herefishy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:38 am
It's been about a week, now, Pugsy, may we have an update?I've always been interested in this procedure.
Actually coming up on 2 weeks day after tomorrow.
The jury is still out....it's really hard to judge anything right now especially since the weather has turned crappy and weather was always a big factor in how things felt and we knew that wasn't going to change much. One of the last things we talked about in the office was how much cold, wet, yucky weather causes inflammation in all those arthritic joints.
Not pain free by any means and good sleep it hit or miss but overall....I am having some "good" days and decent nights which is an improvement over none of either.
It's not going to be one of those overnight miracles that we all hope for....but I knew that going in...didn't stop me from hoping though.
Some things no improvement on...like if I sweep the floor or run the vacuum...guaranteed to hurt like hell before I get done.
Other things some improvement on...like walking in general...I can walk further before I start getting uncomfortable.
Overall though....definitely see enough improvement to be glad I did it. I am sleeping somewhat better...fewer arousals from pain and that always helps in terms of how the day goes even if I don't maybe get all the hours of sleep I really want.
Last night was a short night...not sure just how many hours but maybe 5 ish...woke up at 5 AM and simply couldn't go back to sleep.
Not so much because of pain or anything that I could put my finger on. I think more run of the mill insomnia from a combination of stress and a little more discomfort just because of the crappy weather. The bed of nails thing is still gone but I did have a little more discomfort just laying in bed this morning than I had been having the past week or so.
We couldn't really do anything to the SI joints themselves (sure wish we could) and that's always been my worst area to deal with.
Right now it's swollen and inflamed and very tender to touch if I run my hands across it. Sort of feels like an abscess or bad bruise feels when you push on it. Aspirin is the only sort of NSAID my stomach will tolerate and I just took some...so will see in a bit how it does.
Took my usual pain pill at 5 AM when I got up.
I am noticing that I need less in terms of the usual pain pills to keep me fairly comfortable...so that's a definite improvement.
So no miracles yet and I don't feel like running a marathon but I am feeling somewhat better in general than I would likely have felt prior to the procedure.
I know that last weekend before it turned crappy weather wise and we had sun and temps in the 60s...I actually felt quite decent and even piddled around outside a little. Of course I probably still had some cortisone running around in my body then...and it's gone now.
Couple more days of crappy weather in the forecast and then supposed to get some sun and warmer temps..like 50 maybe.
I am glad that I had the procedure...any improvement is better than none. It wasn't a fun procedure at all...hurt like hell but I am seeing improvement even if not the miracle I had hoped for.
I was told to allow a full 6 weeks before really taking a hard look at the results and I was also told to expect things to maybe be actually worse for little while until the trauma from the procedure healed up and they said about a month just for the healing of the burned areas. It's actually like any surgical procedure...4 to 6 weeks of healing afterwards...give the body a chance to heal up and regroup kind of thing.
I may have to RISE but I refuse to SHINE.
