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Post by cherry on Jun 24, 2007 12:30:44 GMT -5
On a few rare occassions I've found that heat makes the pain worse but most of the time it is a big help. What do you use to help with the pain. If I'm at home and feel able to not take my painkillers, I'll just make up a hot water bottle. I also have those heat pads that start heating when you expose them to air, that you stick on your skin or underwear. I have used those little clear plastic things where you click the little metal disc inside to activate the heat (the clear liquid crystalises and emits heat) and I loved the fact that you could boil them until they become clear again and reuse them! Today tho I bought my fave piece of apparatus, a wheat pack. You know the one you throw in the microwave for 2 minutes. I love the lavender smell, and the constant warmth and the weight is comforting too. Yay wheat, if you can't eat it, wear it! xx
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Post by cass on Jun 24, 2007 13:38:36 GMT -5
i blew up all my wheat bags in the microwave so thank goodness i bought a hot water bottle just before my op as right now anything is better than nothing!!! omg im in so much pain so im about to refill my water bottle and fingers crossed it does something!!
If I had those patches you were talking about Cherry I would have them all over me right now!
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Post by AussieBird on Jun 24, 2007 21:25:52 GMT -5
I love heat. I would be lost without my wheat pillow. I always have at least one spare in the cupboard. I make sure I pick one up if I ever pass a craft market. I should learn how to make them. It's such a bonus when you take one to bed and it stays relatively warm from body heat. I like them much better than hot water bottles because they curve around to the shape of your body. I love them through winter and keep one in my lap for my hands when I'm on the computer. Helps my wrists too.
Cass, make sure you keep a small cup of water in the microwave when you heat a wheat pillow; and make sure you stop using any wheat pillow that is too old, starting to smell, or not heating up well enough in the 2 minutes the way it first did.
When I was in maybe the strongest pain I've ever had, before my last lap when I was on a bowel prep and not able to take pain meds, I had a really hot bath and it made quite a difference.
If the stick-on heat pads are the kind that I tried in hospital for period pain right before my lap, then I didn't like them because I didn't think they heated up enough.
I have one of those liquid ones with the metal disc but I would much prefer a wheat pack. The liquid ones get too hot too quick and then they cool down too fast. It doesn't take long for them to become rock solid and incapable of hugging the curves.
I LoVe WheAt BaGs
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Post by kb on Jun 25, 2007 2:23:48 GMT -5
You know ive got one of those liquid ones with a metal disc, came free with a sleeping bag i bought to take to gallipoli for anzac day, ive never used the thing, actually am sure it would have made bugger all difference on the gallipoli penninsula, coldest ive ever been there, lol. Anyway off topic. Havent tried using that one for the pain. Hot water bottles, i absolutely hate, there too heavy and make the pain worse and i cant seem to achieve the heat i want with them. Wheat bags, ooh i do love my wheat bag, i have a tendency to burn my skin a little with them mainly coz i havent cared if i cause redness as long as the pain stops. These are great for the worst pain, i find they generate the most heat safely. Baths, mmm well i think ive mentioned on a number of occassions how much i loooooove baths. They are my best pain relief, and i can enjoy them on a daily basis for a bit of relief. My electric heat pad is a godsent, my mother lent it to me and on a bad day i can curl up with it all day and not have to get up to reheat it. It doesnt get as warm as a wheat bag, but its consistently warm and has on many occasions been my best friend. I love heat therapy
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Post by shona on Jun 25, 2007 6:35:10 GMT -5
its either a hot water bottle in a blanket or the wheat pack which is so good.
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