Chatting with my son earlier and I said something before it clicked with me. He was curious why I didn't go to a shop that I volved a walk and hills. I'd also planned some fun activities to do with the kids. As well as having a high #pain day today I've also got another badly infected toe (I'm phoning the GP on Tuesday) so I told him I was choosing my pain, and I realised that's what we do when we live with #ChronicPain#arthritis#hypermobility#Scoliosis#fibromyalgia#ChronicFatigue
I'll happily lie around half the day when it's my choice, but now I'm on two days of bed rest so I want to go hiking or play kickball.
(Realistically: I'm recovering from 5 days of extreme foot #pain after a week of walking around in #Galapagos, on osteoporotic feet that were already trashed from #rheumatoid disease and a fracture. I can't realistically play kickball, and the bedrest is to recover from TEN steroid injections into my foot joints after destroying them further there.)
Brain signals that reveal how much pain a person is in have been discovered by scientists who say the work is a step towards radical new treatments for people living with debilitating chronic pain.
Discovery of ‘objective biomarker’ raises hopes for new treatments for people living with intractable pain
Brain signals that reveal how much pain a person is in have been discovered by scientists who say the work is a step towards radical new treatments for people living with debilitating chronic pain.
An exciting new development in #pain research: neuroscientists have for the first time objectively measured pain experienced by 4 humans, through sensors embedded in their skulls.
If this approach works and can be extended (always big ifs), it could be revolutionary: the subjective nature of pain can lead doctors to over-prescribe addictive drugs, and also to under-prescribe drugs to patients they believe are exaggerating.
'I Prescribe Opioids. We Shouldn't Treat Everyone Like an Addict'
While I understand the prescription of opioids has been quite the process over the past few decades, I feel the pendulum has swung too far. The opioid crisis is so very real.
In my experience, in the last five years patients in acute situations or who have undergone surgery are not even getting a small amount of a stronger medication, as they may have before the opioid crisis.
“Cannabis, Alzheimers, TBI and Invisible Disability"
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Cannabis can still be a controversial topic. The medical benefits for those with physical and invisible disabilities are no secret. People with Invisible disabilities, such as brain injury and PTSD, can be afforded great relief from symptoms by the flower.
Israeli Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, is a well known cannabis research pioneer who has been studying the plant for decades. Read about some of his work in the link below.
Other Research indicates that individuals living with Alzheimers and Dementia may also benefit with less risk and damaging effects than other drugs currently used.
Findings from another Israeli Researcher, Dedi Meiri, argue that there may be benefits to these individuals as well.
"There is a large and growing body of anecdotal accounts of the efficacy of cannabis for treating the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The shortcomings ... life-threatening dangers...with... frequently prescribed pharmaceutical treatments... makes cannabis a particularly compelling option – especially considering its solid safety profile."
Even more research from the National Library of Medicine (PubMed.gov), speaks about the neuroprotectant antioxidant qualities of the herb. The PubMed link below contains several links to other studies on cannabis and it’s benefits for people with disabilities.
The human body is said to have CBD receptors "built" in. I am neither condoning, nor condemning the use of “Natures Pharmaceutical"; nor am I suggesting it's use. I am merely presenting medical findings.
According to laws in many places amidst these findings, the jury is still out on the subject.
@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice There is the thing that you cannot patent natural substances, only artificial.
It makes the big pharma rabid every time somebody suggests that a substance that every person in a third world country can plant in their backyard could be used for medication.
And the regulators are largely in the pocket of the big pharma.
It probably helps some people some of the time, as anything.
Allowing medical use in any way at all is seen as threat to those expensive patented drugs.