Glamping with the horses, I lost my job and NHS woes!

Join me, Bex from The Wide Boot Company and Sophie as we take the horses glamping at Langford Farm in the New Forest! Also I lost my job and a trip to A&E...

[@pjk1714]

Found your vlog my accident. Probably due to horses. You are better off not at the part time job. They would have sacked you anyway if you couldnt work. Baclofen is a great med to calm the nerves and spinal cord. Pregabablin might knock you on your rear but resets nerves and both reduce inflamation. Sound like you need an orthopedic to set you right. I use dry cupping with massage therapist which helps calm and promotes circulation. If the disc is buldged, it needs repaired. Trying to put back in place repeatedly tends to just increase inflamation once you start moving around. Would be interested in knowing more what you did for the arthritis with your horse. Quality of life is important for all of us. Our broken system in canada isnt much better than yours. Hope you can get some help.🌻

[@bexwbc1671]

Hi there; thanks so much for your comment and advice! A few people have mentioned Pregabalin in the support group I found for this condition (Cervical Radiculopathy). The mix of drugs I’m on atm is helping enough I’m fairly mobile thankfully and I have a high pain threshold. They have given me Oramorph for night pain so I can sleep now at least! I have another vlog on here about my mare’s arthritis; called Dealing with arthritis part 2. It’s a product called Hempine and is a CBD Hemp flower and coconut mix. It is amazing and has made so much difference in her generally. She also had arthramid and steroid injected into her worst front foot coffin joint which helped a lot as she was quite lame on that. Now she’s just 1/10th lame on hard ground or tight turns really. They do ship outside of UK; worry dropping them a message if you are thinking of trying it :-)

[@bexwbc1671]

Try; not worry! Not sure where that weird autocorrect came from!

[@rosiebrooks7885]

My goodness you have had a run of bad luck, I hope you get your neck sorted, have you thought about the pillow you sleep on? I personally use just 1 a wool pillow I have had neck issues and a slipped disc lower back that lasted six months, ibuprofen is all I can take anything stronger knocks me out. At least you have another job. X

[@bexwbc1671]

Thanks Rosie; now they have sorted my drugs out I’m ok at night thankfully. Had some horrible nights before that was sorted! Waiting for MRI now x

[@alexishaines531]

Found you on KZbin so sorry to hear your news xx

[@bexwbc1671]

@@alexishaines531 aw thank you! I'm ok now and change job wise was well overdue anyway x

[@Siobhan_Shivaun]

I have issues with my neck and back, I'm 6'2" so I have to duck or stoop a lot! When I lived in Britain, I had an x-ray done, and I was told I'd an extra bone at the base of my spine, and there was something wrong with my pelvis. Nothing was ever done about it! Doctors are often miserly about giving patients pain relief for some reason I hope you get something sorted out soon, it's no fun being in pain, and unable to move around much xx

[@bexwbc1671]

Thanks Siobhan; yes I don’t understand why they are so reluctant to give you pain relief seeing as they are not interested in solving the issue 😅 Luckily my mobility is ok on the drugs now I’ve finally been sorted by GP. It’s the nerve pain that’s the worst but hopefully private MRI will show what’s wrong. Sorry to hear of your issues x

[@Siobhan_Shivaun]

@@bexwbc1671 I have neuropathy (nerve damage) so I'm not in as much pain as I should be, which is a relief! Suffered with sciatica fir years and years. I've something wrong with my neck which has been giving me problems but no significant pain thankfully. I remembered some exercises a physio showed me years ago, and I started doing them, and I seem to have un-kinked whatever was wrong, so that's helped a huge amount! Best of luck Bex! xx

[@bexwbc1671]

Oh wow that’s great you’ve managed to help it with exercises! I can’t wait for my MRI to find out what’s actually going on and work out some sort of plan as obviously it’s not good being on long term painkillers. Sciatica is so painful so I feel for you; my neck/arm thing the surgeon described as sciatica in the arm! X

[@Siobhan_Shivaun]

@@bexwbc1671 sciatica in the arms is what I have!! It's like we're twins 😁 Back in ye olde days they'd put you in traction for (leg) sciatica, so I had to figure out ways to stretch my spine, and now I'm applying that logic to my neck. I've only been doing the stretches for a month, and I'm noticing a huge difference already xx

[@bexwbc1671]

⁠@@Siobhan_Shivaunyes I think that’s what the surgeon described it as; sciatica in your arm! I’m glad you’ve found a way to manage it. I had my MRI yesterday (private as NHS waste of time) so waiting on results now x