Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
We still have the same Medicinal Cannabis and Health section we've always had. It's here where I moved this, under the Medical Cannabis heading along about the middle of the main index page. In my history with this site, which is, admittedly, not as long as yours, I've never seen a general health section. It's always been health as it relates to cannabis. People like to ask general health questions here, however.

No one can diagnose your arm/shoulder problem over the Internet, Slip. You know that. We'll tell you, as we always do, to go see a doctor, and you'll tell us why you can't or won't. Sore arms and shoulders happen all the time, for reasons ranging from injury, to arthritis, to tendon/muscle strains, or to some other systemic illness. Lately my right arm and shoulder have been hurting because of the way I'm sleeping at night to accommodate my neck in this cervical collar. Try what I do. Stretches, a warm shower, plenty of fluids (to help with joint lubrication--all that antihistamine you take in combination with your smoking and drinking likely have you dehydrated, which'll often aggravate inflammatory joint or limb problems), and ibuprofen or aspirin as an over-the-counter anti-inflammatory. Ibuprofen works best for me, but I'm not allowed to take it right now. If it's something like a sore muscle or a pulled tendon or inflamed joint, it'll take time for it to settle down and stop aching.
thanks i'll try what you said (i suppose, that right there might be a contributor, as alcohol dehydrates you and i've been drinking pure liquor to counteract my thrown out back). sadly, yes i will tell you i can't/wont' see a doctor, although it's more can't than won't... i have a gold card, but if i was to call to day, i probably wouldn't see them til mid-october, and since this is only a fairly temporary problem, it'd be pointless to waste the hours at hte clinic and the co-pay payment.

and i can't speak fo rthe rest but if i come here looking for medical answers, i'm not expecting diagnoses and will take full responsiblity for anything i'm told, (trust me you can waive the whole liablity thing ) i'm just looking for what may be contributing to it so i can try and fix that....

but as i said, given that i've been drinking alot more and you said keeping hydrated (drinking liquids) can help what i'm feeling, i'm going to go out on a limb and guess it's the dehydration i'm suffering (i've also been wakign up and drinking like a 1/4 gallon of liquids durring the night) that is causing the problem.

would that be a fair enough assumption?

as for the first thing i mentioned, i guess the two new sections just threw me off?