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United KingdomEeeek! @hopefaith's thread has turned into an old fashioned, homemade remedy site. I just love how that happens on here. Now all we need is for someone to post a wicked alcoholic cocktail that sorts out knee pain in minutes! Although I expect @Phil75070 will be along to say that if you mix it strong enough you will forget all your pains!
My Nan's remedy for a sore throat was to wear a pure silk scarf. Mum kept a couple in the airing cupboard just for that purpose. I thought it looked really daft when I was small. Then there was vinegar and honey (to cut phlegm - ewwww.....) and brandy in milk for an upset tum. Huh! They tried that on me and it made it so much worse, such that no sooner it went down ......... well you can imagine. It was then deemed a waste of brandy. You rub a wedding ring on a stye on your eye (according to Nan it had to be gold, and a wedding ring would always work better). Mum used to knot spoonfuls of oatmeal into a hankie for me to use to wash my face when I was a bit older.
I think honey is brilliant - I buy medicinal grade Manuka honey, it costs an arm and a leg, but it is so good. Leading up to the TKR I had a spoonful every day. We started buying it when one of my daughter's rats had an operation on its belly and decided to chew open the whole operation site. (thankfully I haven't heard of anyone doing that to their TKR incision!) They could not re suture, so twice a day she had to apply manuka honey to the gaping and deep wound, and obviously keep him from having a honey feast! Within 24 hours you could see it healing, and over a period of about a fortnight it filled in and knitted together, beautiful pink skin. Afterwards the only giveaway sign was that the fur didn't grow back there. The vet told us that remarkable results have been achieved with Manuka honey in humans as well as animals - but it has to be the real thing.
@hopefaith - thinking of you today and hoping that it will be a good one - and not just knee-wise.
@Jozilla - yes we do have those nasal strip thingies. Thanks for the suggestion. Husband used to wear them when he played rugby. Sadly he wont wear them to help with the dreaded snoring. I could give them a try, but I love my Vicks (which you probably gathered from my earlier post ;-)
@Quasi - I still massage my scar every day, and still use a mild antiseptic cream - even though it is now fading away really well. My PT told me to do that while it was still quite new - once well healed you can use any moisturiser. When I have a soft tissue massage she uses cream on the knee and down the front of my leg and oil on the muscles at the back of my leg and back of knee. I'm seeing her on Tuesday, I'll ask her why.
Hiya @Gingiebot
Well TTFN (do you know that one @hopefaith? - it means 'Ta Ta For Now' - Ta Ta is a colloquial form of Bye bye)
XXXX
My Nan's remedy for a sore throat was to wear a pure silk scarf. Mum kept a couple in the airing cupboard just for that purpose. I thought it looked really daft when I was small. Then there was vinegar and honey (to cut phlegm - ewwww.....) and brandy in milk for an upset tum. Huh! They tried that on me and it made it so much worse, such that no sooner it went down ......... well you can imagine. It was then deemed a waste of brandy. You rub a wedding ring on a stye on your eye (according to Nan it had to be gold, and a wedding ring would always work better). Mum used to knot spoonfuls of oatmeal into a hankie for me to use to wash my face when I was a bit older.
I think honey is brilliant - I buy medicinal grade Manuka honey, it costs an arm and a leg, but it is so good. Leading up to the TKR I had a spoonful every day. We started buying it when one of my daughter's rats had an operation on its belly and decided to chew open the whole operation site. (thankfully I haven't heard of anyone doing that to their TKR incision!) They could not re suture, so twice a day she had to apply manuka honey to the gaping and deep wound, and obviously keep him from having a honey feast! Within 24 hours you could see it healing, and over a period of about a fortnight it filled in and knitted together, beautiful pink skin. Afterwards the only giveaway sign was that the fur didn't grow back there. The vet told us that remarkable results have been achieved with Manuka honey in humans as well as animals - but it has to be the real thing.
@hopefaith - thinking of you today and hoping that it will be a good one - and not just knee-wise.
@Jozilla - yes we do have those nasal strip thingies. Thanks for the suggestion. Husband used to wear them when he played rugby. Sadly he wont wear them to help with the dreaded snoring. I could give them a try, but I love my Vicks (which you probably gathered from my earlier post ;-)
@Quasi - I still massage my scar every day, and still use a mild antiseptic cream - even though it is now fading away really well. My PT told me to do that while it was still quite new - once well healed you can use any moisturiser. When I have a soft tissue massage she uses cream on the knee and down the front of my leg and oil on the muscles at the back of my leg and back of knee. I'm seeing her on Tuesday, I'll ask her why.
Hiya @Gingiebot
Well TTFN (do you know that one @hopefaith? - it means 'Ta Ta For Now' - Ta Ta is a colloquial form of Bye bye)
XXXX
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they hurt, and catch me completely off guard. (I look like I have tourettes or something.) so random.
