It's not worthwhile to spend myriad hours reminiscing about one's pain knowing there are some solutions to intense feelings. We expect too much of medicine and science. Right now I have a used prescription left off from a shower, so I need to keep calm while Marjorie, meaning Pearl, works in the house; she can help me latter as now she's doing household chores, so an old, reliable medical method applied to my back is gone. I do need help from my wife or my brother or his friend, or even a nurse. I have found that by carefully placing my mouth parted with lips covering the orifice, I can remain somewhat pain free for an hour or two, and if I combine this with deep breathing, I can proceed for a few more hours. I must consciously use the deep breathing, as I am now, and combine with release of tension and lean back in my chair, I might continue, and I also use a cream, non-prescription, recommended by my pharmacist. These are only a few methods, and there is also the application of ice to my neck and back, actually for 20 minutes about four or five times a day. So, all these methods require no doctor's script. And, finally my wife finishes taking out the trash, comes in and applies needed prescription method and I'm ready for the day, latter more Shikantaza.
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