Snowstorm, Pain, tapering and stuff

[troubleinohio]

wow are we getting pounded by a snowstorm here! it started last night as snow, turned to freezing rain for a couple hours and left alot of ice on the trees. It woke me up from the high winds blowing the frozen branches- making a clanking music sorta, spooky. Now heavy snow again, up to 12 inches maybe, with 45 mph winds- blowing and drifting snow, windchills near zero and if the wind blows down those icy limbs we could lose power! Its supposed to snow til tonight still! Good thing we have a generator in case we do lose power but I dont know if it will power the whole house or just certain circuits. thats my husbands dept, lol.  anyhow, aside from the weather here is my update. Im still taking the vicodin, have been tapering it down. My hip is starting to feel better, and my leg doesnt really bother me at all now. But of course still have my severe regular back pain and other pain isssues to deal with. THis is so hard!!! I hate hurting like this, and knowing I cant keep taking my pills forever. But unless I let myself go through WD for at leas a month, I will never know how much pain is still real legit pain, or if alot of it is WD pain. I suspect a little of both. I mean I know my back is bad, i have MRI proof of the bad discs in there, xrays also show DDD and arthritis in my entire spine and hip, knees etc.  So I know i DO have real pain from that. But to what extent? Ugh. Anyhow, Im tapering off the Vics again. not sure when I will be totally down to zero and then the WDs.

Stay warm all you northerners. Are you getting the storm too? If so,  how much snow?

PS i made more cream of potato soup and cherry cobbler last night and have tons of leftovers to tide us through today =)    Now , Id better get to watch my Browns game today without losing power! Been looking forward to it all week!

Have a great Sunday everyone.

[PromisedLand]

I have 2 sons and a grandaughter in the Atlanta area (along with my exwife) my wife and I keep talking about moving down there at some point.  I had an opportunity to buy a house that would be perfect for my wife and I...trouble is, there are 3 adult kids who need to be pushed out of the nest (my wife's kids) before we could make such a move.  I hated turning down the opportunity.

But, somewhere in Georgia is where I want to be.  I just love it there.

Jim

[carr]

i am with path91, alabama here and although its cold today...no rain, ice, sleet or snow....had wonderful temps last week....all 70's.....50's tomorrow....but we have had our share of ice storms so i know how u feel.....sorry, dont mean to rub it in.....yall take care now, ya hear....

carrie

[path91]

ya'll are all welcome to move to south georgia. we had record breaking temps in the 80's last week. that's over with now. it's in the 50's today and will be all week. i haven't seen snow here in many years. my power did go out last night for 3 hours due to thunderstorms coming through. ya'll stay warm and let me know if you want to come for a visit.

[PromisedLand]

I'm in NH and we got about 8"  I have a snow thrower that didn't want to start..did a lot of shoveling, clearing of cars then called a guy to come plow us out..my back
won't take the shoveling.  Took an aleve a little while ago which seems to be helping some.

I don't know why we keep living in the Northeast.


Jim

[abadaddict525]

WE GOT 14.5" OF SNOW!!!!!!!!!

I'm in northern indiana.. and it has been ridiculous. We are expecting to get 3-5 inches of snow today and then 1-3 inches yet tonight.

Good luck to all and stay out of the snow.

[BlotOutTheSun]

sorry to hear your in pain, i know it makes it difficult, and your right it is hard to tell how much is legit and how much it w/d, yesterday was day 7 and my back started hurting a little, so i think that might be a real problem, i took ibuprofen and a muscle relaxers, didnt really seem to help, i just want everything to go back to normal b4 i started these pills. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!

STAY WARM!!
PAIN THRIVES ON COLD!!!!
GOOD LUCK!!!!

[oxygirl487]

mmmm cherry cobbler sounds good....i live in tennessee and we r getting a little snow and ice and the wind is terrible if my power goes out and i cant get on here i will die lol.....i know how u feel about the bad back mine hurts me so bad sometimes i cry..sometimes i wonder maybe i do need some sorta pain med not to sure about that cause i cant just take as prescribed but im not dealing witht this pain to good either....sux....i have DDD also throught out my whole spine and hips (we have alot in common)...we sountherners r cold too dont forget us  lol.....hope u feel better soon...love ya god bless u.....

[1234betterlife]

go easy on the groceries, our grocery stores were closed for 3 days. then there was no fresh food until yesterday. i never thought i would crave lettuce and berries so much!

[1234betterlife]

keep that generator handy. that is the same storm that left us without power for one whole week in oklahoma. our trees are broken in half. very dangerous to even walk outdoors. it looks like a tornado went through the entire northeastern part of the state. a little snow. but the ice was horrible. i know people that still have no power, they are going nuts.