Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Prepping for possible hip sixth treatment

Early tomorrow morning I am going to see Dr. Hauser again.  I have a two questions for him:

  1. He said PRP will be Plan B, when will Plan A end?  I have had five treatments of sodium morrhuate and I it feels like I've kind of hit a wall.  At least twice these past three weeks I've felt my hip catch, so I know the tear is still there, and I don't feel like my ROM without catching has really improved since like the third treatment. Also, I feel like my hip pain is about the same as it was before the fifth treatment.  Is now perhaps the time to start PRP?  I know that the injections are twice as expensive, but if it works it'll be cheaper in the end.
  2. My neck is feeling a lot better, but there are still muscles that knot up.  Do my symptoms point to any other shoulder joint issue?
...That's it really, but both are pretty important questions.  These sessions aren't really my idea of a good time, but I look forward to them.  It means I'm getting healthier, closer to being able to do whatever I want and not have to deal with constant hip pain.

As progress slows down with my hip, I start to wonder if that really will ever become my reality.  But I have to be patient.  I have seen continued (albeit slowing) improvement in my hip, so there's no real reason to think that this will be as good as it gets for me.  I have to try to keep my wits about me tomorrow because I'm going to be without the fiancee to help talk to the Doc and I'll still be on vicodin and xanax.

Perhaps late tomorrow I'll be able to post his answers.

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