Charalena1982

Dads side is English, Irish and Mums side Polish, Ukraine. Doing family history though I have just about every culture you could think of. Found the royals. LOL

I can assure you that my specialist didn't advise me to google it was something I came up with all on my own lol.. I understand that this would be seen as physical therapy and due to the nature of my problem this is something, as you said, that I need to experiment with myself. It was advised that I lift no more than 5 kg…

thanks for the replies. At the moment I am walking 4kms in the morning (if not too hot) and 4km at night. This is currently the only exercise that I am doing. So if I get this right, i should maybe stop one of my walks and also cut down to say only weekdays and then do some strength training say mondays and wednesdays.…

bumping for some ideas

Thanks for the reply. I have to wait until the beginning of Feb before I can see my specialist. I was just trying to find ideas that could help supplement my walking. Maybe sit ups, squats etc but not sure if these would actually help me lose any weight or not.

My little boy claims broccoli and cauliflower are the same thing, just that cauliflower was scared when it was picked and that is why it is white.

Something my little boy asked me: Do fish get sea sick? Made me go hmmmm

my favourite one for almost any situation is Patience is a virtue. It is repeated in my head maybe half a dozen times an hour. Especially when the kids annoy me. LOL

I had this in both feet as well for around 18mths, after an unrelated surgery that forced me to sleep on the couch with my feet up it went away. Sometimes i still get some pain but i just elevate my feet higher then what i'm laying and it goes away again...

I have a really good relationship with my doctor. I told him that if the Lyrica was doing anything like weight gain or any other unwanted symptoms that I was going to stop and he is quite happy with that. Just of late my pain has been getting worse and i wanted something done. This was his suggestion until I could see my…

Not many aussies. Hunter Valley, New South Wales

Hi everyone I've not really been on any medication for about 4 years as nothing worked. But now my doctor has put me on a drug called Lyrica. Lyrica is usually used for people with epilepsy but is also widely used for chronic nerve pain. I was wondering if anyone has had this drug and if so what was your experience? Charlie

Oops previous message was for DarkLady. Still trying to figure out the messaging. To Necee, I honestly never thought of youtube for low impact exercises before. Thanks for the idea.

Basically my nerve is crushed in my collarbone region on both sides. This causes nerve pain in my shoulders, down my arms to my hands and across my back. Sometimes I have pain in my chest which in all honesty feels like a heart attack. Scared the life out of me the first time it happened. It also causes me to have chronic…

Hi everyone, am new to MFP but I did find this group and thought wow, I suffer from Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. I have had surgery 6 months ago but unfortunately this was not successful. I am trying to find good exercises that won't affect my arms, neck, shoulders or upper back. I am unable to lift my arms up or swing them…