i went to the pain clinic last week and saw this new pain specialist who comes every fortnight.
she did a really good history and examination and has offered me the option of trying the botox injections in my muscle trigger points in my back and buttocks
as most of my pain seems to be kicked off by muscle spasm she is hoping that the botox relaxes the muscle enough to allow me to do more before the spasm takes over
it's not a cure unfortunately but they can last up to 6 months they can take up to 3 weeks to work but as she says it will allow me to exercise more so strengthening my back which in turn will help the muscles cope
she says sometimes when someone has an event like lifting injury etc the back goes into spasm to protect itself but then forgets to come out of spasm so it's now continually going into spasm for no good reason and these jabs may help break the cycle if it works i will be followed up with physio etc to teach the muscles to relax again
quite excited about it but trying to keep my head straight just in case they don't work and even if they do i will have to have the repeated and there is a limit to how many you can have but as i say they just might give me that window to get my strength back
they will do them under xray (they are quite painful apparently as the muscle they are after is very deep but i don't care if they do their job) when examining me it was really strange she just pressed into the muscle on the left side and it just felt like someone pressing hard in my buttock but when she did it on the right i nearly shot of the bed and it was that reaction she was looking for apparently there were several areas that caused this to happen and caused the referred leg pain too so sounds promising
there is another option to compliment this or use on it's own if these down work which is electro acupuncture
so all in all i came away feeling really positive
sorry for waffling on but and so excited
neil says i will have a young bum cheek and a 45 year old bum cheek when they have finished with me but don't think it works quite like that as you don't smile with your bum do you lol
anyway back to crafting i have made a 21st card for lyns daughter and am so pleased with it so have uploaded some pics for you hope you like it
the card size is A3 folded to A4 so lots of room to work with
as the envelope looked a bit like an office envelope i put a black panel on the front and decorated it
gill
