New Doctor

Hey,

So I have been to see the new Prolotherapy practitioner in East Sheen.

I ended up having 5 places treated in my first consultation! Both knees, left hip and both shoulders!! The knees and the shoulders were both just into the capsule itself rather than directly into the ligaments but even so, oww. The purpose of that was to heal and shrink the capsules first before going for the ligaments. I had 3 ligaments in my left hip injected though. I think my body went into shock, I'm not used to having that amount done at once!

The doctor was really really nice though, something I'm not very used to! He was so understanding, listened to me and I felt like I trusted he knew what he was doing. He has been practising Prolotherapy for 30 years after he had it done himself and it worked for him, so he really believes in it. The consultation went well and we discussed together where would be the best places to target first. He thought he'd do my knees so that they both start healing together and I don't have one better than the other, the same with my shoulders although I do want him to target more particular areas on my bad left shoulder if possible. We decided to do my left hip as I can only sleep on my right side at the moment and he didn't want me to have to lie on it. The funny thing is I didn't actually realise how bad my hips were until he examined them! No doctor has examined them for many years. I mean I get a lot of groin pain, and my hips click about all the time but when he pressed down on 3 points on my hip I practically screamed! So hopefully the Prolotherapy will really be able to help that area especially if that's where my groin pain originates from. So we decided 5 places was enough for one treatment! I had 7 dressings on and he said he did a bit more than he usually would so he charged £200 instead of £190 for an hours consultation/treatment which I thought was really good considering. As I was having so many places done he didn't want to use the gas and air because he would have to wait for me to come round every time he needed to move me about and I didn't really have much local anaesthetic either. I think I will definitely have to insist on having something for my hips and bad shoulder next time! But he was so nice that I felt comfortable enough to ask him things like that.

I was in SO much pain on the journey home! Particularly as I couldn't re-heat my wheat bags for the journey home as they didn't have a microwave in their house, it's my best source of pain relief. We might try a service station, shop or pub or something on the way back next time. I did bring along some of those Cura Heat stick on heat pads just in case which was lucky but I don't find them quite as effective.

I found it really difficult to get up the stairs to my room when we got home, Mum and Dad had to help a lot!! We got back about 8.30 in the evening so it was a long old day. I'm going back tomorrow at 10am, so 3 weeks after my first treatment with him, it's come round very quickly! I already have a 3rd lot booked in before Christmas on the 17th at 12 as well. I don't know if I'll be having exactly the same places done next time.

I will let you know how my second lot goes :-)

Katie x

Update!

Hello,

Just a thought I'd post a little update on what's been happening! I had a really lovely Summer once I finished my last round of Prolotherapy treatments in June/July, may have slightly over done it a little in my enthuasim! I certainly made the most of the warm weather this year, especially as I know that is the time my joints feel at their best. I caught up with my friends, had some BBQ's, went out for a few lunches and I had my birthday at the end of July and I managed to go out for dinner on the evening.

Here I am on my birthday!
 

 

I have also been doing well with my jewellery making business. I sell handmade jewellery on Etsy and I hit 100 sales this September which was very exciting!

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MyBeadedTreasures

So as those of you who have read my blog before will know I have had some Prolotherapy previously this year. Since January I've had 6 treatments on my left shoulder as that is the area I have my worst pain. I had 3 lots on the front and 3 on the back. I am happy to report that it has most definitely started to respond and feels much more stable, its been clicking a lot less and I feel like the spots where I have had the injections feel a little less painful. However I do still have a great deal of pain around that shoulder and am keen to continue Prolotherapy in the hope that it will continue to improve - ideally all over body.

Unfortunately however I will not be having anymore with my current practitioner. In a nutshell he is being very difficult about treating me as a 'hypermobility syndrome' patient, it's been like crawling up a very steep hill trying to get the treatments I've had so far from him and at the last (rather frustrating) consultation it seemed like that was the best I was going to get! That coupled with some very negative consultations and some unnecessarily rude comments made me decide it was time to look for someone else.

I've made an appointment to see a new Prolotherapy practitioner in London, East Sheen this Tuesday (tomorrow) afternoon. I was recommended him by a lovely girl called Becky who contacted me through my blog and is having treatment with him herself. Apparently he treats many other Hypermobility sufferers and believes it is really helpful for us so that's really positive. He sounded really sweet on the phone. The only main downside is the distance as I find travelling really difficult. It could be worse though, should only take us a coupe of hours to get there traffic permitting.

