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
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
