Blog #3

1]     I live in a very small town where income for most is very limited.  This really shows when you go into the store or the pharmacy where you can find the lower priced items such as aspirin, or maybe some icy hot to rub on for pain, but they are missing things such as microwavable wraps or TENS units, anything that people may either be suspicious of or are just unsure if it would work for them and they don't have enough money to take a chance on something new that they just discard.  Most of what they have to offer I am way beyond them working for me, and much of what they carry that is in pill or liquid form, I cannot use because I had major stomach surgery last year and cannot digest these in most forms.
2]  I generally do not make a trip to the store to look for pain relief.  I am on prescription medication as my health has gone beyond what an aspirin would take care of. I actually spend more time looking at items when I am not searching for one particular item.
3] I do like to look to see what new devices there are though.  The last thing I tried was a TENS unit and that was the wrong thing for me to use. I ended up in the emergency room with back spasms that were the worse I have ever experienced.  I have purchased some OTC pain reliever to take along with my prescription meds when I am trying not to use so much of the opiates/narcotics. Even then, I cannot take anything that is time release or in capsule form due to my past surgery. Brand doesn't affect me that much as I look to see what the active ingredients are, many of the 'generic' versions are pretty much identical to the brand name versions.
4]  There are several devices I wouldn't mind trying if I could afford to.  
What I do when I find something rather expensive to try is I will do an internet search of reviews to see what others who already have it think

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After this checks out, I will often go to Amazon which is where I get a lot of my things from., and will do a check to see who carries the item cheapest and what the sellers rating is.  A lot of this I cannot do in a store, and, I would have to drive around to look for similar items.

What isn't for me is most of the creams, and OTC pain relievers. My pharmacist has said that the creams really do not work and I cannot take many of the OTC.  In the area of the country where I live, you really don't have a lot of choices, they are not too up to date on new items.  I do think it would be great if stores offered some type of service where you can check out the reviews of any product before you buy it.

5]The only things I can really think of are already offered in one version or another. I would even appreciate it if I had a heated massage pad, although, my back can get so sensitive that just touching it lightly will agitate it. I have had injections in my spine, in my knees, they have not worked at all.    I haven't done much with natural healers, I need to get myself over the mindset that they wont work if the prescription ones don't.   .