Hi,
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!
So I've now had
four treatments with my new Prolotherapy doctor and am going for my fifth this
coming Tuesday (tomorrow). I am still having the same five places done, both
knees (into the capsules), both shoulders (also into the capsules) and three
ligaments in my left hip.
Unfortunately my practitioner will be retiring
at some point this year, hence why I'm cramming in as many appointments as
possible right now! At the moment it looks like he'll still be around until the
end of March so I'm booked in fortnightly right up until then. I think it's
going pretty well so far but I am feeling rather emotionally drained. It's quite
hard to remain upbeat and positive when I'm going through all this pain every
fortnight.
At my second appointment we tried some acupuncture into the
trigger point in my left shoulder as I get really excruciating pain in there.
The needles weren't in for more than a minute I don't think but I had a massive
reaction on the journey home and it carried on for the next 7-8 days. I had
shooting pains and spasms in my shoulder and going down my side. I know this
means I probably need to preserve with it but that as well as the Prolotherapy
was all a bit too much to cope with at once! So maybe I'll try again after I've
finished the Prolo.
My doctor has also given me a new supplement called
Collodeen to try which is supposed to aid healthy collagen production. Thought
it was worth giving it a go, although I'm not sure how easy it'll be for me to
tell whether or not it's making a difference. Has anyone else tried Collodeen?
As it's still January I feel I can say Happy New Year! Lets hope that
2014 is a healthy and positive one for us all!!
Katie x
