@A MyMyelomaTeam Member I highly recommend PT! I did it once a week for six months and it did help. I think one of the biggest benefits I gained was renewed confidence in my body. It sounds kinda crazy but I realize now that after finding out I had cancer I felt like my body had let me down and I had sort of given up and didn’t feel like I could push myself. PT helped me gain confidence and realize I could push my body. I’ve gained strength and lost 30 pounds. I exercise daily now and while I still have pain I’m more confident in what my body can do and it helps my mental state which I think all cancer patients can benefit from. I hope you also benefit from PT. Please keep us posted.

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Jeff,
When my back hurts I get in bed and recline until the pain goes away. I can see in your case, this would not work. What works for me with bones is to try and heal them with supplements. I take MRM Bone Maximizer III (1400 mg Calcium & Magnesium) with extra D3 and K2, vitamin C, E complex and A. I avoid salty foods which take calcium out of the bones. I also avoid caffience and carbonation. Massage and a heating pad helped my mom with a tumor on her spine. She also had a fenantyl patch. Be careful with heating pads. somehow it got turned on high, and when I arrived, there was no skin on her leg.
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Hi Jeff! I also use a heating pad frequently to relieve my back pain. So you're in good company! Lol. Try to avoid opioids as long as possible bc it is a neverending merry go round. But sometimes that is all you can turn to bc the back pain impedes your daily functions. I recently bought a large ice pad (on Amazon) so I can alternate between the two. It's certainly not as calming as the heating pad. I will let you know if this hot and cold therapy works! Take care!

I use my heating pad in the winter. Works for me. In the summer I use a gel cream or Tylenol. The cream works well but is hard for me to rub into my back.

@KathleenGuillaum KG, I quit morning coffee cold turkey. More for insomnia reasons, occasionally I have tea (not green), don't miss the rush. However, I do miss my espresso after dinner, but that stuff's like rocket fuel.
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