I'm feeling really nervous as by the sounds of it he's willing to do some Prolo in the first consultation if I'm okay for it. I always feel anxious about starting from scratch with someone new again, I'm feeling quite emotionally fatigued from everything this year already! But I'm really determined to keep going with this as I now know it is making a difference to me.

 

Katie x

Latest Treatment and a Surprise TV Prolo Mention!

Hey,

 

Prolo part 2 is now over! The last treatment was quite tough, my shoulder felt really angry for a while and it has taken me some time to get over it but I'm feeling almost back to normal now. He always seems to do a little bit more on the last one I think just to cap it off! I don't have a follow up appointment until September now so that'll take me up to the full 12 weeks of 'healing time'. I'm just going to try to relax and enjoy my summer now free from hosptials! Plus it's my birthday next Tuesday so I have that to look forward to!! 

 

I'm a big fan of the TV series Pretty Little Liars and when I saw this clip of this weeks episode I was surprised to hear Prolotherapy mentioned! I've never even heard it talked about on TV before let alone on my favourite TV show. I know Prolotherapy is more well known in the US than it is in the UK but it's great that the writers obviously looked into it enough to put it in the show.

 

For those who don't watch Emily is a swimmer who has injured her shoulder (after almost being run over by -A) and she may need surgery if she still wants a college scholarship and a career in swimming.

 

Pretty Little Liars - Season 4 Episode 7

 

It's really exciting to hear it being recognised as a treatment option instead of surgery, maybe a few people will goggle it after hearing about it on the show and fingers crossed it'll raise some more awareness.

 

 

Katie xx

2 down 1 to go...

Hi all,

Just a short update for you today! Well I have I've now had 2 out of my 3 treatments on the back of my shoulder. 

I asked for a little extra local anaesthetic this time to see if it helped numb the sensation a bit more. I'm not sure if it made much of a difference to be honest it still felt the same having it done except I felt quite woozy when I sat back up again, but that may be because I'd been lying on my front for quite a while plus I may have over inhaled on the gas and air a little bit!

So just one more to go and then I'm done for the time being! Then hopefully I can enjoying this lovely weather we've finally been having here in the UK. Anyone who has chronic joint pain will know that the warmer weather definitely does help ease the pain and I can usually manage to do a few more things in the summer.

Thanks for all the supportive comments on and off the blog! 

Katie x

Round 2 Starts...

Hello hello,

So I've started my second round of treatment. He did treat the back of my left shoulder in the end and I felt happy about that decision because now we will hopefully be stabilising it all round.

I managed to get around the lying on my front problem! They had a U shaped cushion there and I lay with head on that, so I didn't have to have my neck cricked right over to one side. Just enough to ram the Gas & Air tube in my mouth! So the lying down part wasn't as uncomfortable as it could have been.

To be honest I did find this treatment really tough! It went on for longer which made it more difficult to bear, I was biting down on the Gas & Air tube so hard! Perhaps because there was a slightly larger area that needed to be injected with it being the back of the shoulder so it took more time. He told me afterwards exactly where he had done the Prolotherapy. It was kind of in an upside down Y shape I guess that's the shape of the ligaments in that area.




This is the area that was injected



I might ask if I can can have a little extra anaesthetic next time! I'm not sure if I'm able to have any more or if that's just the maximum they're allowed to give but it's worth asking.

Wow 2 weeks have gone quickly! I can't believe I'm due back to do it all again tomorrow, at least I'll have two out of three under my belt. I've got a pile of new DVD's to watch while I'm resting tomorrow though, courtesy of my friend Lucy - thanks for that! ;)

 

Katie x

A Slightly Belated Update!

Hi,


I'm really really sorry I've been neglecting this blog lately! Turns out its harder to keep all 3 of my blogs up to date than previously thought!

Thank you to everyone who has been keeping up with my blog and to those who have got in touch with me! I've had an incredible response so far which was really unexpected and I'm so pleased to know that people have been reading my blog and finding it interesting and helpful because that exactly what I set out to do.

