Feeling moany but guilty

Hello Jane10. You sound really down. Tennis elbow is so painful, I know, and you have your other aches and pains too. If it helps, Diclofenic Gel is a good short term help. It kind of numbs some of the pain. I think you should treat yourself to something nice today. Cheer youself up...order something on line, or if retail therapy is not your thing,just ring up a pal for a chat. xxxxxx

Moan away! I have every sympathy. I walk with a stick and have frozen shoulder in the stick arm and pain in the pinned elbow in that arm! What a total pain! Paracetamol and voltarol gel - and a bit of sunshine!

How is the knee going?

Don't feel guilty! You have every right to moan. It is very depressing and debilitating to be in pain. Hope things will improve for you.

Moan away Jane, pain is really depressing. - whichever helps the most!

Find a good physio Jane- worth their weight in gold. Swimming is also good for your other aches and pains. Have you had your stick adjusted to correct height? I'll join you in the moaning dept, managed to develop RSI type tendonitis in right wrist after my recent intense cross stitch work! Am now sporting a natty wrist support and using ice pack 5 times per day. Mind you, it's got me out of doing a lot of things....! Hope you feel better soon.

Thanks for all the kind comments. I'm actually a bit scared of going to Dr or physio about my other knee. I sort of don't want to set wheels in motion. My knee with the replacement is great. A bit stiff and numb at times but eureka-no pain! I know I'm being silly which is where the guilt comes in.
Talking of which, I took your advice and bought a few treats! Am now extra guilty - among other things I bought a mini Melton Mowbray pie. What could be naughtier?!
To top that I plan to catch up on all my recorded programmes this pm when I should be doing something much more constructive. I'm just a bad person. I feel much cheerier though. Thanks Granspals.

Enjoy your pie Jane! What would life be without a few (forbidden) treats?!

I think a very large Melton Mowbray pie could be naughtier

Have a good moan Jane10; perhaps you have been putting extra pressure on that elbow and it is protesting.
I was prescribed Naproxen for sore joints by one GP and another GP told me not to take them! Unfortunately, I have to ignore him sometimes.
It's a catch 22 situation - joints hurt/can't exercise - can't exercise/weight goes on which doesn't help joints!

Watching TV programmes you enjoy and eating pork pie! - you are without question a very bad person indeed! I am affronted, as Tabitha Twitchet said!

Relax and enjoy - a little of what you fancy does you good.

I feel your pain! Just as I was preparing for my wedding, I developed tennis elbow. I was a mental health nurse at the time and did a lot of moving and handling, all with my right arm of course. When I could no longer bear it, I went to my GP for a steroid injection into my elbow. Oh, was it painful!! It did the trick though, and my wedding and honeymoon were pain free.

Never had the tennis elbow thing, but sounds very painful.Melton pies help almost anything though ( you should have bought not just the large one but the 'is that really a pie or a house one' that they do.)
Wishing you luck with your book launch ( on Amazon?) hope it does well for you.?

It was only a tiny pie. One of those little packs of two. Theres still one left....
What is it about crispy, greasy saltiness!!

apparently salt is now good for you ... !!

I recommend eating the other pie asap

jane10 twin packs of anything nice are meant as a double treat, one now one later and the are guilt free.

My elbow is slightly less sore today. Probably due to the restorative pie and restful afternoon yesterday. It still seems to catch me as I try to do almost anything. Its amazing how hard it is even to get dressed.
Judicious application of the second pie should help.

Should on available on the NHS!

Jane, free yourself from guilt , when you buy a treat just say - I am worth it.

It works for me ?

I had, many years ago, what I preferred to call a 'squash' elbow but struggled on using a very effective elbow support bought from Damart! Diclofenac eventually worked the miracle and I've never had a twinge since - not from the elbow anyway. But a word of warning about anti-inflammatories: I can attribute a lot of stomach problems to long-term consumption of Diclofenac and would never again dream of taking it long-term. However, the 12-hour Voltarol (Diclofenac) gel really does work on my arthritic foot. As a veggie, I can't contemplate the pork pie solution. Any suggestions?

So sorry about your elbow, Jane 10 - I think I'll join you in a good moan. I have developed sacro-iliac dysfunction, which is a real pain in the ar** and back. Been fighting it for weeks, mind over matter and all that, but now I can't move at all without extreme pain. Hoping I can be back on form for Tuesday, as I am on toddler-minding duty.
Oh the joys of older age. There are many good things to appreciate, but the aches and pains can get lost!

Jane
Eat the other pie and enjoy it!
Ask your GP if you can have a cortisone injection for your tennis elbow (the one I have is Kenalog) the improvement will be remarkable.
I've never found them to be painful, but even if they were, a few seconds of pain versus so much pain that I can't even lift a coffee cup with my right hand would be worth it!
DH and I spent yesterday clearing out a blocked drain, a neighbour's 'little darling' had shoved play dough type stuff down their drain and blocked the run of four houses! We'd both worked really hard, therefore last night's dinner was a takeaway, and while waiting for that, DH walked to the Co-op and bought two very large Choux buns, they were very naughty, but thoroughly delicious!
There are zero calories in anything eaten for medicinal purposes

Anno
Higgidy Pies do a 'Spinach, Feta and Toasted Pine Nut Pie', they're gorgeous!
A perfect veggie treat!

Ooh sacroilliac pain is nasty! You have my sympathy and good luck with the GC next week slutty
I have indeed been plastering on the Voltarol. Not sure if it helps but it could be much worse without it. I'm not at the stage of requesting a cortisone injection yet. I know how I hurt it so I'm going to try resting it as far as possible but that's hard as its my dominant arm. Time will tell.
DH has booked us a table for lunch at the restaurant at the Botanical gardens so that should be a nice distraction (and leaves the spare pie theoretically available for later!)

Sorry you're in so much pain Jane10.
Has anyone here tried Curcumin for joint pain? Doctors recognise its anti-inflammatory properties (other possible benefits as well). After twenty years of taking ibuprofen twice a day (after a car accident started osteoarthritis in my right knee) I am now pain free with Curcumin and don't take any ibuprofen or other painkillers. No idea if it works for tennis elbow but it works amazingly well for my knee and painful hands.
I'm interested to know whether other people have tried it.

So sorry to hear you are in pain. Try eating apples - the boron in them helps repair bones & joints - it worked for me. Not magic but it will improve things.

Good luck! Enjoy the holiday.