I’ve been living with a shoulder injury since June.
And I have been living with pain.
Enough pain to make me take a prescription pain reliever.
Until a couple weeks ago when I ran out. And freaked out.
And started taking Turmeric.
While I got my prescription filled again, and ended up taking the prescribed medicine again, enough time had passed and enough Turmeric had made its way into my system that I am off the prescribed meds.
For anyone who may have sat in judgement of people who are on pain medication (me) I’m here to tell you, don’t.
Until I’d been in pain for months, taking ibuprofen daily, round the clock and have that fail me, this was all something that I only judged about.
There’s a reason why people take medication. It’s because they’re in pain. And there’s all the fun side effects, basically my stomach couldn’t take much more.
For me, this has been awakening. I’ve had to be more diligent about self-care, meaning sleeping right, eating right (anti-inflammatory diet) and taking time off from everything not necessary.
Humbling.
I’ve also been using a lot of topical ointments. There’s some really great stuff out there and I’ve tried a lot that work. When I got the opportunity to try something for free in exchange for a review, I jumped on it. It’s called PainAway Synergy by Phytopia. I was a little skeptical at its ingredient list. I was a little snooty about the smell, citronella. But it works. It really does. Today I came home and my shoulder was hurting, put some on, and it works its magic.
You can buy it here.
If you can live with the citronella smell, you might get some relief.
But they all smell, so make your choice.
It comes in a nice package, a little too much packaging for me, but it’s really nice.