I went for a follow up appointment just 6 weeks after my last injections (at my doctors request) it ended up being a bit of a waste of time and money to be honest though! He basically just said that it won't have finished working yet anyway so it was too soon to tell! Annoyed is putting it mildly. And he did upset me a bit by saying he was disappointed that my pain hadn't improved yet (especially as I had gone in all positive!) and that it might not be worth doing any more treatments. I tried to explain to him that my research showed that people with HMS/EDS can take longer, more like 4-6 treatments to notice the full benefits.

I don't think the prolotherapy doctors are necessarily all that familiar with HMS/EDS or particularly understanding they're more used to treating sports injuries which can be very frustrating! At the end of the day though as long as they're really good at the prolotherapy injections then that's what matters because I've got my other doctors for everything else.Sometimes I feel like there should be a handbook or a course on how to be a patient and how to handle doctors!

I do feel like my shoulder is a little more stable now though, it's definitely not clicking, clunking and subluxing as much or as easily as before so that's a start! I have been to see my physio recently and he was delighted with the stabilisation so far and says he can see and feel a noticeable difference in the shoulder which he could practically pull right out before and sounded like a musical instrument everytime it moved! My pain hasn't changed or decreased yet but my physio reckons that understandably it will take a bit more time as it's been such a long term problem. It definitely hasn't gotten worse though! I felt a little bit of tenderness around the injection site still for about 6-8 weeks after but that's better now.

Anyway I have been for my 12 week follow-up now. I had to be quite tactful with everything I said but eventually the outcome was that I'm going to have another round of 3 Prolotherapy treatments on my shoulder starting the 4th of June. He's going to talk my physio first though because we're thinking of trying the back of my shoulder this time to stabilise it all round. I think it's a good idea because my scans show I have multi-directional instability. But I won't know for sure whether we're doing the back or front of my shoulder until I go in the 4th! Hopefully this will further my progress though.

If we are going to do the back of my shoulder though I'm not sure how I'm going to manage lying on my front, as it hurts to keep my neck turned to the side. I'm alright like when I'm having a back massage or something and my head is facing forwards in the hole but they don't have that there. I'm thinking I might be able to manage lying on my side if I'm supported by lots of cushions. Anyone have any thoughts?

Well anyway I guess I'll find out tomorrow, wish me luck!

Katie x

Prolotherapy Treatment 3

Hi everyone,

Prolotherapy treatment 3 is now under my belt and I have to say it was a toughie! Hence why this post is a little later than planned (sorry about that!). I guess because the same ligament has been injected twice before already so its extra sensitive. Had the gas & air again which definitely helps. I am glad I'm having a little break now that the first 3 treatments are over and hopefully my shoulder is doing everything it should in the meantime!

I find it interesting how the Doctor does the Prolotherapy. I was expecting lots of little needle incisions up and down the front of my shoulder where I was being treated but there is just one point where the needle goes in and then he kind of angles the needle up and down the ligament underneath the skin instead. First with the Local Anaesthic which is sort of pushed in and around the area he's going to be injecting and then a few minutes later he starts injecting the Prolo through the same place. It's kind of a sore pulsing feeling as the needle is angled and the solution injected along the ligament for around about 1-2 minutes I think.

I have a follow up at the beginning of April roughly 6 weeks after my last (3rd) injection. So my doctor will be able to see how my shoulder is doing and probably book in the next block of 3 Prolo treatments. Hopefully he'll be able to see or feel some kind of improvement even if I haven't yet!

I have heard that in America some Prolotherapists treat people with Hypermobility Syndrome and EDS Type 3 by admitting them to hospital and one day treating the whole of the front side of the body and the next day treating the back. Then bringing them back for the same again every few weeks. Please let me know if anyone has had this done, I'd be interested to hear about it because to me this sounds horrendous!!

Will be updating again soon.
xxxx

Prolotherapy Treatment 2

Hello,

So I've had my 2nd prolo treatment and I felt that it went a bit better than last time, I knew what to expect so that helped. It still felt pretty much the same pain-wise even with the gas & air, which I started breathing in before he put the anaesthetic in. I was hoping it would be some kind of magic that would take all the pain away! It just made me feel a bit light headed like I'd had a couple of drinks or something. It did however give me something else to focus on, it helped me concentrate on my breathing and I bit down hard on it during the injections! So I will be using it again.

I did find it difficult holding the gas & air tube up to my mouth though as my elbows become extremely painful when they're bent up for long especially if I'm holding something e.g a book. So the nurse who was looking after me held it up for me while I was having the injections done.

