Tense unit. Old Ned uses that for his neck and shoulders. Ned's neck 
trouble is inoberable.

Mr. Phil, your prayer request has been forwarded back across the Pond 
to GA and is being prayed for from both sides of the Pond.

you hang in there and hang tough and may the Lord grant you healing 
according to his plan and purpose and help you live with the rest!

Hugs and prayers!

Doris





At 12:34 PM 8/2/2013 -0600, you wrote:
>Jackie,
>
>I had that done to my back years ago and it worked well.  I figure 
>that will be part of the treatment and I do know you can buy them for home use.
>
>Phil.
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Shepherd" 
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>Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 10:34 AM
>Subject: Re: Doctor's appointment concerning my back today
>
>
>>Phil, my husband Bill has a device, not sure what it's called, 
>>which has pads you place on places such as your shoulder or back 
>>and you can control pain with electrical impulses.  He has a torn 
>>rotator cup and arthritis so bad that it has been hard for him to 
>>lift his arms to put his shirt on. This device relaxes the muscles 
>>and reduces the pain.  Perhaps, if you have insurance,, it might 
>>pay for such a device for you.  Also, maybe someone knows what that 
>>device would be called.  I should know, having been a medical 
>>transcriber, though that was back in the 70s and I doubt they had 
>>anything like that.
>>
>>At any rate, I'll be praying for you.  I know that the Lord will 
>>not let you suffer more pain than you can stand.  He will always be 
>>there for you!
>>
>>Jackie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>At 06:13 PM 2013-08-01, you wrote:
>>>First, happy 137th birthday Colorado.
>>>
>>>My appointment with the back doctor wasn't all that encouraging 
>>>today. Basically, the x-rays they took today, plus the physical 
>>>tests they did, revealed my lower back is telescoping, that is, 
>>>the vertebras are all pressing downward.  As they  do, they are 
>>>pressuring the disks which in turn are spreading out, slipping to 
>>>the sides, and coming in contact with nerves which creates the 
>>>pain in all the various locations.  The pain changes from the 
>>>lower back, into my hips, back of my legs, and all the way down to 
>>>my ankles.  Each back episode, creates pain in multiple places but 
>>>not the same places each and every time.  Also, the pain level my 
>>>be from mild to severe.  They do not recommend surgery because it 
>>>would take a number of fusions of the vertebras to repair the 
>>>damage that is ongoing. They are recommending physical therapy in 
>>>order to learn ways of exercising to the point the vertebras pull 
>>>back from each other further and thus creating less pressure on 
>>>the disks.  In short, learn to live with it.  I was hoping it 
>>>would be a single set of vertebra that could be fused but that 
>>>isn't the case.  The pain episodes will continue but hopefully, 
>>>with the PT, not as often and the exercises can be continued at 
>>>home and should help keep things in better shape; maybe.  At some 
>>>point, if the PT is helping, I can go back and get shots in 
>>>different places of my lower back to help with pain management, if 
>>>it gets unbearable, that is, but only time will tell.  Learning to 
>>>live with pain is going to be the name of the game.  At least now 
>>>I know.  Certainly not as encouraging as I would have hoped but 
>>>knowing is better than not knowing.
>>>
>>>Phil.
>>>
>>>Satan Has A God Complex
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