Injuries - August 2006

I am taking a med call norco 10/325. I have been for about 1 month before that i was taking vocodin 10/500. the perscribtion says no more than 5 tabs a day. I have great pain and i was taking one tab every 4 to 5 hours but the meds wear off in about 11/2 to 2 hours the longest it will last is 3 hours in some cases.Now, in order to move without pain i am taking two every 5 hours and that is not helping i still feel pain and now i am nauasu a good part of the time and my back and leg still hurts. I think that my body has gotten use to the meds and they have stop working. Is there another med I can talk to my about? Oh! I take a med that suppose to stop the sickness in my stomack and that does not work. Help. I suffer from nerve damage in my lower back.

2006-08-08 18:13:26 · 2 answers · asked by Montee P 2

2006-08-08 15:20:07 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am a disabled terrorist , how to walk ?

2006-08-08 14:40:29 · 5 answers · asked by jones j 1

i have a pinched nerve in the neck and it is causing a little bit of numbness in left hand shoulder area . lat downs tend to pop and release the disc in question and shoulder press and military press tend to agrevate them .

2006-08-08 11:39:47 · 5 answers · asked by bolounit1 2

I was in a plane crash when I was 15, and broke my tibia right below my knee. Over time, the jagged tibial plateau wore away the cartilage. I had an arthroscopy and chondroplasty on my knee back in January, and I am having trouble accepting the results. Basically, they had to cut out over half the cartilage in my right knee, it crackles every time I move it, I can't do any athletic activities besides swimming, walking, or light aerobics, I will need a new knee in about 10 years, then I will have another 10-15 years on that, and then I'm either in a wheelchair or an amputee by age 45 - 50. And it hurts like hell. I take a lot of calcium and glucosamine every night which helps. Anyone out there who knows what I am dealing with and has any knowledge that might help?

2006-08-08 11:10:07 · 13 answers · asked by Jesse B 2

My girlfriend and I were involved in a re-end accident and the other drive admitted fault immediately. All insurances were contacted and his insurance took the blame. We both went to urgent care to get checked out and paid our two 10 $ co-pays through our health insurance. I was fine, about 15 xrays... She was swollen in the neck with whiplash, about 15 xrays.

We went to see his insurance agent and they wanted to settle right then. The lady mis-lead us by saying they would get the total charge of the urgent care visits, and re-imburse us the full price. She also said the money for the after care would be paid out to us as well and to just use our insurance... So we think the deal is good and sign the papers.

We talk to a few people and they tell us, my health insurance is going to come looking for that money.

Is it true that my health insurance will be expecting this money back?

Also, if we signed their papers, is there any way to get out of it because she lied?

2006-08-08 11:02:31 · 3 answers · asked by Matthew G 1

the arch of my foot after a period of running, can anyone tell me why or recommend a trainer that wont do this?

2006-08-08 10:15:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a blister on the ball of my foot the size of a half dollar. I know that if I want to drain it I should sterize, stick the side yada yada I know that. But will it heal (or heal faster) if I just leave it alone.

2006-08-08 07:46:49 · 9 answers · asked by alwaysmoose 7

I was stung several times by fire ants, and the sting places look like zits, why is that I wonder?

2006-08-08 07:13:48 · 6 answers · asked by somepeopleRstupid 3

I am female, 44, been painting 25 yrs and had trauma to my back. My neck has spurs, at times pinch my nerves and there is narrowing between the disk. The pain is all right sided. With one crooked disc between me shoulder blades. My L3, L4 are narrowing, L5 bludging and S1 grinding. This is from a MRI. My OD doctor has given me coristone (steroid), did'nt work. So, he gave me painkillers I don't want to take. He said I'm not bad enough for an operation. Three years ago I tried a chiropator for about 2.8 years regularly, neck felt better but nothing else. Now I'm seeing another whose saying he can straighten (align) my back and help with the pain, but how does it help with a hernitated dics, narrowing and spurs? I need advice. What about hanging upside down? Oh Yea, I have 3 treatments with him now the bottom of my foot is numb, but it does that from time to time. Also I do stretch alot ,I have too. Can anyone help advise me? Thank you so much!

2006-08-08 05:35:21 · 4 answers · asked by T 4

Has anyone ever used an over the counter cure for scar tissue? I have a scar on my chest from an injury I got over a year ago that will not go away. I've heard it can take up to about 7 years for scar tissue to go away completley. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any products that will help to speed the healing process?

2006-08-08 04:09:34 · 6 answers · asked by Justme 4

If a lift is falling(Cable break) from the 100th floor and i managed to jump just as it crashes to the ground would i break my legs?

2006-08-08 03:57:19 · 23 answers · asked by danny w 2

2006-08-08 03:12:58 · 27 answers · asked by Vix 3

what are your experiences, what treatments worked for you? Any horror stories ?

