SI! I can usually tell a day before it rains as my back/hip will start to ache. Hot/cold mix on the muscles when inflamed helps me. When the muscles are irritated and spasm they put pressure on nerves which cause our pain. Stopping the swelling and spasms alleviate the heavy pain. I also have a T.E.N.S. which helps. They sell 'em over the counter these days.
Folks who have never experienced this type of pain can't relate with our daily struggles. I am in pain to some degree 24/7. You learn to cope with it.
Doctors peddle poison but there are times nothing else will take the edge off so I'll use them but sparingly, usually just a half pill.
Someone above mentioned family, gardening and our plant as ways to help us deal and I couldn't agree more!
At this point would your brother be willing to work for 40-50k a year? Or any other doctors? Not a chance so how do we pay for everyone? There's so much waste and abuse just with Medicare what do you think Medicare for all would do to the system?
We can't give everything away free, socialism is a failed system. We have over 100 years of evidence to support that conclusion.
I have no issues helping and caring for those citizens, and only citizens who are unable to care for themselves but the abuse is rampant.
Pay a visit to any ER here in cali and you'll see where billions of out tax dollars are going, non citizens.
Until government can deal with the waste and abuse I'm not willing to give them any control of healthcare.