Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Northern Ireland
I'm Moving to France - due to degenerative disc disease Posted: 01-01-06 05:59am
My hubby & I are thinking of moving to
south west france in the next year as I
thought a drier & warmer climate would
help with my degenerative disc disease.
I always feel worse in the cold & rain in
northern ireland (which is nearly every
day!!). Anyone think this might be a bad
idea? Most of you seem to be living in
the usa or southern europe where it is
much warmer than rainy northern ireland -
does heat help, or make you feel either
worse or no different?
Does anyone find that climate helps or
hinders their back problems?
I ended up in accident & emergency
yesterday (30.12.05) as when I woke up I
couldn't move at all. I have been put on
20mgs diazepan a day, voltoral & had my
tramadol increased - so please excuse me
if I ramble or if my spelling is really
bad as i'm floating around the ceiling at
the moment!!
The pain is nearly totally gone & the doc
in the er has referred me to a different
pain clinic where they will keep changing
my meds until they hit the right ones &
see about killing the nerves in my back.
Must go now and lie down before I start
telling you my entire life history
(including about my 3 cats etc.)
happy new year to you all. Take care &
please let me know if you have any
suggestions or experiences with different
climates.
Many thanks :lol:
ali.
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 01-01-06 12:03pm
Yes, I have good and bad days dependent
upon the weather but that would not deter
me from living here. Florida is one
gigantic humidifer and that really bothers
my back when mixed with cool weather or
the super-hot summer storm weather.
As far as the meds you are on, I am not
too sure what they are thinking when
treating you with a super heavy dose of
valium and then feather dusting with a
non-narcotic analgesic (tramadol) and a
cox-2 nasid (volteral)
if the pain you have is bad enough for you
to take the drastic measure of moving to
another country. As far as taking
"addictive" meds, diazapam is a very
adictive med and it will keep you in a
stupor for much of the time. You may want
to see about changing doctors so that you
can get a more agressive, less sedative
treatment regimine.
Maybe prescribe something like one 10mg,
valium a day for sleep at night and then
maybe use something like some of the
controlled release oxycodone meds 10mg, 2
xs a day with the tramadol for
breakthrough pain.
If you need a nasid, either stop with the
volteral and go to celebrex if cox-2 is
necessary but if it is not, motrin 800
would be a much safer method of treatment
that has a very good track record.
I am sorry to be negative about the
regimine you are on but it just seems like
they are leaving you in pain and sedating
you instead of treating the pain and
helping you sleep at night if you have
trouble sleeping. Be wary of taking
diazapam (valium) in such strong doses for
even longer than 10 days, you will quickly
become physically dependant upon them and
that can lead to addiction. (yes,
dependance and addiction are similar but
not the same, long term pain patients
become dependant on opioids but addiction
is associated with abuse not controlled
use)
good luck,
brian
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cmeinoz
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Kansas
Moving........ Posted: 01-25-06 14:28pm
Hi there,
I have been to the south of france. A
very lovely place. I lived most my life
in southeastern us and now live in the
midwest. Oddly enough, my
back pain suffers less in the more humid
climate. I seem to have more problems
living in the midwest which is considered
drier than the east coast which is very
humid.
I believe that each person is different,
and spending most my life in the humidity,
my body became adjusted to that which is
why drier air is not better for
me.........
But the south of france, give it a shot.
I would love to live there! Lol