2006-08-08 01:49:34 · 14 answers · asked by Ã?â?¥Ã?ÄPixie Queen~* 3

There is no specific injury I remember. I know about a week ago it started to hurt, but I thought I slept on it funny. Now I can't lay on that side at all, and I have limited movement without pain. How could I have injured myself without remembering any specific trauma?

2006-08-08 01:32:09 · 13 answers · asked by BriteHope 4

I kicked my friends elbow during a fight at taekwondo, and it has come up pretty much straight away in a lump ad it's really sore. I have put an ice pack on it. is there anything else i can or should do?

2006-08-08 01:23:31 · 2 answers · asked by bekka 3

i had an accidend which made me to have half inch hole in leg (all skin to bone- just beside tibia)

I was wondering if i should wait till plaster (adhesive dressing will fall off itself of for example should i change it from time to time)

surgeon on ER told me that that it will fall off, but it was quick talk, he gave me two plasters just i case i would need them,
he put some stiches (it took him like 20 mins) and than plaster on it (adhesive dressing if you prefer).

he said it will take 2 weeks for wound to be healed.

so all i want to know should i keep the one he put on or change it from time to time?


thanks for your time and help:)

2006-08-07 22:10:04 · 12 answers · asked by mrangelosd 4

2006-08-07 18:00:17 · 6 answers · asked by Big hands Big feet 7

2006-08-07 16:43:21 · 3 answers · asked by BIGDOG` 1

2006-08-07 16:02:54 · 13 answers · asked by Erica L 1

I have hockey tryouts THIS weekend!!! No broken toe is going to stop me, but I feel like an idiot. I stubbed it twice in the past ten minutes because I am hurring about trying to do this and that. How can you tell if it is broken? Right now, I cannot even walk on it. Any ideas on what to do with it so that I will not do any more damage to it now or this weekend? Oh, and don't tell me not to tryout, I worked too hard this summer to throw it all to waste. I AM trying out, so don't tell me not to.

2006-08-07 15:50:51 · 19 answers · asked by Hockey Girl 4

i've been working a job where i lift alot for the past 4 months, for about the last 2 my wrist is hurting off and on and im sorta worried cause it hasnt gone away, but it doesnt constantly stay either, it seems only under stress the feeling returns, no numbness just aching in a very specific region, if you follow the pinky side of your hand down to your wrist with your palm facing you you'll feel what i think is a tendon? it feels sorta like a huge vein, the pain seems to stem directly from that and always in the same spot, right at my wrist about quarter of an inch past the palms ending, the pain only comes when im working (lifting like 50+ pds constantly) or sometimes when im on my comp using the mouse seems to bring it out every now and again, seems when its rested the pain subsides but seriously in my job there isnt much room for rest, i cant quit, and i cant go to the docs so im just spitting this out here to get some feedback, anyone with similiar issues resolved without docs?

2006-08-07 14:51:05 · 10 answers · asked by eatyourself666 1

my doctor said that he can put some kind of liquid like acid on the toe and i wont grow back being that i went to him a million times 4 it but he tells me it wont hurt does anyone know anything about it?
thanx

2006-08-07 14:49:33 · 5 answers · asked by mrnew52 2

If a man was to run across Canada to raise money for MS would you make an effort to show encouragement by going out to see him if he runs through your city? Or be willing to run with him for a bit...This man is my business partner and best friend and we are in the process of planning this event, - Feb 28 starting in Victoria BC and running , biking , rollerblading to St John's Newfoundland. Should take us approximately 8 months, there is a team of 5 support people, He has had MS for 19 years.
WE are working very hard to organize this event, and I"m curious to see what kind of response we will get from the general public.
Thank you.

2006-08-07 13:04:33 · 3 answers · asked by smc f 1

2006-08-07 12:56:54 · 7 answers · asked by lilwilly005 1

I fractured my back on June 24, in florida on a boat..... it is a 10% compression fracture on the front of my t-12 vertebrae. I was invited to go on a trail ride at the Icelandic Horse farm... do you think its safe to go?

2006-08-07 12:07:31 · 7 answers · asked by Em 2

2006-08-07 11:52:06 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hit my toe on a door about two weeks ago, and after about a week it turned like dark reddish brown around the edge. Then recently i was cutting my toenails and cut the end of it off and a reddish yellowish liquid came out. I ended up cutting the whole nail off and it didn't hurt at the time it just came off, but now it hurts really bad and its all red and swollen?? Does anyone know what might have happened and is it infected now and treatment advise?Thanks

2006-08-07 11:40:18 · 2 answers · asked by byalwayz 1

2006-08-07 11:32:22 · 3 answers · asked by elithemicrowave 1

2006-08-07 11:05:42 · 12 answers · asked by the.fires 1