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I’ve had a TOUGH 24 hours of nueropathy pain when the nerve endings in my spine have been SCREAMING their heads off. I couldn’t sleep last night the pain, freezing cold & burning heat sensations along the spine in my back, sometimes spreading to my arms & legs were giving me no let-up!

Saw GP today & she thinks it’s a combination of muscular skeletal pain & neuropathy due to my shoulder injury & pain killers might actually work.

Watching this space to see if painkillers DO work tonight: ok ish during the day & gets worse at night! Otherwise the choices of medication are either for epilepsy, that’s very addictive as I found on the only time shortly after diagnosis, August 2017, when on them when the pain was so bad it partially paralysed my breathing. Or, for depression which isn’t addictive & dampens down the nerves. My injured shoulder HAS been troubling me these days in the stormy wet weather so, she might be right!

Anyway, things have calmed down since I got up today & things are not too bad, especially after a few hours of sleep after seeing the GP this morning. That makes me feel a bit more optimistic & hopeful.

So, this song expresses what I’m feeling. It was written by Charlie Chaplin “Smile” & was Michael Jackson’s favourite song: his brother Jermaine sang it at his memorial service! Michael Jackson’s voice could be very sweet & he sings this song with such a perfect mix of poignant sadness, yet hope!

 
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I’ve had a TOUGH 24 hours of nueropathy pain when the nerve endings in my spine have been SCREAMING their heads off. I couldn’t sleep last night the pain, freezing cold & burning heat sensations along the spine in my back, sometimes spreading to my arms & legs were giving me no let-up! <snip>
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I'm very saddened to read about your difficulties. I hope you're very better very soon.
 
I’m wide awake tonight again after my afternoon snooze but pain free. GP seems to have been bang on the nose. My injured shoulder was causing me pain which, in turn, agitated my nerves. So, after I woke from my snooze I took care of my shoulder pain with plenty of applications of arnica gel on my upper arm & shoulder area. The pain went & the nerves settled down & aren’t bothering me anymore!

So, I’m sleepless again but “what a difference a day makes, 24 little hours”, as sung by The Temptations:-

 
Lanny said:
I’m wide awake tonight again after my afternoon snooze but pain free. GP seems to have been bang on the nose. My injured shoulder was causing me pain which, in turn, agitated my nerves. So, after I woke from my snooze I took care of my shoulder pain with plenty of applications of arnica gel on my upper arm & shoulder area. The pain went & the nerves settled down & aren’t bothering me anymore!

So, I’m sleepless again but “what a difference a day makes, 24 little hours”, as sung by The Temptations:-
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That's good news and a lovely track.
 
Aw!😛 Just heard this beautiful piece on Classic FM. The Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar played by Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Band:-


Pulls at the heartstrings & gives solace to the soul! Loved it!😛
 
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