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[subluxate]

An update, for all you wonderful people who need to know:

help_kelly has raised more than half of what I need to pay the premiums due at the end of the month! With your help, and possibly a loan from a friend, I should be able to keep Medicare

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[surreal_44]

I'm glad to hear that things seem to be clearing up for you. :-) Let us know if there's anything else that you need.

And I am so, so glad you found a chiropractor who has worked for you! I know that when the right one is found, it can end up with amazing results. I hope you continue your journey into improving your pain. :-)

[subluxate]

I'm just hoping that things get fixed! It depends, at this point, on the payment center, from the sound of things. It's a matter of pushing them--and apparently, that's one thing I can't do, unfortunately.

The chiropractor is amaaaaaaaazing. I may leave Geena for her.

[surreal_44]

Well, my friend is available to talk if you need any more help. Just let me know, and I'll give you her email address.

I remember about 10 years ago, I hyper-extended my thumb. It was a workman's comp case, so I had to go the doctors, and no matter what they did, they were not fixing it right.

Six weeks later my thumb hurt as much as before. I demanded to be released from care, which they did with great reluctance. I went to my chiropractor; he adjusted it, and it's never hurt since.

It's amazing. I'm so glad you're feeling a little better! :-)

[subluxate]

I will definitely let you know; thank you.

The worker's comp doctors I've seen have been utterly incompetent. I saw them in Georgia and California; Georgia was my neck post-accident (newsflash, doc: numb hand with a history of nerve problems in that side's shoulder that happened immediately after whiplash? You need to do something), as well as torn muscles in my back and a badly subluxated ankle. Still have pain in all three! California, I saw the doctor for my neck once we moved there; he put me in a neck brace, saw me again in a few weeks, and basically shrugged and said, "Ionno." USELESS.

So I'm hoping the chiropractor continues being useful. I've been awake nearly twelve hours now without a migraine, and considering the weeks of daily migraines, this is amazing. My neck hurts still, but it's faaaaaaar better.

[surreal_44]

Just be sure to follow her instructions. Ice is your friend in all instances, including after adjustments -- because your bones are out of alignment, your muscles will ache from being manipulated back into place. Just to let you know. :-D

Did you tell her about your ankle? You should let her know. If it's out of place, it can throw off the rest of your adjustment because your body will attempt to compensate for the injury. <---Lessons learned.

[subluxate]

Ice: duly noted.

I'll be sure to bring that up on Saturday. I'm hypermobile, so usually, I can get subluxations in my extremities fixed on my own; it's the lingering damage that's a problem.

[surreal_44]

I have a lot of issues with joints and so forth. All my joints are so screwed up. If I didn't have a chiropractor, I'm not even sure I'd be walking right now.

I'm getting to the point where I may have to think about disability because of the fibromyalgia and the joint issues. /o\

[subluxate]

That's part of my problem. And, of course, chiropractors can't fix my EDS or arthritis or fibro, or CRPS, or...a lot of other things, but she's helping with the back pain and migraines, for sure.

[surreal_44]

Exactly, although consistent chiropractic treatment can make some of those things (not all, obviously) have fewer or at least less excruciating symptoms. :-)