I am normally too hot, but pmr has converted me to an electric blanket which I would rather have than heat in the bedroom. Also use a wheatie bag that can be heated in microwave, but better fitting heat pad to go across shoulders sounds great.
Looks like my hot water bottle - nothing high tech but works a treat sitting against it nestled in cushions. I only need it for sacroiliac joint pain. Shoulders are mostly fine.
I think I read that you have atrial fibrillation. If that is the case how are you able to take ibuprofen.? I also have AF and am on rivaroxaban for life. I have been advised that I shouldn’t take anti inflammatories , risk of ulcers and bleeding. The only pain killers I can take are paracetamol or codeine. There are times when I think anti inflammatories would do a much better job.
I don't use it regularly, just very occasionally, in extremis so to speak.
I'm on Pradaxa and I and the King of the local hospital lab did lots of tests to see what my blood level was after my husbnad nearly popped his clogs due to rivaroxaban given together with a heart drug causing blood levels to have reached 10x the level they should be. The same applied for the anti-arrythmic I was on. Luckily it is his hobby horse and the first thing he had done when the NOACs came in was to get the testing kits for all if them - all patients here are checked before surgery because a lot of them turn out to have such high blood levels they need 2 or 3 times longer pre-op for it to wash out. Now I am on the lower dose and always taken separated from the other drug by more than an hour. The odd dose of ibuprofen isn't going to do much harm. But there would be far fewer problems with bleeding if they tested and adjusted the dose appropriately - a study was done, it is known, but the manufacturers would lose their USP of "no testing". How anyone could ever accept that a single dose was going to work perfectly for everyone is beyond belief.
I too love my heating pad for my neck and shoulders at night (with an automatic shutoff). That looks like a good sized one and love the colour. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve just bought a heat pad which slots into a belt around my waist and fasten with Velcro. I heat it in the microwave, it’s great for my back pain and I can walk around with it on. Got it from Amazon and very pleased with it.
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