I haven't been posting blogs lately because I had to have surgery on my back. As some of you know I was hit by a drunk driver and suffered cervical and lumbar spinal injuries.
I've been in terrible pain and unable to do much of any thing lately except try to get well. One great thing I learned from the nurologist is that there is now a pain pill that is not a narcotic and I am taking it. It works great, at least for me! It is called Gabapentin (Actavis Elisabe) and the poperties of this medicine are the complete oppisite of a narcotic.
Narcotics do not, really, rellieve pain. The narcotic disconects your brain from all fucntions and the seperation of activity in the brain leads you to think that you are not in pain.
Gabapentin on the other hand has the properties and abilities to sheath the nerve ending that send pain to the brain. No stupidity and no addiction!!! That is what I love about it. I hate feeling stupid and not in control of what I am doing or thinking. Gabapentin also meakes me feel like I can do things that I was unable to do while on the narcotic pain meds. And I hate being stupid and have never liked having to take narcotics for pain. I have never folowed the Dr's orders on taking pain meds for that reason. I was rx'd 4-8 a day and I only took 1 or 2 when I was taking them. Now I don't take any!!!!!
So, if your in pain ask your doc about Gabapentin.
I also feel weird about being a hobbyist with more post than the ladies on this site.
Thank you, I am feeling better. Luckily I live in Nor Cal and no longer in the LA area. In April I moved my sister from the LA area to live with me. She had to return to LA for the past few weeks and has just returned. She was only 20 miles from the fires in the LA area and is happy to be home.