So I was able to go and see my acupuncturist. I definitely needed it. She informed me that the area surrounding my SCS battery was inflamed, and I am inflamed along the right side of my lead incision. So I am calling my PM to find out if I should be concerned. What do you think? Any experience? Does/Could a body reject such a device that it would cause problems surrounding it? How come it took so long for my body to not like it? Was it just building up to this point?
With this horrible condition comes a lot of patience and learning. I have a limit, I have learned it. I also know that my flare ups don’t care what I am thinking, they want to come, they will. My acupuncturist told me not to wait so long to see her though. I told her I didn’t have any money to see her, it’s hard when you live off your mom. She said she will work with me, but that I must get not allow myself to go downhill so much before I come to see her.
I like my acupuncture appts. I get a decent amount of relief from them. They help me through my flare ups. Which, for those of you with RSD/CRPS, is a blessing in itself.
I also have appts with a chiropractor and a physical therapist. I have decided to take my own advice. I leave people messages who are new to RSD and tell them “aggressive treatment” “alternative medicine (chiropractor, acupuncture), physical therapy, pain management” are all good to have. Well I know for a fact that because of the leads in my spine and not being able to bend, or twist, I definitely need to be adjusted, so chiropractor here I come. Then the acupuncture can help with the inner workings. Last but not least the physical therapy can help make me stronger. (The last time I tried PT it hurt so badly.) Let’s pray that I will be able to endure the process and come out stronger. Cause at this point I am not strong. It hurts to be strong.
My doctor stated at one point that I will need indefinite physical therapy. I think I am scared to get it. (Previous experience) I would like to try water therapy again, however, they are located too far for me to drive to, and I can’t afford that either. (Plus they were already so kind to me) The drive alone would surely hurt me.
On a side note: Our garden is growing beautifully. Our corn, however, got struck down by a tree branch falling on most of them. We managed to save 2 plants. Our watermelon looks as though it’s done and doesn’t want to grow anymore. (Any advice would be great, the leave are just wilting everywhere) Our grape tree is happy in its spot. We have just recently planted beans (cool). Our strawberry, which we thought was a goner, is in fact flowering now. Our tomatoes are many. MANY MANY green tomatoes. Some are starting to turn, others are just staying green. HMPH. The onion should be done in the next month or two. The bell pepper plant is giving us 2 right now. The jalapeno plant is giving us an array of colors. (It’s fun watching those change color) My banana pepper plant is struggling (we are getting another one next year - I love banana peppers - they make pepperchinis). Our morning glories are flowering finally!!! One is giving off a deep dark purple (always the model for the tattoo I wanted - however, no more - in fact even my doctor advised against me getting tattoos, it could cause me more problems), the other morning glory plant is giving off a light purple. We also planted in between those multi colored morning glories. Our fence will be full in no time!!!
Enough for now. I will post and let everyone know what my doctor has to say about my battery and leads.
