Since last year around this time, I have been using a topical pain cream on my sorest knee. The Pony gets it for me, without prescription, at a dispensary for such items which are now legal in our state. He suggested it because he knows I have such pain, and there is a slight possibility that I might have complained a teeny bit about my previous solution, over-the-counter Hempvana, working fine for other soreness issues, but not for my knee.
Anyhoo... the kind The Pony bought back then was good. It was unscented. Contained nothing like lanolin, to which I am allergic. I DID get a rash once when I used this cream twice a day instead of once. It says not to apply to broken skin, so I backed off on scrubbing it away roughly in the shower, and went back to once a day. The issue resolved in a few weeks.
Anyhoo... I've told The Pony that I'm running out. The cream comes in a little screw-lid jar, smaller than the size of a tennis ball.
"I'm scraping it out of the corners of my jar, Pony. I'll be out in a couple of days."
Let the record show that I had mentioned my need for more pain cream several weeks before. The Pony was planning to pick it up, but forgot, or wasn't going over to Bill-Paying Town, or I had something else to do, or sickness kept us apart.
Anyhoo... Errand Day, The Pony was planning to pick up my pain cream that morning, and give it to me that afternoon. Except the regular dispensary was out of it!
"We can try the one out by Save A Lot, after the bank. I've never been in there, but I'll look online. I can put in the order, and we'll stop to pick it up. Oh, no! They don't have that brand. They have something else that should be just as good, but I don't see it in unscented. Do you still want it?"
"Yes. I'm running out any day. What scents do they have?"
"You have a choice of Lavender, Menthol, or Cedar and Black Pepper. I'm guessing the Menthol will smell like BenGay."
"I hate Lavender. Don't want that. I really like Cedar! But I don't know if I want to go out smelling like Cedar. I put it on right after the shower, before I start to town. At least if it was Menthol, people smelling it would know what it was, that I was achy. But I really like Cedar! I guess they have the medicine-smelling version, and one for women, and one for men. But I don't care! Get me the Cedar and Black Pepper!"
The Pony trotted out of the dispensary after a few minutes, with my pain cream in a bag. We took off the lid. Mmm. Smelled like Cedar! I haven't tried it yet, but I'm optimistic. The Pony used some for a sore back while we were making the Chex Mix. I'll have to ask how it worked.
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Is it one of those things where you are allowed to buy only one at a time? If not then maybe get a back-up when the regular one is available again in the regular place. Then always buy a new one as soon as the last one is opened. That way you will never run out. Work it like I work my pantry, always have a spare and as soon as that gets opened buy a new spare. Learned that from my mother and the same goes for toilet paper, don't wait until you are down to the last roll, as soon as you open the spare pack, buy a new spare.
River,
I could buy more than one. But it costs just over $100, and takes me a year to use it. I'm concerned that it might lose its potency, after sitting for a year, and then taking another year to use it.
I do that with my pantry, too. But not the TP. I buy the 12-roll TP package, and get more when I'm down to about 4-5 rolls.
Give the magnesium cream a try, no distinct odor. I ordered mine from Walmart. I needed to add something so the shipping would be free. My niece makes tallow creams and adds essential oils and other things. I will buy some from her when we go. They need the money with 6 kids! My nephew has a rural route with the postal service. She is the county coordinator and also makes the tallow products and has a cotton candy machine she takes to events with all her beauty products to sell. That girl is determined to make her own way!
Kathy,
I will look into it. Your niece is definitely a go-getter!
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