More specifically – about 4 ft deep for running- walking in the water,  a deeper area, 6 ft so I can do flutter kick exercises in the water upright, and even if I cannot use all of my limbs as well, I would still like to do laps.  Pool edge should be at sit on ed…[Read more]

Right now, I take 10,ooo0  IU day.  It makes a difference for me.   I had only been taking 10,000 IU a week, and was having joint and leg pain problems when I started taking Fosamaax.  I raised my Vit D and the pain stopped.

I use duloxetine or Cymbalta for pain.  I have neuropathic pain in my legs, and Cymbalta and previous Lyrica have been the two medications that have help quell the pain.  I had tried Vicodin, which did not help and I hate the side effects.

I had used a 60 mg dose of Cymbalta for a couple of years, but when I switch healthcare due to the ACA, I t…[Read more]

I have used hand controls on two cars now, since around 2006.  The set-up is a spinner ball on the steering wheel to the right side, and the gas/brake handle to the left.  I had controls added to my SUV when I first trained and licensed.  I later purchased a slighter small car – Subaru Outback and had controls installed in that car.  The big…[Read more]