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Re: Pain Releif in Hard Rides



In a message dated 1/6/99 3:38:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
guest@endurance.net writes:

<< Animals deal with pain differently than
 people do.  They don't need the asprin
 like we have gotten used to. >>

The key here is what we have gotten used to.  We take far too much of that
stuff on the whole, and it can often jeopardize our health in other ways.  I
learned a lesson from a near miss this past summer--I had been taking moderate
amounts of ibuprofen (yes, on the recommendation of the doctor) after I was
injured in a car wreck in June of 1997.  This past summer I started having
some non-specific health problems, didn't feel good, etc.--and then started to
develop cardiac problems--tachycardia, arythmias, etc.  My ankles swelled up
horribly, I felt miserable, and for awhile I actually feared for my life.  The
problem?  Ibuprofen!  Stopped it cold turkey, and yes, now I ache a little,
but I prefer feeling good and aching to the forementioned problems.  Have
since been through a stress test and all that good stuff, and without the
influence of the drug, the ticker works fine.  We "deal" with pain in the same
way that animals do, but we have given ourselves a crutch--sometimes a very
dangerous one--so that we can "feel good."

Heidi



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