Sky63, the Lidocaine patches available OTC are 4%, not 5% (which requires a prescription and are several dollars per patch). An emergency roomdoctor told me that there is little difference in the dosage.

My wife was in long term care for the last 2 years of her life. In December, 2019 she fell and broke her hip. We made the decision to go ahead with surgery (the only surgery to which I agreed in the last 5 years) because she was in pain and that was necessary to try and alleviate the pain. It worked and she healed well, surprisingly, and had very good in-house therapists at the LTC facility where she lived, who worked with her and helped her become mobile again for her final 6 months. While in the hospital, she did not cooperate AT ALL with the therapists, especially the primary assigned therapist who talked down to her and treated her as if she was an idiot and talked loudly as if she was deaf. Getting back to the LTC facility and the wonderful people there was the trick.

I used to be a nurse ...a " Kinaire bed " and a lift are very useful..a Kenaire bed circulates air through chambers so no pressure on any one spot . It's basically a forced air pressure air mattress . Prevents bed sores and comfortable . The lift will save your back ! Lifting is hard work !.

It is soul nurturing to hear that you provided your wife with extra mobility time. About two years ago I had a therapist come to give leg strengthening activity to my wife who was showing negative signs on walking freely, after one session he said " can't work with her", she does not follow instructions, here take this brochure you can do it just follow the pictures and left. He was not loud but quite evident the idiot in the wrong profession

Buy at a dollar store if you can! Same. Thank you for clarification too