Update after treatment..

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Hello everyone,..

I told you that I would update you after the treatment on thursday,...

Well I want to see my best friend with the furbabies , which is a little over an

hour drive,..

So the pups were in their caddy and we were on the way,.. after over an hour

drive ( around 1 pm ) I arrived at my best friends place ,.. loaded out the

puppies , Macy the poor thing was carsick and I had given her medicine but the

tablets did not work because she was fuming from her mouth and the bottom of the

caddy was wet from her soliva (spelling) the poor thing , I got homeopatic drops

for it in the mail yesterday so I hope that works better....

I did walk them both and then got to the flat ,.. and it seems when we came in

that my best friend wasnt able to drive with her feet being so painfull of the

polyneuropathy so her hubby would come along to the hospital because after

treatment I wasnt allowed to drive home , because of the sedation and the

cortizone that they would inject in my L4 ..control over the leg would be less

then normal so that is why,..

So after a sandwich and something to drink and walking the doggies again , we

got on our way at a few minutes after 3 pm ..

at about 3.40pm we arrived at the hospital but treatment was planned to be a

half hour later.. so we waited in the waitingroom , but it took so long and

nothing happend , we sat there waiting and at some point I asked someone what

was going on , it seemed that they delayed and she told me that I was the next

one to be called in..

A few minutes later sure thing I was called in and told to get undressed and put

on them funny footies and headcap over the hair and get the operation gown on...

Then I was asked in the or .. i had to ly on my tummy and there was a pillow

they put under my tummy for my lowerback needed to ly somewhat up for them to be

best able to do their job...

Well I was told to ly still ,not even move my head and dont talk .,.. because

then I would move most likely...

So a few seconds later the doc sayd , now the needle is going to be placed

in/around the nerve in your spine.,..

I felt a nasty sting and the needle was placed , now they had to locate the rigt

spot to testblock the nerve with cortizone and the stuff they use to get someone

sleepy for an op ,..

After a little wiggle up and down and then some ,they seemed to have found the

perfect spot ,. and before I knew it I was unhooked from the machine that

watched my heartrate ,.. and I was done ,..

I had to get up real slow by turning on my right side and slowly get off the

table , they did help me though .. slowly walk to the dressingroom and I was

told to wait for the doc in the waitingroom...

So I got dressed again , and a nurse gave me a paper where the info of the

treatment was listed and a form I needed to fill in that was about overal

treatment of personel in the hospital , anyway after I got dressed I walked

(limped more ) to the waitingroom and about 10 minutes later the doc came to see

me and asked if I felt any difference , I told him no , it is the same , and the

limp was added ,..

I also told him that since wednesday I feel those electric shocks on the top of

my foot , and on not the smallest toe but the two next to that and on the side

of the foot , he made a note of that ,... and I was told to start with the

Cymbalta ,..( I hadnt yet because of all the other problems after the colonscan)

...

I have to get back on september 25th to talk to the doctor and I asked why I

didnt really feel anything different and he told me because they injected

cortizone it could take a day or 2 to 3 or somewhat longer for me to feel

difference ,.. so I am keeping a close eye on that ,..

What I do know is that the pain in my leg is still horrible and my back is

feeling darn painfull too , so I hope that will get better in the days to

come...

I will keep you posted if you want too....

liefs

Annemie