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cjsmith ([personal profile] cjsmith) wrote2004-10-25 12:21 am

Owie, update

In other news, I'm learning that for the newest addition to my Pain Chorus...

...wait for it...

Tylenol actually helps. Yes, Tylenol! Cheap, over-the-counter Tylenol! Who'd'a thunk it? It's been at least twenty years since I've taken Tylenol. I know it doesn't help direct nerve pain, so I sure wouldn't try it for that, and anything else I had experienced up until recently (say, a wisdom tooth dry socket or my recovery from abdominal surgery) was so wimpy by comparison that it honestly didn't occur to me to try a painkiller.

What a concept. Pain of a type that painkillers will affect. I may have to buy myself some normal, cheap, over-the-counter painkillers. I don't think I've owned any since I was in high school.

[identity profile] quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com 2004-10-25 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Cool! I tend to use OTC painkillers in cycles, because I'll develop a tolerance to one specific type after only a couple of uses and then that type won't work again for months or often longer.

[identity profile] cjsmith.livejournal.com 2004-10-25 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I do that with anti-inflammatories, but it's been ages since I've even tried anything that wasn't.