Forgot to mention, one of the things that helps me with the pain is lidocaine patches, they're prescription, will numb small areas so long as the pain isn't deep (as in the hips, they don't help my hips at all). Sure beats chomping down a painkiller. The patches are all I use for pain these days.

Cheryl

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