Post by Guiseppi on Mar 15th, 2011 at 9:00am
Like so many people who stunble onto the board, you're in the dark ages for treatment! There is so much available now to help manage beasty and keep him in his place.
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Start here. I'm 51, a 33 year CH'er, and nothing has evened the playing field with the beast like oxygen has. I feel the familiar tension in the neck, the pain starts to build, I start huffing 02 and 6-8 minutes later I'm pain free. Understand since you're out of work money might be tight, pay close attention to the welding oxygen section of that link. Same stuff as the medical tanks, only cheaper!
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Then check out this link. Your neighbor, Dallas Denny, is one of the bigger proponents for these "alternate" therapies. They are outside of mainstream medicine, and have really helped some of our tougher cases.
If caffiene works well for you, try energy drinks. Rock Star, Monster, any containing the combo of caffiene and taurine. The taurine kind of turbo charges the caffiene. Chugged at the first sign of an attack, many can abort or reduce an attack.
An over the counter sleep aid, melatonin, start with 10 mg about 30 minutes before bedtime. Many can avoid the wake up hits that way. Be patient, takes a couple days to become effective for some.
Then stick around and start reading like a madman. Knowledge is power against the beast. Careful with the vicodain, doesn't do much against the beast and the risks associated with it are high! ;)
Welcome home.
Joe
Edited to add....go to the medications section..."123 pain free days and i think I know why"...it's a daily supplement of high doses of vitamon D-3, along with some other otc stuff......it's producing some pretty impressive results, certainly worth a read.
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or END PRINTPAGEStart here. I'm 51, a 33 year CH'er, and nothing has evened the playing field with the beast like oxygen has. I feel the familiar tension in the neck, the pain starts to build, I start huffing 02 and 6-8 minutes later I'm pain free. Understand since you're out of work money might be tight, pay close attention to the welding oxygen section of that link. Same stuff as the medical tanks, only cheaper!
START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to
or END PRINTPAGEThen check out this link. Your neighbor, Dallas Denny, is one of the bigger proponents for these "alternate" therapies. They are outside of mainstream medicine, and have really helped some of our tougher cases.
If caffiene works well for you, try energy drinks. Rock Star, Monster, any containing the combo of caffiene and taurine. The taurine kind of turbo charges the caffiene. Chugged at the first sign of an attack, many can abort or reduce an attack.
An over the counter sleep aid, melatonin, start with 10 mg about 30 minutes before bedtime. Many can avoid the wake up hits that way. Be patient, takes a couple days to become effective for some.
Then stick around and start reading like a madman. Knowledge is power against the beast. Careful with the vicodain, doesn't do much against the beast and the risks associated with it are high! ;)
Welcome home.
Joe
Edited to add....go to the medications section..."123 pain free days and i think I know why"...it's a daily supplement of high doses of vitamon D-3, along with some other otc stuff......it's producing some pretty impressive results, certainly worth a read.