Question by bazimme: If your whole body hurts due to injuries (long story), what would you do about it if narcotics don’t work?
I’ve had several joint replacements and recently back surgery (a cyst was pressing against the nerve root making it VERY painful to even take 1 step) and I was wondering what you suggest. My other “injuries” were not really injuries but I had to have 2 hips and 1 knee replaced and it all hurts like hell. Maybe it’s worse cuz of the nasty damp weather. I am NOT into herbal stuff and can NOT do yoga…doc’s orders. So what to do? Massage therapy? I’ve asked this question before but no answers. Hopefully someone will see this and can relate and can point me in the right direction. Does anyone know anything about massage therapy? Has it helped you or is it just a waste of money?Thanks for your answers in advance!

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Answer by carobygirl
massage therapy works really well for some people.

Why don’t you find a pain clinic in your area? These doctors specialize in stubborn pain.

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Question by uncleclover: If you couldn’t die or be permanently injured, would you try to “play” with pain? Build a tolerance?
By “any injury”, I mean literally ANY injury: If you were morselized in a woodchipper, your bits would come back together & you’d be all better again; if you were vaporized in a full-on nuclear explosion, your atoms would re-condense into you somewhere else. Nothing you went through would ever injure you for more than a few seconds, and never would you be permanently dead.

If that were the case, do you think pain might become something you could actually “explore”? I know for me, the biggest inhibitor when it comes to enduring painful experiences is not so much the pain itself, but the knowledge of the permanence of the damage that is normally an inevitible component of suffering. If there were no lasting damage, I might actually try various forms of self-mutilation just to build a tolerance or see what it’s like. Launch myself into the sun and feel the waves of a nova sweep over me (to quote Cavil from “BSG: The Plan”).

If you couldn’t die or be permanently injured, would you play with things that would otherwise kill you?

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Answer by Julia
morselized?? what ARE you on today?? have you been eating the dictionary?

lay off the narcotics… its addling your brain

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Question by flutterbypurr: What would your opening words be, if you came back to life?
For me, Once after being mugged, I had to get 8 hour head surgery. Could have died. The last thing I said to the surgeon before they applied anesthetic: “Cut as little hair as possible.” The first thing I said when I came out of the anesthia to the surgeon who asked how I felt, I said: “I hear a ticking inside my head…Weren’t you wearing a watch before the surgery?”

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Answer by Johnny Vegas
That was a good ass nap…

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Question by Nick T: How much would plane tickets to India and back from Dallas cost?
Im wanting plastic surgery over there but the cost of the plane ticket just adds to the “cheap surgery” almost cancelling the whole purpose out if you know what I mean..help

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Answer by Hemant G
Probably about the same as it would cost to fly there from Virginia Beach, but of course that would depend on ‘what time of year you’re flying, what day you’re flying and what time, etc. Example: If I were to fly from Norfolk to Delhi, in mid July and returned in mid August it would cost around ,600.00 + from the info I get from the below website.

Here’s a decent Airline Ticket website that enables you to get various quotes.

http://airfare.bootsnall.com/

Also, Try doing a search in Google using different wording and see if you can find it cheaper. Try to have the funds available to purchase immediately and “LOCK IN” the price and gaurantee you a good seat.

Good Luck !!

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Question by boxbeatle: What would cause a pain in my left hip, knee, and top of foot?
It all started when I took a job standing all day, I thought that I would be better when I left and found a sit down job. I had the stand up job for 6 months. After one month on the new job the pain is better, but it is still there. My knee was more swollen before. None of the pain is severe. The top of my foot gets a slight “pain” (for lack of a better description), and my knee has a slight pain. The hip thing just started, just a very slight pain. I loosen my shoe strings and it helps, but always comes around the worst mid-afternoon. What in the world could this all be?

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Answer by Bradley R
How are the shoes your are standing in all day? If they are not giving you proper support, that can cause pain in your knee and hip. You should look into a cheap pair of insoles, I’d recommend orthotics that give you a firm positioning with comfortable cushioning as well.

This COULD be sciatic nerve pain as well. My sciatic nerve pain runs down my leg from my hip to my knee and to my foot.

If the pain tingles, there is numbness or there is burning (or the general feeling its kind of asleep) then there is nerve involvement. If this is the case you could have a small disk herniation or something else slightly compressing your nerves, most likely closer to your back.

If the latter is the case, if it sounds like nerve pain, you should discuss this with a doctor. If it isn’t nerve pain, try insoles watch your posture at work. If it doesn’t improve, then you should also seek professional medical advice then as well.

