I know people who use Voltaren but it scares me. I think short term it might be ok. I know at one time it was banned in Europe.
Thanks for info on knee braces.
That is awesome that he processes game. DH barter electrical work with local game processor that processes lots if wild pigs, or county is over run. Anyway he grounds hundreds if pounds and seasons as Italian. For electrical work we get ground pig.How do you cure the hams?
We use to raise domestic pigs and feeding them was out of sight and that was before feed got so expensive. DH has some wild pigs that he is feeding out, but he says they don't eat a lot of corn like our domestic ones did. He want to try curing a ham.
Dh learned to process the wild pigs about three years ago and now he can process the deer he kills. Build himself a processing shed that looks like a tall out house. Has an ac and a freezer in there and its tall enough to hang what ever.
It was 102 yesterday. Not sure what today was, here in suburban Memphis.Supposed to hit 100 with a heat index of 105, today! The lettuce never came up, mustard did, but it isn't growing much. Turnips are doing ok for now. I picked a big dishpan full of them this morning. Got them all washed good and chopped for my supper, tonight. I'm gonna have them with German meatballs and butter beans. The gravy, mashed potatoes, and cornbread will be for Cary only. I'm sticking with my diet. I've already lost 5 pounds as of this morning.
I have knees bad enough that most orthos I have seen want to replace them ASAP.My right knee isn't any better in spite of wearing a knee brace. I'll probably need a steroid injection in it on the 29th when I see my Rheumatologist. Not looking forward to that. To me, those injections a so very painful.
It was 102 yesterday. Not sure what today was, here in suburban Memphis.
I put lettuce, cabbage and broccoli transplants out about 3 weeks ago - the day before Labor Day.
Would you believe they are all thriving - even with this weeks unexpected summer heat wave!
They were placed in really great soil - an earthworm’s idea of paradise. All organic, of course.
But the key to helping them survive this summer heat wave is watering them TWICE a day
Of course, I always water new transplants twice a day during their first week in the ground.
That is normal for me.
But when I saw these excessive hot days coming, I decided to keep up the double watering until the excessive heat goes away.
And it is paying off. Every plant in my garden is thriving.
perhaps double watering - if your schedule and budget allows it - might help your garden, SB.
(I added the issue of budget because some city dwellers and folks living in the west are charged alot of money for their water usage. I don’t think your area is, though. And I know my area is not.)
Volteran is a nsaid, just like Aleve or ibuprofen or celebrex.My Rheumatologist recommended Voltaren to me on my last visit. Lupus affects my finger joints, and he told me to use it just like I would hand cream. I bought some, but once I read about it, I'm scared to use it, too. You have to be careful how much you use at one time and how often you use it. Long term, it can cause kidney disease. IIRC, it can affect your liver, too. I've used it once or twice on my knee, but it had no effect on the pain at all.
BLESS your heart!!!I have knees bad enough that most orthos I have seen want to replace them ASAP.
But I am a runner, and if you ever get your knees replaced, you can no longer run. The artificial joints they make today are not built to handle high impact sports.
So I found a great orthopedic doc who is wiling to help me fight bad knees without surgery, for now.
You would be amazed at what exercise can do to RELIEVE knee pain. A physical therapist can help you learn how to do this.
In addition, I get rooster shots once every six months (yes, they actually are called rooster shots). This helps lubricate the joints.
The cortisone shots are pain killing shots, and are usually taken up to 4 times a year. But they do not help your knee long term. In fact, they hurt the knee long term, because they are a steroid, and all steroids tend to thin the bone density in the hoint.
Then I run in a pretty heavy unloader brace.
Water exercise is also really good for knees.
Even when I run, I do not use painkilling gels or ointments, with the possible exception of after running a half or full marathon.
I am on Meloxicam now......what is the issue with it????Agree. All meds have risks. I have taken meloxicam short term which I consider high risk. Otherwise I take aspirin and occasionally ibuprophen.
I am going to call to get cortisone injections. Haven't had any in 18 mos. New x-rays too. Knees were not bone on bone
In last x-rays. Having tests run next Dr visit to see if this is osteoarthritis or RA. I tested positive for RA long long ago but it was mild and I quit testing positive.
Since we don't live close to the VA, DH gets an all in one shot. He said it hurts like heck when he's getting the shot but he doesn't have to keep going back.Barry Natchitoches - Thanks for reminding me about the 'rooster shots' (ie: Euflexxa) - talked my ortho into giving me those again the other day when he asked if I was ready to bite the bullet on a knee replacement (bone on bone; no meniscus, it shredded during a fall a few years back) It's a series of 3 shots, but I'd just finished a 3 day run of 12 hour night shifts when I hit his office and totally forgot to ask when I needed to show up for #'s 2 & 3. Probably wouldn't have remembered it if they'd told me by that time anyway. He checked the chart and the last time I got them was in 2020; not a bad deal if they helped that long.
I've got a meme on my photo frame (it's meant for family pics, and I do have them, but I also add memes especially that amuse me) that says, "farming is just saying, "after next week, things will settle down" over and over until you die!"I picked a bushel of peas Wednesday night. We got them all shelled last night. Today I will can them up in quarts. I have the rest of the garden to pick today too.
I picked a gallon of muscidines to make jelly. I just bagged them and threw them in the freezer till I get more time. I am hoping to make pear preserves too.
We finished my contract job yesterday. On the way home we stopped in our little town to do some shopping. Our Harps had apples in the discount bin for $1.00 a bag. I bought 4 bags. I am going to make some applesauce. I also got some cane sugar since I will be using some up.
My kitchen is currently a wreck. I have canning to put away and I am running out of room. I also have a little store bought stuff to put away. Then there is regular house work to get caught up because haying and other work has kept me busy or worn out. I keep telling myself that things will slow down this winter. But as we get older, we slow down too.
The Tide pods that I use have gone up a lot in price. I thought I had another canister of pods but I can't find them so I ordered more. The pods now come in a zip loc rather than a canister. Those bags are cheaper than the canisters. I need to look further for that canister I thought I still had.
Doing almost no adding to the pantry except for what we get in commodities. From both types of commodities we got 6 - 12 1/2 oz cans of chicken. We are still getting rice too. The pantry room and the freezers have a lot in them, no room to add much more.
There is nothing I really want except for eating out and that's pretty much out of the question.Like you, Judy, I'm running low on storage space. Not much room for anything else. The last time I went grocery shopping at Walmart, I only bought to replace what I had used, instead of trying to stock more. I did buy a lot for storage at Aldi's, but that's it. I going to go back there, Thursday, when I go to the doctor, and get more if they have any of what I want left.
There is nothing I really want except for eating out and that's pretty much out of the question.
LOL I meant eating out instead of cooking.We always try to eat out every time we're in big town, but that's usually only when me or Cary has a doctor's appointment there. The trip to Aldi's was a special case. That almost never happens.