Don’t Count your Chickens
Cindy in the Unitas Mountain Range on the way to Kings Peak, the Highpoint of Utah.
On Monday we traveled to Frisco to take some steps for Cindy’s healing.
First, we picked up the bone stimulator.
We had a simple orientation on how and when to wear the device.
Then we headed for the pain injection.
After a brief visit with the Doctor said he was ready to schedule our return appointment to get the treatment. We were a little stunned. The referral paper clearly showed that the was to get the shot on the first visit. It is a 5 hour round trip. I sat on my hands and breathed deeply. Cindy tried again pointing out the plan and her communications with the office.
The Doctor explained that there was no anesthesiologist available or x-ray technician to help. Cindy again then appealed to the Dr. who looked again at the papers. Then he said, “Let me do some checking.”
Cindy and I discussed that while we were frustrated It didn’t look like we had any choice.
Then the Doctor came back and said he had a plan. They had been cross training their staff and the man working the front desk could operate the x-ray. Unfortunately, there was no anesthesiologist, but she could get the shot with just local numbing. It would be uncomfortable.
Cindy chose the shot right then and there. She is so much braver than me.
After quick preparation and a numbing shot he put the injection in the piriformis. I waited in the other room.
He said that people normally get numbing impact of the anesthesia that Cindy would not get, but in 4 days it should help.
We got home, took a walk and then Cindy put on the bone stimulator. We read the book and for the first time understood the routine. Wear it 2 hours every day for 270 days. I means that she has to wear it until January 1, 2026. The statistics of the medical trial for the device are very convincing that it makes a huge difference in long term healing.
Sleep did not come easily for Cindy. The shot had not yet alleviated the pain. The shot had brought new pain at the injection site. Her leg hurt worse than usual, mostly form being int he car so long.
We are praying that eventually it will have been worth it.
Click the image to read about the treatment
