msrawdiva
Raw Newbie
i had a cold about 5 weeks ago. after a week, i came down with a HORRIBLY crippling neck pain on the left side. i was told by my doc to go to the emergency room because they thought it was spinal meningitis due to the symptoms. i spent almost a day there gettting ct scans and receiving massive amounts of pain meds via iv. ct scans…they found nothing. i was given vicoprofen and antibiotics and told to get an mri – it could be a slipped disc in my neck. mri…into week 2.5 – nothing. during this time, i was getting regular shots of toredol just to be functional…this was a horrendous time in my life, needless to say. i had to pump myself up with mounds of percocets, norco, etc. my doc finally said i should go to a physical therapist and she gave me anoteh script for pain meds.
in week 4, i took it upon myself to seek out a chiropractor.
my chiro checked me out and stated he had never seen a case like mine. i got a massage in my neck area – it was worse than childbirth. however, when the therapist got to the painful area, my entire head region filled with mucous, i got extremely congested in my lungs and i felt like my head was about to explode!
each time i went back (3X/wk) same thing would happen, but it would lessen. it got much worse before it got better initially.
yesterday was my 10th(?) appointment. my chiro decided to adjust my neck since i had a noticeable pain left after my massages. OH, IT HURT!!!!!
but today….i feel nothing! i’m pain-free!!!!
thank god (and my chiro all without no meds! i finally got over my addiction last weekend (it was rough!) and i’ve been detoxing since.
i just had to share this with you all because what you may have may be cureable with just some manpulation.
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oh my GOODNESS! i wish i had discovered them BEFORE spending loads pn doctor co-pays, you know? i think the last of the breakup from meds is my acne – and it’s slowly dissipating. i’ve been rawing it while sick and i know it has kept me from going over the edge.
i cannot believe that i haven’t had to deal with pain in almost a week! well…thursday it’ll be a week, but every hour was a day with pain.
now, i can enjoy all my favorite vh1 reality shows!!!!
littlebirdie – i applaud you for not falling for the drug-induced okeydoke these doctors try to pull on us when we don’t need it..
hey, angie – you know we teach as well as learn and i’d bet you could be teaching your chiro a couple of things about our way of life here…if he’s a good person, i’m sure he’d love to hear what you’ll have to say.
nicci – try seeing if any sports teams in the area use chiros and which ones. all i had to do was see the chiro my daughter’s basketball team uses and i would’ve ended up at the same chiro rather than doing the research on line (he was voted best in our area from some local magazines).
hey, queenfluff – my main concern was my neck when i went in and they initially focused on my neck for about 3 visits. my chiro checked all my joints and areas like my jaw and the like and came up with a plan of action which has done nothing but great things. so, yes – i would say they focus on the total body.
exactly, sue. i got surgery on my herniated disc in august…but that was WAY before i explored the chir possibility. i’m much, much better, but my chiro said it’s like fixing a car without knowing about the engine. therefore, it’s gonna take a different approach to adjusting.