I wish you the best of luck and although I am not a doctor, I suffer chronic pain and have very thoroughly studied these issues so please feel free to email me if you have any questions I can help with! take care

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Question by alimac20001234: i have a “pulled-muscle” feeling in the back of my leg- could this be a blood clot- how would i know?
is ithis a pulled muscle( i went to the gym a month ago for a week straight and did not stretch good) but now my foot is tingling and the pain is worse is it a strained muscle that i haven’t been able to rest or an underlying symptom of a leg blood clot also known as deep vein thrombosis

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Answer by Debbie
I had a DVT(deep vein thrombosis) and it DOES feel like a muscle cramp, but at the site of the clot after about 3 days, I developed a lump.(kinda swelled out like a baseball under the skin). You may have not just strained something, you may have torn something. An MRI should define it for you. ALSO if you are continuing to work out without having properly rested the injured part, it will continure to hurt till it gets proper rest and healing time. if it persists after proper rest and or healing time i would consult a physician ASAP. Mine broke loose and went to one of my lungs and almost killed me. You could also get it checked anyway just to be sure if something IS torn or what. If Dr. suspects a clot they will do what is known as a DOPPLER. It shows the blood flow to whatever part they are looking at. It is like an ultrasound and is painless.

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Question by julybabygirl08: How can I get better pain pills from dr? What would be best for me?
hello, I am 2o yrs old. I have had back pain since I was about 9 yrs old, and once I hit 14 yrs old it got BAD. Since I have had my daughter (when I was 18), my back pain is severely chronic horrible pain. I have been to multiple doctors since I was 14 yrs old, and it is just rediculous! I have been put on a million different medicines for my pain from antidepressants to anti-inflammatories to mild pain relievers like Ultram and vicodin.. I have done Physical therapy for 9 months, I went to see MANY different types of doctors, had a lot of tests ran (I have some deteriorating disks in my spine and 30% curvature of scoliosis)… I have recently been to a place called “Pain medicine”, where I THOUGHT they were supposed to relieve my pain with medicine (hence the name…) but she just keeps putting me on crap I have already done! She has tried 4 different anti-depressants, multiple muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories, treatments where she hooks up this machine to my back and it sends little electric jolts to my nerves in my back, BLABLABLABLABLA!! Im so sick of this!! My back pain has been a problem in my life for 11 years, it has been moderately severe for 7 years, and EXTREMELY SEVERE the past 2-4 years!! You would think someone would want to help me, but no one does! They just keep beating around the bush giving me bulls*** answers.. The pain medicine doctor told me she will try different things but “as you well know, nothing I do for you will actually relieve your pain”… wtf kind of doctor says that!? Anyway, not a single thing has worked so far, and I am seriously considering narcotics. I am not sure where else to turn, besides something I KNOW will alleviate my pain somewhat. I am extremely sick of doctors screwing around and not helping me!!
And three days ago, I was pushing my daughter up and down on the see-saw at the park, and I threw out my back or something, and my pain is SO SEVERE its rediculous, its keeping me from sleeping (which is usually does anyway, but this is a lot worse!), its keeping me from being in a good mood so im snapping at my husband and daughter, I am crying and whining all the time since it happened, and it hurts more to sit down or lay down, its not as bad when I stand up but it still hurts! Also, earlier I was having shooting pains down my leg……
Ugh, well anyway, what Im asking is, how the heck do i get my doctor to perscribe me some narcotics or heavy pain meds so I can get on with my life!!?!?? I have been screwed with for 11 years and I just want some pain releif!! Also, what narcotic would be best for me? What are the ups and downs of each narcotic, and is it a short term or long term med? I really just am sick of this pain and just want it gone!! What do I tell my doctor to get her to understand what type of pain I am in and how severe it is, and that I NEED something to take it away, not just try and try again for 30 more years until I find something….. I need something now. IT just feels like she is ignoring me or something.. She just doesnt seem like she wants to get rid of my pain and help me!!

By the way, I don’t need anyone saying anything idiotic or rude, only people who have good solid advice, or people who know what they are talking about (like drs or nurses).

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate any feedback. If you reply, please make sure to answer all my questions, or else I will not choose you for best answer, no matter how awesome your reply is!
DON’T GIVE ME STUPID ANSWERS!! IF YOU CAN’T ANSWER MY DAMN QUESTION, DON’T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL!!
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Please reply back to me on here if you read this.. How should I go about finding a pain relief specialist, and are they covered by insurance? I have Tricare (a military insurance..). And also, about the marijuana, I used to smoke it a lot when I was younger, and it really did help with the pain. But I am in North Carolina (nowhere near Cali, the only state that allows it..), and I live on a military base, with a husband who is aginst it unfortunately. Im not sure what you mean by other ways than smoking it, do you mean cooking with it??
If Alec S doesn’t reply, anyone else with these answers as well I would appreciate. Please someone let me know! Thanks a lot, everyone (besides that idiot with a stupid response) who has replied to me, your all giving me great info. THANKS!

