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RE: I'm more broken than you - Drunk Monk - 07-06-2022
(06-30-2022, 07:55 AM)cranefly Wrote: This MRI takes an hour. Right away I discovered a problem. My neck had no support. It was like doing a plank across two chairs with my neck.
I was told mine was going to be a half hour. It was just head and neck. It felt like less. I might've dozed off.
I did think about neck planking and totally got what you meant by that. It didn't bother me as much - more so it was trying to be still and thinking I was uncomfortable neck-wise. But I must've been okay becuase I might've napped. But anyway, thanks for that.
(06-30-2022, 07:55 AM)cranefly Wrote: But this this whole direction of testing seems misdirected and overly expensive.
No shit. My co-pay was well over $1K. This misadventure is nearing $2K in one week already.
RE: I'm more broken than you - Greg - 07-06-2022
Getting sick is not for the broke.
RE: I'm more broken than you - Greg - 07-06-2022
You know what they says: Big Bucks, Big Kaiser.
RE: I'm more broken than you - Drunk Monk - 07-06-2022
I don't know why I've been giving away all this medical treatment for free through RM & JM. How dumb was that?
Big Kaiser - capitalism at its worst.
RE: I'm more broken than you - Greg - 07-06-2022
I don't know. I was kind of happy only to pay $80 for my knee x-ray and to have my colonoscopy for free. Although my doctor did say she had to fill out the form properly so I wouldn't be charged.
RE: I'm more broken than you - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 07-06-2022
Still waiting for the official charge from Big Kaiser for the CT scan.
RE: I'm more broken than you - Greg - 07-08-2022
Well this is disappointing. I took a couple days off from strenuous walks to see if my leg would heal up a bit. I planned to start hitting the walks hard on Friday to get ready for the backpacking trip in two weeks. Last night, I took the walk down the hill through the property, feeling it was time to incrementally get back at walking. My knee hurt all night long. This morning, I have this terrible feeling I will not be backpacking. Dammit.
RE: I'm more broken than you - Drunk Monk - 07-08-2022
So sorry to read this. I hope you recover. Arthritis is a bitch. It’s my bitch too.
My MRI results are in - there has been significant degradation in my cervical stenosis. I’m being referred to a spine clinic.
I was diagnosed with arthritis in 2008 and have been down this road. There’s no cure - no easy fix. I tried all manner of remedies - a parade of different Rx protocols, PT, acupuncture, chiropractics, herbal supplements, yoga, adjustments To my workspace ergonomics. a few quack cures… I was on top of it with my qigong regimen but I confess I’ve been slack in recent months. This time, the pain is far worse. There may be a surgical option but that’s extreme - spinal surgery on my neck? There’s risk. Significant risk.
Im not confident in the diagnosis. The onset has been so extreme and the pain is like nothing I went through before (and that was bad). Im getting back on my previous regimens and have an appointment with my old chiro next week in Palo. She’s fantastic but it’s now a long journey to get to her.
In two weeks, my summer rollercoaster starts - SDCC > backpacking > OSL > backpacking - I may have to bail on a lot of this. I may have to bail on all of it.
I felt good at Thor. The trip to SF wasn’t too bad, only the last leg home got rough. I had a decent Kung Fu session last night, only an hour but I recited my empty hand forms (slowly and mindfully), my staff forms, and sun taiji. I broke a decent sweat, partially because it was hot beach weather.
My current mindset is to devote all power to the shields - redouble my efforts on what has worked previously and hope for the best. I don’t have much of a choice. The pain is intolerable. I can’t make it without meds. I need a dose every 3-6 hours and I have to balance the side effects (heartburn and nausea - the constipation hasn’t hit yet because my diet had been mostly veg lately).
I haven’t accepted this yet - still angry and depressed. Not denying and I know there’s nothing to bargain here. Maybe there’s a tiny hold out that there’s another factor but that remains to be seen.
RE: I'm more broken than you - King Bob - 07-08-2022
So MRI ruled out pinched nerve or herniated disc?
I went to the Kaiser spine clinic for cortisone injections. One doctor I had was great, the other not so much.
RE: I'm more broken than you - Drunk Monk - 07-08-2022
My stenosis is vertebral - neural foraminal narrowing - which pinches nerves.
RE: I'm more broken than you - King Bob - 07-08-2022
That sucks hard. Christina has a client about to have surgery for that. She can hardly walk anymore. Plus side (?) at least you're mobile?
RE: I'm more broken than you - Drunk Monk - 07-08-2022
I’ve lived with it for 14 years. For some damnable reason, it just blew up on me.
I’m not confident it’s the only issue but it’s all that they’ve found so far…
RE: I'm more broken than you - King Bob - 07-08-2022
Looking like I'm less broken than all of you. Knock on wood. Except maybe ED, but he's AWOL.
RE: I'm more broken than you - Greg - 07-08-2022
ED did pop in for a few posts last week. But yes. You get healthiest award! Or at least you've delayed the consequences of aging the longest.
RE: I'm more broken than you - thatguy - 07-09-2022
KB - you're not on FB, so I thought I'd pass this along here. John B. Reached out to several of us on FB to say that Darren from high school has stage IV stomach cancer and is not doing very well and to send some positive vibes.
--tg