Elder Pain Management

mom2and
Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:27:37 +0000

My FIL, the same age are your MILused the patches. But he was stil in terrible arthritic pain and also took pain meds, especially to sleep. The patch is a good idea. But you may also need to figure out a way to have her back on pain meds and perhaps an ankle brace of some kind so she can at least stand up. Maybe get a safe that the in-home care folks (and you) have the combination to? It is not fair to your MIL to withhold medication that will allow her to at least get out of bed. So sorry she is in such pain.

CBD may be an option. My FIL tried the creams but claimed they did not help at all.

We also tried to have him do aquatherapy. I believe it helped while he was in the water, but he said it hurt worse when he got out (not sure that is possible). He was pretty reluctant to try new things.