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Answer by Faith
only the doctor knows so i dont know why u ask

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Question by Cheese: What would be a good lie?
ha ha Yeah so OK I’ve been out of school for quite a while. It’s because I hurt my back and I could barely walk so I had to be put in home bound. Anyways, I’ll be going back to school any day now and I wanna think up a good lie. I don’t wanna say “I had a herniated disk” That sounds lame! >:[ I wanna say something cool, something outrageous, but the only thing I can think of is “I died then was brought back to life with Christian magic’ ha ha get what I’m saying? I wanna tell people something totally outrageous, so they know that I’m really lieing. And I want lots of outrageous stories, so that every time someone asks me I’ll say something different. XD What would be an outrageous lie you would tell? Something nobody would ever believe in a million years.

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Answer by I DJ Weddings
I was bowling and got attacked by penguins that were hiding among the pins..

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Question by maggie: anyone like doing algebra 2 problems? help would be GREATLY appriciated, seriously?
hey.. so i have 2 huge packets to do of algebra 2. the problappreciatedad spine surgery and now im left not knowing what to do. i wont be able to go to school for another week and they are due when i come back. i have a TON of other homework to do and i was just wondering if anyone can just help me out and give me some answers. i know its not the right thing to do but im in serious pain and i dont have time to spend hours trying to figure out how to do something i was never taught.

i just need to solve the following equations, and show all steps and if it is “no solution” please state it

1. a^2= -4
2. 3x^2=108
3. 13x^2=52
4. x^2-32=0
5. m^2-48=0
6. 6x^2-18=0
7. 4y^2+7=0
8. 3r^2-5= 7
9. 6y^2-2=16
10. 2x^2+8=30
11. (x+3)^2=9
12. (r-5)^2=8
13. (t-4)^2=24
14. (z-3)^2=32
15. 5(m-8)^2=25
16. 7(x+2)^2=42
17. (3x+20^2=64
18. 2(6r-1)^2=32
19. 6(5z-3)^2=96
20. (n+17)(n+7)=0
21. (y-15)(y-100)=0
22. (3x-1)(2x+5)=0
23. (4k+2)(k-3)=0
24. 3n(n-4)(2n+7)=0
25. 2x(2x-5)(5x+2)=0
26. x^2-13x+36=0
27. y^2+2y-63=0
28. x^2-5x+6=0
29. x^2-x-6=0
30. n^2-5n=24
31. k^2+9=10k
32. y^2-16=0
33. 4x^2-9=0
34. 3x^2+2x-1=0
35. a^3-a=0
36. x^2-x-30=0
37. 2x^2-5x-3=0
38. n^2=36
39. 4x^2=8x+5
40. a^2=24-5a
41. 4a^2=8a
42. 6x^2+x=77
43. 3x^2-6x=9
44. 4y^2+7=29y
45. 6y^2=22y+40
46. x^3-12x^2+32x=0
47. r^2+4r+4=9
48. x^2-14x+49=64
49. y^2-18y+81=144
50. 1/4 r^2-4=3/4
51. 1/3 x^2- 3/16=0
52. 1/6 x^2-4= 5/6
53. 4(x-3)^2=1/36
54. (y-3/7)^2= negative 8/9
55. 5(t+2)^2= 3/5

again, if you could help me out, it would mean so much to me. you would be my hero
um.. i dont know whats up with the first line.. its supposed to say i had spine surgery. sorry
if you’re not going to help me and just leave a lame comment, don’t waste your time. i dont know how to do any of it and i dont have a teacher or a friend to help me out.
e-mail me please at maggiieo9@yahoo.com

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Answer by dot
Just factor them then use the zero product property… you probably could have finished them in the time it took to write them all here.

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Question by Lauren: Would it be feasible to perform “surgery” on my old DDR pad to make it work?
The contacts in the pad are mis-aligned with the arrows. Would it be feasible to cut open the pad and move the contacts back where they belong or should I just get another pad? I was thinking of cutting my pad open as a temporary solution until I can get a metal pad for Christmas.

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Answer by Cobaltfalcon
First of all, I’m not very sure that cutting up the pad is going to work, second of all, I’m not sure you should get a metal pad. They are heavy, and thay take up alot of space. I recommend a Red Octane Ignition 3.0 pad which is under half the price of metal pad, and has superb performance.

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