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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - 3:00 pm 
NEW Q? So I have managed to deal with all my aches and pains (I am old, LOL) except one. Does anyone have any suggestions???
It's my right shoulder and bicep. I talked to the doctor about my bicep and she thought it might be muscle tenseness or something like that, can't remember her exact description. So I moved my mouse so that I don't stretch my arm sideways to use it.
Hasn't helped and my should hurts as well. When I roll my shoulders, no creaking noises, but it is sore.
When I saw the doctor she had me move it in certain ways and says it is not my rotator cuff.
Does anyone have any stretching / exercising / anything to help me work out the soreness, or strengthen it or whatever I need to do to make it less sore?
Thanks so much!!!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - 3:01 pm
Color, I love my Ace hardware man!!! They have helped me many times, LOL>
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - 3:29 pm
My favorite hardware store is family owned.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - 3:30 pm
Dipo, I do Qi Gong dvds 4 days a week. They are a half hour long.
The one for shoulders is "QI For Healthy Joints and Bones". Lee Holden.
I also apply arnica gel over any sore muscles.
Those two things really help.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - 8:19 pm
Dogdoc, glad you got it working. LOL Juju!
Dipo, can your doc refer you to get PT, then they can customize the stretches based on your needs
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Saturday, January 02, 2021 - 11:53 pm
Dipo, I had the same problem a couple of years ago and it turns out I have a bone spur in my shoulder. So far it hasn't caused me that many issues (and if I would stay off my computer (using a mouse) then it would get better). At the time I was given a steroid shot and that took away the pain for about a year. So far it hasn't gotten bad enough to investigate further (but it has started creaking a bit).
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Saturday, January 09, 2021 - 1:14 am
Question... if you have an injury like a scrape that’s too big for a band aid, what’s the name of the white square of soft stuff you put between the scrape and the bandage?
I call it lint but that’s clearly the wrong word in American. I see gauze pads and gauze sponges, are either of those what I want?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 09, 2021 - 1:18 am
Guess sponges, Kerlix sponges
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 09, 2021 - 1:22 am
I used to work on medical system design and we had test databases.
Kerlix is a brand, but seemed to be like Kleenex, brand name turned into an item name.
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Saturday, January 09, 2021 - 1:32 am
Thank you, thank you! Stupid husband fell down the stairs, lol. He’s lucky all he’s got is a badly scraped elbow!
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, January 09, 2021 - 2:59 am
Paper towels and scotch tape for him! 
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Saturday, January 09, 2021 - 12:14 pm
I had some qauze squares but nothing that seemed particularly sanitary, but he survived the night, lol, and the sterile ones I ordered last night are arriving today .
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, January 09, 2021 - 9:07 pm
I would just call them gauze bandages or gauze pads in the old days. I guess there is much newer stuff these days.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, January 09, 2021 - 9:11 pm
Kitt, glad your DH is ok! Do you have anti-infection ointment?
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Saturday, January 09, 2021 - 9:26 pm
Yes, I had some good antiseptic cream thanks Mame.
The thing we had when I was young was called lint, it was a bit like soft pajama material. Obviously a search on lint in amazon failed me, as it was all about lint rollers.
It's funny the things we used to make do with. I'm sure the lint just came in a roll, but these days my first thought was that nothing I had was sterile for a big open area of grazed skin.
Also probably a good sign that most of my first aid kit was about 15 years old, because - touch wood - we rarely have anything wrong, so no need to ever restock!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, January 09, 2021 - 9:30 pm
15 years? That's impressive Kitt.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, January 10, 2021 - 6:36 am
Kitt, I think I found your lint.
https://www.expresschemist.co.uk/fast-aid-absorbent-lint-wound-dressing-100g.html
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Sunday, January 10, 2021 - 8:50 pm
That's the stuff! I haven't bought anything like this in the UK either recently, so wasn't even sure if they still used it or called it that!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, January 10, 2021 - 9:34 pm
Yay Naja!
I wonder if they have it in Canada? Be right back ... searched Canadian Google, no products called lint wound dressing.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021 - 12:56 pm
Help, I'm having a moment (I'll blame it on my sinuses going nuts again.)
What the heck are the thingies called that go on fitted sheets (under the mattress) to keep the sheets from popping off the mattress?? They are an elastic piece with two clips that you attach to the sheet. I used to buy them for my aunt's bed and now I'm drawing a blank on what the hell they are called.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021 - 1:00 pm
Sheet grippers? Sheet straps? They are called so many things depending on what they do.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021 - 1:01 pm
Here are some on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Elastic-Mattress-Grippers-Suspender-Fasteners/dp/B01N3OJHTY/
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021 - 1:46 pm
Thank you, Kar! I was having no luck with "sheet thingies," LOL.
We've got a 2 inch memory foam on top of our mattress. One set of sheets I got from Costco fit great and have no problems. One set doesn't fit at all, and the third set fits but the corners pop off. So, we went and bought two more sets that are supposed to be deep pockets. Washed them, put one set on the bed last night, and this morning had to fix it. I'll probably go ahead and pick another set up at Costco next time I'm there, but I don't want to waste the money on the two sets I just bought so I'll try these things.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021 - 1:55 pm
Personally, I haven't figured out a good way to get them under my water bed mattress. I've tried the ones that just clip onto the edges, but they aren't much help.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021 - 2:18 pm
I used them on my aunts hospital bed sized air mattress (couldn't find fitted sheets for that so had to use a flat sheet and do hospital corners) and they worked...ok. They didn't always hold up well with the sheet and bedding shifting when the bed was raised and lowered.
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