Elder Pain Management

techmom99
Tue, 20 Nov 2018 13:14:09 +0000

Thanks again -

I have seen Salonpas at Costco and will check it out when I go next time. I have concerns about the liver issues, but her doctors have told me that at 94, she should just get the pain relief she needs. I like the idea of trying a Tylenol with a Motrin and will institute that the next time I go as I have to buy a bottle of Motrin.

The CBD just really makes me nervous. I am one of those people who disfavors legalization of pot and I have a really hard time believing that CBD isn’t addictive. I KNOW it’s not, but then I think that it really hasn’t been out there for all that long, so what are the long-term implications. I realize that, at 94, my MIL isn’t really dealing with extremely long term, but still. So, it’s really the lowest on my treatment options list. If she had cancer, G-d forbid, I would do it, but ankle pain just seems like overreacting to use CBD. I wish she could just have surgery but no doctor will agree to perform it since she has afib and mild CHF. She was depressed for a year after her last major surgery, which was a result of the anesthesia’s impact on the elderly.

Meanwhile, H just doesn’t even want to discuss it. I fear he will break down when she dies, they are so close.