Intro to the tool chest

The medicine cabinet is the place to talk about meds that help with pain; the tool chest is for everything else. Exercise, meditation, alternative medicine – you name it; if it is not a manufactured med, it goes there. I hope that both of pages these will become places where people can discuss and ask questions about the two ways of battling pain: with medication and without. Splitting them up like this is for practical reasons only: I do not believe that the two are mutually exclusive, nor will I engage or promote a discussion about whether to medicate or not. Everyone responds differently to medication and treatments. What works for one person simply does not not always work for another. Yet I believe that any chance to alleviate one’s level of pain should be looked into, even if it doesn’t ultimately pan out. Think of these pages as suggestion boxes. The more that people share what works for them, the better chance someone has of finding something new that can help.