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[gwynhefar]

I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps I'm actually unusually sensitive to wintergreen oil. Do other people have the same pain/pleasure reaction to aspercreme and such as I do?

I use it because it helps with the sciatica. As the muscles around the tumour are in a nearly constant state of tension, anything that makes the muscles relax helps. So generally when it gets bad, I rub a little aspercreme on it.

As a general rule, my skin feels like it's on fire at the same time that my muscles are going 'aaaaaaahhh gooood'

Makes for a very weird feeling. After a few minutes the skin on fire thing usually goes away and I am left with the 'aaaaaaahhh gooood' but for those few minutes the conflict is disconcerting to say the least.

Comments

[spc-bink.livejournal.com]

I had that reaction when I put it on the back of my knee. Have you ever tried Jointritis? I never had a problem with that...

My first reaction

[willow-aileen.livejournal.com]

....kinky. :)

Re: My first reaction

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Nah. Kinky would be pleasure and pain in the same sensation, which I've also experienced. This is pain in a place that doesn't usually hurt accompanied by abrupt lack of pain in a place that *always* hurts. It's a flip-flop that screws with my senses. Normally A is fine and B really hurts. I put on the cream and suddenly B feels much better but now A really hurts. 'Tis very odd sensation.