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My Tips and Tricks for Living with Chronic Nerve Pain
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items After too many surgeries (including a thoracotomy and an open chest surgery), I have severe nerve pain and damage. While nothing will ever make it perfect, these things help when I have bad flare ups.
Sections
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Topical
Eat Me
Other items
Books
Topical
These items are great for scar and nerve pain. You use them like you would any lotion or cream.
This stuff is magic, the THC/CBD version is best, but not everywhere allows actual medical products… so if you are in a state where you can only do CBD- get this!
Restore Muscle Freeze - 1.5oz
If you live where you can buy thc products for pain, run, don't walk, stock up!
Relief Muscle Freeze (1:1 CBD:THC)
Another incredible product. This company needs to be on your radar. They are superior in pain thc/cbd products. I had an oncologist tell me about them.
FORMULA Compound 1:1:1
This is my favorite, but mainly because fragrance makes me really sick. Many cancer patients-post cancer patients have scent issues, it is great they make it!
Relief Cream - No Fragrance Added
Arnica is something I have with me at all times. When cbd or thc topicals may make me tired, this I can use at work.
T-Relief Arnica Cream for Pain Relief - 2 oz
Eat Me
Some things to eat when you are in a flare
Hands down the only gummy brand I trust. Be careful with edibles, there are almost zero regulations and you need to really trust the brand. When I have really bad pain flares, eating a bite of one of these gummies helps me from panic attacks.
Wyld - The Nation's Leader in Cannabis Edibles
While this does not help my chronic nerve pain, it helps settle me at night. Usually with chronic pain you have insomnia, yes I do. This will help a bit, not always, but it can relax you.
Traditional Medicinals Nighty Night Extra Tea
This book has incredible recipes. Food can make or break inflammation levels in your body. When I eat off of an anti-inflammatory plan, my pain is worse, my body is worse, I feel worse. I don't restrict myself, but 80% of the week I want to feel bett...
The How Not to Die Cookbook: 100+ Recipes to Help Prevent and Reverse Disease|Hardcover
A lot of time with chronic pain, you don't have energy to cook. Which means, meal planning is truly key sometimes. I am not great at it, but honestly when I do it I feel a lot better and eat better.
Anti-Inflammatory Diet Meal Prep: 6 Weekly Plans and 80+ Recipes to Simplify Your Healing|Paperback
Other items
This other category is exactly that, not topical or edible, but other.
These are great, when a heat pad is too much, you can also wear them all day under clothes.
ThermaCare Adhesive Heating Pad, 8 Count
Epson salt baths are essential. I take one almost daily. If you are in a lot of pain add some baking soda and mustard powder also.
Solimo Epsom Salt Soak, Unscented, 24 lb
While heat will feel good while it is on, I find ice is always better for my pain. This has two freezable pouches so that you always have one cold.
Medvice Reusable Hot/Cold Ice Packs - 2 Pack
Always have these as well in the freezer. Sometimes I have pain in so many places I need a lot of ice packs at once. These are great and the sizes are really nice seeing as there are smaller ones as well.
Reusable Hot/Cold Gel Ice Packs - 7 Pack
Since baths truly do help calm the nervous system, you'll want a head rest. Not many work in my bathroom, but this one is great for my tub.
Gorilla Grip Bath Pillow, Gray, Waterproof
I cannot hold books anymore, so I have this amazing ipad stand (also holds my iphone) and I use the kindle app to read in bed. I also hook up a blue tooth page turner- link is on this list as well.
Adjustable Tablet Floor Stand with Base
This is the best thing I ever purchased. It helps me read in bed when I am having really bad pain flares. I use my left arm that doesn't have nerve damage to click and turn the page. Brilliant!
SK SYUKUYU RF Remote Page Turner for Kindle
This can be really helpful. I can't use it for too long, but it helps.
Red Light Therapy Pad for Body Pain Relief
This helps more with my breathing, but when my sinus is better my pain is better.
Himalayan Glow Salt Lamp with Dimmer 5-7 lbs
This app is unbelievably helpful. There is education, meditation, exercises and so much more. I do a few a week and really am able to help my mindset.
Curable - The App for Chronic Pain
This free app has meditations, music, calming exercises and more. I listen daily and really find it calming.
Insight Timer - #1 Free Meditation App for Sleep, Relax & More
Books
These books will help you rethink the way you talk about pain and even talk about yourself.
Another great book to help change your mindset of pain. Again, it won't clear your pain up, but help you understand it, respect it and talk about it in a different way.
The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain|Paperback
This book is a game changer for your mindset. It doesn't help lessen the pain, but how you talk about pain. A must.
Full Catastrophe Living: Revised Edition
This is a great workbook to help you be mindful. This helps a lot with chronic pain. We can get lost in our pain, stress cycle and make it worse.
A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook|Paperback
I suggest reading this book before buying his cookbook. It is so helpful.
How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease|Hardcover