I had a couple of days resting like last time and the side effects were similar to last time as well. I think part of the nausea might be due to the extra pain and stiffness in my shoulder. I do often suffer with nausea when my pain is really bad or if I've 'over done it', especially the nearer the pain is to my head e.g neck and shoulder pain makes me feel more sick than the pain in my legs. Again surprisingly minimal bruising and markings on the skin from it which I'm impressed by, I was expecting to be covered!

It takes 12 weeks from the last injection for the full growth process to complete and then I'll have a follow up appointment (for the doctor to see if there are any improvements) and will probably need at least one other block of 3 treatments on my shoulder after that. Its a long old process!

I am taking Arnica tablets to help the healing process, as HMS suffers supposedly don't heal that well/efficiently, and I was recommended them by a friend. Whether or not they actually do help I'll probably never really know for sure but it won't do any harm so I thought I'd give them a go.

So that's 2 treatments down 1 more to go, for the moment! I have my next one this Tuesday morning (19th Feb) and I'll update you again after that.

~Katie

Prolotherapy Treatment 1

Hello to you all,

Thanks a lot to everyone who has checked out this blog so far. I have had over 200 views which is amazing!

So its been almost 2 weeks now since my first Prolotherapy treatment and I'm feeling almost back to normal now! I hadn't been so incredibly nervous about an appointment in a long time! They were really nice to me though, I think they knew how nervous I was. The nurse who was looking after me was called Mandy, she was lovely and very calming. She took my blood presure and briefly talked me through what was going to happen. She had the gas and air on stand-by in case I needed it. I was lying on an extremely high bed under an xray machine. The doctor set up the xray machine over my left shoulder. He cleaned the skin and then injected the anaesthetic into the shoulder joint. He then waited a minute or two for tht to take effect before starting the Prolotherapy injections.

I've been trying to think how best to describe how it felt. I don't think I would say it was horribly painful, I was expecting short sharp pains as the needle touched the ligament. It was more unpleasant, like finger nails down a blackboard/purse your lips kind of unpleasant. At one point I was actually digging my nails into the palm of my hand and I did have a little faint at the end but I think that may have been more down to the fact I was breathing so quickly from nerves!

Bear in mind though that this for me is my most vulnerable area and has been for 10 years. Its extremely painful at the best of times, usually I hate people just touching it never mind sticking a needle in it. So for an area not so hypersensitive it might not feel too bad. I think the actual injection process only took a maybe 5 or 10 minutes, I'll have to check next time (I was trying to keep myself focused!) But it was quite relentless.


This is the area that was injected

I'm going to have the gas and air next time just to get me through it a bit easier and hopefully it'll help me focus on something else too. I'll just take a big inhale at the start before he puts the anaesthetic in. I know it was there on stand-by during my first treatment but I was just so focused on getting through it that I couldn't really manage to ask for gas and air at the time!

Another thing I thought about was that people with Hypermobility Syndrome apparently don't usually react as well to anaesthetics. However I only truely realised that mine had worked for me when I felt it wearing off a couple of hours later and I could feel my shoulder sort of throbbing realy deep down. It wasn't too bad though, I spent the rest of the day cuddled up at home using hot and cold packs on it and taking paracetamol. My shoulder was extremely stiff I could barely lift it for about 48 hours but the pain and stiffness did gradually decrease and by about the 3rd day it was almost back to my normal pain levels. I did also suffer from headaches, diarrhea and extremely bad nausea which I didn't realise were other side effects of Prolotherapy. I guess it's either due to the inflammation or the solution working its way through or a bit of both, again these went after about 2-3 days and really weren't that bad.

Although it was a tough couple of days it wasn't dreadful and for me, I think it'll be absolutely worth every minute if it does help - some pain for some gain for a change! It wasn't as bad as my normal pain can get and it's nowhere near as painful as trapping a nerve.

I should probably have said in my previous post that Prolotherapy takes 12 weeks from the last injection to fully complete it's growth process. This could last up to 5-10 years, which is pretty amazing. I'm not sure if this applies the same for us with Hypermobility syndrome but hopefully I'll be able to test that out! - I'll edit all that in to the previous post in a bit.
 
My next treatment is booked in for next Tuesday the 5th of Feb. I don't think I'll be as nervous next time any because I'll know what to expect now.


