Quote Originally Posted by maggs View Post
Hello Jenn, there is always hope as long as we have life, glad to see that you are up and about though slowly but surely and taking care of orchids once more, that is the greatest therapy, I would like to share this with you if you do not already know, check the internet about Epsom salts it is one of the greatest things to help with pain and detoxing the body, just fill your bath with water as hot as you can stand, throw about two cups of Epsom salts into it and let it dissolve and lay in it for about twenty minutes or so it can do wonders and relaxes the nervous system, I had gotten knocked down earlier this year when two metal barriers fell over where they were dismantling them and struck me on my right collar bone I only got soft tissue damage, I am doing physiotherapy because I fell on my left side and could feel my insides shake I was scared, but I have used the bath twice so far and it is working wonders for me along with the therapy, all the pain has gone about 95% now and I will be back to first class in a while. I am in no means a young person but gardening and my orchids etc. keep me active cause I love to do that, so good luck to you. Lovely orchid there too
Oh Brenda, thank you!! I am sorry to hear about your injury but am glad to hear you are nearly back to 100%! I have been looking into all sorts of alternative remedies for this, because so far all the docs have to offer me is pain meds and physical therapy. Unfortunately PT only does so much, and it doesn't help a lot with spinal nerve injuries. The PT is mostly to help me regain the strength I've lost from spending so much time in bed. And the pain meds are BARELY keeping the pain at a tolerable level (I'm having a very bad day today unfortunately. If it were a better day I'd probably be enthusiastically saying that I'm much improved. Pbbbbtttt....)

I have to ask my doc about soaking in baths... I have these pain patches I have to wear on my skin for transdermal medication, and I think I remember something about not getting into super-hot water because it increases the uptake of the drug and you can accidentally overdose. But perhaps lukewarm water will work too? I think I remember reading something about Epsom salts being good for detoxing!

Anyway, I'm probably oversharing here ... sorry to clutter up the thread with all the medical talk! Then again, if anyone has any other ideas about how I can get my nerves to heal faster, feel free to clutter up the thread as much as you want! I'm open to any suggestions, no matter how crazy they may seem. At this point I think I'd be willing to scrub my feet with rabid squirrels if someone told me it would make the pain go away faster! LOL

I do agree that caring for the orchids is fantastic therapy, though! I just wish my body could handle more of it. All in time, I suppose...

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Quote Originally Posted by catttan View Post
A beautiful Marfitch. So glad to hear that you are slowly coping and getting better.
Thanks!! You know, I was looking at photos of other people's clones of this same name, and I find it fascinating how the bloom color can range from light lavender all the way to a deep plum like mine. I wonder which factors influence the coloring most... is it light? Temperature? A combination of the two?

I'm curious!