So how are all the walking wounded today?

[emily_in_nc]

Emily- the injections are xray guided and under anesthesia.($$$) I was having bad stabbing in the spot you are talking about and "Sciatica" type pain. The injections definitely reduced that. I still get a stab her and there. The second shot was in October and I did really well. But I seem to be getting more generalized back pain, probably because I am DOING more. Thanks for the encouragement. It is frustrating, but also I am crazy busy with school and work and kids I couldn't ride so much any way. (I keep saying to myself)

Thanks for the information! I have good health insurance through my employer, so the money aspect is not a biggie, more the time and pain factor (I was glad to hear that you got anesthesia as I am a pain weenie!) I'll make a decision once I see how the pain is after I start riding again in the spring, and once I see how much I am going to ride this year. I sure wish there were a permanent fix rather than just something that lasts a month or three, as I won't necessarily have excellent health insurance forever. Somehow I doubt Medicare will pay for these injections, once I get to that age...

Emily

[bmccasland]

Tony (PT) was channeling his inner medieval torturer today... my shoulder hurtz

I know I need stretching out, and he is careful. I do all my exercises and stretches. but, but ...
I WANT MY SHOULDER TO STOP HURTING AND HAVE FULL RANGE OF MOTION NOW!!!

and yes, they got another doctor's order and insurance authorization for the continuation... but next week is only two sessions, 'cause of Mardi Gras
Throw me something, mister!

[rocknrollgirl]

I am with ya Beth.. I hear you loud and clear!!!!!!

[SheFly]

Hang in there Beth! Mine was so bad last week they let me do like 5 reps of one exercise and then gave up in favor if ultrasound, ice and electrical stimulation.... This stinks.

SheFly

[crazycanuck]

I had an AHA! moment the other day...My leg was "wobbling" a bit more than normal on friday & realized I must do the 1hr of leg strengthening exercises each day! I wasn't home Thursday night to do them and one wobble on fri actually kind of hurt.

Just one of many AHA"s this week..

[maillotpois]

I walked into my daughter's open cabinet door with my bad arm and almost vomited. Duh!!!

It does seem to hurt less - you guys aren't exactly making PT seem a lot of fun, though... Something to look forward to.

[snapdragen]

I loved PT - of course, I was getting stretched and massaged the whole time. I had my first acupucture session, it seemed to help a bit, at least for a few days. Maybe if I keep it up the inflammation will go away permanently. N also wants to have a hair analysis done. I'll do it, for sh!ts and giggles, I'm not sure how much stock I put in it though.

My new fancy $200 Roller Mouse arrived yesterday. It was not the hand/wrist savior I thought it would be. I'll keep using it, maybe it's something I need to get used to.