~Katie

Prolotherapy

Hi again!

So here we go, my first post post on Prolotherapy, which is the main reason I wanted to start this blog. I wanted to give an honest and informative account of what the treatment is like, how it affects me and most importantly if it benefits me and my life! Hopefully others will find this interesting and helpful.

After deciding not to go ahead with the operation I was browsing on some of the Hypermobility websites and I came across something on somebody's blog called Prolotherapy. I hadn't heard of it before and was curious to find out what it was. I spent several months researching it, became a little OCD to be honest! I read a ton of articles, personal experiences and talked it all over with my family, friends, doctors and physiotherapist. Thanks to the members on the Hypermobility Forums for some of the personal stories which I found very helpful to read. Prolotherapy works by stimulating the body to make new fibres, which are laid down within the substance of the ligaments, thickening and strengthening them. To me this seemed logical and exactly what I needed to stabilise my loose, clunky joints!

Although (with a great deal of hard work) I have made some progress over the last 3-4 years with endurance and fitness levels, I feel like I've hit a wall with my progress now where basically if I try any harder and do more I just injure myself e.g trapping nerves, muscle spasms, tendonitis etc. So I really want and need something else to help now and to improve my quality of life.

Prolotherapy:
 
Prolotherapy is an injection therapy, where the sclerosant solution is injected directly into the ligaments and intentionally causes controlled irritation. This inflammatory response increases the blood supply to the weakened area, stimulating the tissue to heal and regrow new connective tissue thereby stabilising and strengthening the joints, ligaments and tendons. 

The great thing is that it are only minimal side effects similar to any other injection such as bruising, soreness and some bleeding as oppose to the operation which has a massively long recovery period and could potentially have made my pain a lot worse or even early onset osteoarthritis. Prolotherapy is a natural, safe, minimally invasive way to take care of chronic pain when surgery is not an option, cortisone shots are ineffective, or physical therapies are just not enough to help.

It is currently not available on the NHS (apparently there might be one Doc at the Birmingham hospital doing it on the NHS) only Privately but I was directed to the list of Private Practitioners. The way I understand it is that although some Doctors have tried, there isn't the funding available for clinical trials on Prolotherapy here in the UK. My Consultant Rheumatologist referred me to our most local practitioner at Oving Clinic who he also knows well.

The appointment came through really quickly (but then I'm not used to the private system). The 45 min consultation was £145, I wanted to make the most of the time so I did my own case history for him (yes, I am a little obsessive) with everything I thought was relevent over the 10 years, and one of those physio diagrams shading in the areas where I have pain. I think he was pleased I did all that though. After talking to and examining me he said he thought trying some Prolotherapy on my most painful area, my left shoulder, would be a good idea to start with.

My Pain Diagram

Shoulder and Back Pain

 

I have a block of 3 treatments booked in every fortnight, starting on Tuesday 15th Jan, to start with which is costing £337 each (ouch!), and I will have a follow up appointment and then wil probably need another block of 3. It is expensive I guess but you're paying for his time, skill and also it's done under x-ray guidence so you're paying for the equipment too. Like my Mum says, "if it helps to make a difference to your pain and give you a better quality of life then it is priceless!"

I've been told not to take any anti-inflammatory meds during and directly after the injection treatment as of course it would defeat the object of the treatment - to CAUSE an inflammatory response. So I've stocked up on Paracetamol!

I am just opting to have a Local Anaesthetic before I the injections, but I could also have Entonox Analgesia (gas and air) or light Sedation as well. I hope that's the best way to go. I figure if its really painful or I find it really traumatising the first time then I can try one of the others next time. I have read varying accounts on what the treatment is actually like some say it is just unpleasent others say it's extremely painful! I guess it all depends on where you're having it done, who's doing it and how much pain you have there in the first place. I will let you know!

I've been so tunnel-visioned about finding someone to try this treatment on me that now its actually a reality I'm feeling really scared about going through it! So yeah, relieved and yet utterly terrified in equal measure!!

Obviously it'll be different for everyone, if it does (fingers crossed!) work for me that doesn't necessarily mean it'll work for somebody else but if like me you have spent years trying every kind of treatment under the sun it is certainly worth checking out. Just do your research!

So I will post again after my first treatment and let you know how I get on. Wish me luck!!

