Well, it’s actually been a few days since I had the treatment, I didn’t get to write as quickly as I had hoped about it. I took the prescribed medication to help with the anxiety of dealing with needles…but being an EDSer it didn’t work as well as it should. Imagine that. Still, I managed to get through it again. It hurt worse this time, I guess because the area was still tender from last time, I don’t know. Dr. Haman said he could feel the difference already, and that I had responded so well that I might not need all of the remaining 6 treatments. That made me as happy as I could be at the moment. I actually crawled in the back of the truck and let TDH drive home while I laid there and tried to pretend it didn’t hurt. Ironically enough, I can tell the difference this week more than I could last week. My hip is not popping out every single step I take. I have to put my weight on it and shift to get it to pop out, and even then it won’t go all the way out like it was. I only did it once! Just to see if it really was working or not, and I’m not going to do it again because I don’t want to mess up the progress that has been made.
One question Dr. Haman did ask me, was if my pain was better? I had to answer honestly with a “yes and no”. The painful nerve involvement IS gone, but where the injections where hurt like very deep bruises and since I take forever to heal, they hurt forever. I wish I had some type of pain medication that would help with that part of it. I did use the Lidocaine patches he gave me, and had the same result, the already forming bruises seemed to just vanish. Still hurts like the devil when you poke it, but no awful discoloration to go with it. I think maybe next week I’ll try taking a Lyrica before the apt. I normally only take 1 at night because it does mess with my head, but it is the only thing I’ve found that even makes a dent in my pain. Since I’m off for the day, and TDH is driving, I think it would help a lot. The spray Lidocaine he used didn’t help a bit. I’m sure for “normal” people it helps a ton, but since when am I ever “normal”? Never.
The ride up to Chicago and back for Sam’s graduation was trying at times. TDH did most of the driving, so I could wiggle around and sit on pillows, etc. Travel is just going to be that way, I guess. Oh well, at least I CAN still travel! We want to get out to Charleston to see Mike, and maybe, just maybe up to Maryland to see Sam when she graduates A School. I’ve not had the pleasure of visiting the east coast for pleasure. I did go once, when my nephew was brought to Walter Reed Hospital from Iraq. I’d like to go and actually have the time to look about, eat some fresh seafood. You just can’t get fresh seafood in Missouri. They freeze it and it just is yuck. So who knows, perhaps we’ll make it out there. I hope so. Hopefully the Prolotherapy works and I can really enjoy myself instead of being so limited.
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