It's fine to take them together, so at the start when the pain is extreme and you're just trying to get it under control, you can do that. Once the pain feels under control, you can stagger them if you like. The reason you might take them together is that they work differently, so you're kind of sending the whole army in to attack the pain at first. This is the "recipe" we've always used. It also sometimes takes the edge off of really bad migraines. If you are experiencing moderate to severe pain, you can take up to 600mg of ibuprofen and 1000mg of acetaminophen at the same time. You can do this no more than once every 6 hours, up to 24 hours.

This is interesting. I'd never heard of Morton's neuroma so had to look it up, and it sounds like exactly what my dh had. Doctors gave it different names, but this really sounds so much like what he had. It was quite painful and he really struggled with it for a couple years. At one point he had steroid injections which maybe helped a bit, but it was a PT who really helped. She said what you need to do is to get in there with deep pressure to loosen up the tissue which has thickened. She recommended scraping, which I'd also never heard of and it sounded kind of woo-woo. But, this was at one of the top neuro medical centers in our part of the country so we decided to give it a try. This is the tool we got: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L4P2NN7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It basically allows you to really get in there with deep pressure. You can look up videos on how to use it. Maybe you can do it to yourself, but I think it's easier when someone else does it. Something else they recommended to break up the tissue, which can be done alone, is to stand up with your foot on a tennis ball. Put as much weight on that leg as possible as you roll the ball around, aiming for the affected area. While walking he usually wore a metatarsal pad, and he iced it in the evenings. It seems like after two years it felt back to normal again. I think now and then he feels twinges of it but when he goes back to that routine for a little while it seems to go away. I don't know for sure if what he had was what you have, but that was our experience. Good luck!

I get mammograms every year. Breast cancer runs in my family (my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother all had it). We do not have the main breast cancer gene, but obviously have some undiscovered predisposition to it. However, it seems to be a slower-growing cancer, not the super aggressive ones. My breasts are also very dense. I get a breast MRI every year too. A regular preventative yearly mammogram even due to carefully following or high-risk should be still be covered by insurance, from what I've been told. It's when a a second one is required in the same year that it becomes diagnostic. It sounds like not all clinics are handling it that way though, which is really disappointing. The MRI is always costly, and I sometimes now only do that every other year. It generally costs me up to $2,000. I only get my care at a breast clinic which does seem to handle everything correctly with insurance, and they're also very careful about comparing each mammogram and MRI with previous ones. They actually seem to require less further procedures because they're so good at knowing what they're looking at the first time around.

In my experience, it has to do with our own experiences and worldviews. For example, my parents have always been very compassionate, other-oriented people. I'm sure as a result it's been easier for them to trust (even if they don't understand) that younger generations make different decisions for different reasons.

I used birth control around that age for really irregular period issues. It definitely helped and I didn't need to be on it forever. I'd be even more willing to go on it for severe pain. I was on it a long time ago and I'm sure it's even much safer now!

Yes, every day. When I was very young, my mother read to me often. (I only remember bits of this.) As I got older, my dad read to me almost every night at bedtime. He loved reading children's classics to me, and poetry.

I haven't seen this at all in our state, anywhere. A lot of people have dogs here, but I guess they're mostly rule-followers. 😄 Occasionally I see little boutique shops in a single neighborhood that are dog-friendly, and they'll post a sign in their windows to let people know. But never a grocery store or restaurant. If dogs aren't allowed in a store (which is most of them), and if someone brings in their dog anyway, they're asked to leave. Some more casual restaurants with seating outdoors with open spaces do tend to allow dogs, outdoors only of course.

Your tonsils can be infected with other things besides strep. I wouldn't hesitate to use antibiotics. Our dd used to get tonsillitis occasionally and it was bad. Antibiotics always cleared it up. She eventually had to have her tonsils removed.

One thing I've learned is that you can certainly tell them what you want, what you're comfortable with, etc. You can steer it. So you tell them you're keeping on your undergarments or anything else. (Or just do it, and they'll figure it out!) You can tell them what parts of your body need the most attention, that you want to start lightly, etc. If it hurts, make sure to tell them that too. They'll take your lead if you communicate with them!

We got several of our kids a nice backpack for travel... They've all travelled a lot and often preferred a large backpack over a suitcase.

I have both a mammogram and a breast MRI yearly, with six months between them. Sometimes they'll want me to have an ultrasound too, usually to get a closer look at something seen in the mammogram. I've been doing this for years.

I love our cards that collect points for travel. I have two of them: USBank Flex Perks and Capitol One. I charge everything on them these days. (Rather than pay with cash or check.) I was even able to pay for my daughter's college tuition on it for awhile! I always pay it off monthly. Maybe all travel reward cards are like this, but with Capitol One, I can also use those points retroactively. So if I'm booking a flight but don't have enough points to cover it yet, I still have time to earn points even if I've already gotten and paid for the ticket (paid for it with the card). I think I'm given three months after I charged the ticket when I can work toward collecting points to cover a trip that already happened, and then the money I paid is credited back onto my card. I can also use points for a seat upgrade. So for example, I might not have enough points to pay for the basic ticket, but I can choose the cheapest seat with no luggage allowance, etc., and then later go in and use points for the upgrade so I can choose my seat and pay for luggage. Things like that.

I hold mine with my thumb and middle finger, and my pointer is just there to give it a little extra stability. I've always held it like that and I remember I had teachers in elementary school who tried to correct it, but it is what it is. It's fine. Except I do and have always had a callous on my middle finger from holding it that way!

I'm sorry for your friend and family. What a scary situation, especially if they don't yet know if this will be long-term paralysis or what. When my family member was in the hospital and then rehab out of state for 6 months, I practically lived at the facility, going back to temporary lodging only to sleep. I did have kids with me. What I really appreciated was gift cards to local restaurants. I could spend all day at the facility, and didn't have to think of cooking anything for dinner. We could just grab a bite to eat on the way home. Apart from that, I really appreciated when a friend or family member would just pick me up and take me out to lunch, as a little break that felt semi-normal.

I'd be tempted to choose To Kill A Mockingbird, but I think I'd go with a Dickens book. Maybe David Copperfield or A Tale of Two Cities. But I think I'd lean toward Copperfield.