~Katie

Intro Post

Hello everyone,

My name is Katie, I have Hypermobility Syndrome (sometimes called EDS type 3) and Fibromyalgia. I wanted to set up this blog to document my condition and current treatment and in turn hopefully help others who are going through similar situations. I will be starting a new treatment called Prolotherapy (which I will talk about in my next post) on the 15th of January, I wanted to give an honest account of what it's like and whether or not it benefits me. I will also post all the tips and tricks I've learned on managing pain and hypermobility.

Hypermobility Syndrome:

Hypermobility syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that means my ligaments are weakened/lax and unstable and therefore don't hold my joints sufficiently well, along with various other associated problems. My joints can be easily injured, prone to subluxation (which is what mine do!) or complete dislocation and muscle fatigue develops, as my muscles have to work harder to compensate for the excessive weakness in the ligaments. Consequently this leads to intense widespread chronic pain in the joints. Treatment usually includes medication, light exercise and physiotherapy to help try and stabilise the joints, pain management and lifestyle modification to decrease stress on joints ligaments.

The condition tends to run in families, although I don't actually have any relatives who suffer from it so it seems I'm a bit of an anomaly!

Symptoms:

Joint instability causing frequent painful episodes, sprains and tendinitis when doing activities that would not affect the normal individual

Early-onset osteoarthritis

Subluxations or dislocations, especially in the shoulder

Joints that make clicking noises

Knee pain

Back pain, prolapsed discs or spondylolisthesis

Frequent Headaches and Nausea

Susceptibility to whiplash

Increased nerve compression disorders (e.g. carpal tunnel syndrome)

Do not respond well to normal doses of anaesthetic or pain medication

"Growing pains" as described in children in late afternoon or night



The Beighton score of which I score 9

I have suffered really badly with chronic pain in most of my joints for about 10 years (since I was 13) but was only officially diagnosed with Hypermobilty Syndrome fairly recently my condition aways being described as a rather vague 'Chronic Pain Syndrome with fatigue' and elements of hypermobilty were only mentioned by the Doctors.

I have pain in my left shoulder and neck, back and sides/ribs, knees, elbows, wrists and hands, foot arches, hips and ankles (loooong list!). However my left shoulder and back are, and always has been the worst. The pain has become very debilitating and life limiting. I am pretty much homebound and rely a lot on my Mum and my family to help me with everyday life. The lack of independance can be really frustrating!

I've tried so many different things to improve my condition over the years:

I've seen countless doctors, physio's and occupational therapists, I've tried all sorts of medications, cortisone injections, hydrotherapy, massage therapy, reflexology, psychiatry, chinese medicine, homeopathy...you name it I've tried it bascially!  

I had regular rehab stays at the Middlesex Hospital in London from 2004-2005, where I had many tests, Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy and Psychology. I was going every 6 weeks for fortnighty stays. However the constant traveling (it took 3 hours each way) and hospital atmosphere over such a long period of time was exhausting for both me and my family so it was decided I should continue my rehab back at home with the local hospitals.

I joined my local gym and do physio exercises every day at home. I believe this has definitely all helped to stop my condition deteriorating too much but it hasn’t made a great deal of difference to my pain levels.

I've been having specialist physio on my left shoulder for a couple of years now due to it being so incredibly painful and I kept trapping a nerve in that area. I cannot sit/stand/walk or do any normal activities for very long without crippling pain and desperately needing to lie down and have it supported.

Apart from some increased strength in that area however I haven’t noticed any significant change in my pain levels or in the amount of things I can do. Even though my physio is still continuing the sessions with me he is not sure if he can help me much further than he has already at this point.

I was referred by my Rheumatologist to a surgeon with a view to possibly having an operation on my shoulder to tighten the capsule, hoping that this might decrease my pain levels. I had an MRI Arthrogram which showed an enlarged capsule with a great deal of elasticity. However I was only given a 60% of success with the operation which I didn't think so great. There was also the general anaesthetic, 6-8 weeks in a sling and 8 month recovery time to consider! And even then the prognosis for people with Hypermobility isn't great. I went for a second opinion at the Reading Shoulder unit in September. After a full examination it was agreed that an operation would not be beneficial for me at this time.

Hence why I've decided to try this new treatment called Prolotherapy but I will talk about that in my next post as this one is already very long!!

Please feel free to comment or if anyone has any questions I'll be happy to answer them.

Thanks for reading!

~Katie