How to deal with extreme physical pain

Re:How to deal with extreme physical pain by 6stringmerc on Friday October 30, 2020 @10:09PM (#24948606)

The only way to fix my ankle arthritis is to have the joint replaced, which is not ideal nor a consideration. Anything otherwise is not good, nor reliable information. It's kind of like me saying to you, "Hey, your advice is stupid, maybe you should go take some smart pills so you don't infect others" in seriousness, instead of as an off-hand reply gifting you with information graciously.

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Re:How to deal with extreme physical pain by forgotmypw17 on Friday October 30, 2020 @11:11PM (#24948861)

(With the disclaimer that I still think that unsolicited medical advice is kind of rude.)

If someone is giving you advice which worked for an unrelated condition, you're still ignoring useful information which may help someone you know if you actually bother to pay attention and remember it.

If someone is giving you advice for the same condition you have been diagnosed, you're taking information from authority figures (licensed doctors) over information from someone who is actually in the same boat as you, which seems foolish to me. Certainly un-hacker-like.

By the way, if you look at actual studies, results of surgery done for pain are not very encouraging -- less than half result in pain actually going away.

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Re:How to deal with extreme physical pain by kortex on Saturday October 31, 2020 @12:55AM (#24949221)

Signal to noise, mate. This isn't like chat with coworkers over lunch, "have you taken thermal expansion of the turboencabulator into account?" where there's a high potential for novelty. Nay, 90% of these comments are:

Did you try (increasing exercise/water intake/sleep/just not sucking)? How about (decreasing gluten/carbs/aspartame/"toxins"/bogons)? it's just low-hanging fruit.

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