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Originally Posted by frenchfri1003
Hi Cathie,
Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. My son was home from college and then celebrated Thanksgiving twice in 2 different locations. Both about 2 hours away. Spent way to much time driving. My back and neck were not happy with me. The unit that I have is from a company called Empi. I will look for their 800 toll and send it at another time. It runs on either rechargeable batteries or regular ones. There are different size pads. I use a small circle or a large oval depending on where I place the pads. I would check ebay. Just a thought. Hope you are feeling a little bit better since your fall. Have new aches and pains surfaced? I am still not as good as i was pre car accident but getting better. I am still have issues with hands and feet turning red like a bad sunburn or bluish and either hot or cold. The local dr thinks it could be TOS or Raynauds. I'm not sure and was give the name of the Chief of vascular Surgery at a large hospital about 1 hour away from my house. The other choice was NYC which depending on traffic could be 2 hours away. I have an appointment in 2 1/2 weeks with the large hospital. Not sure what to expect. Time will tell. Hope each day is better and you are able to keep your spirits up.  |
Happy belated Thanksgiving! Hope you enjoyed all the food and festivities.
I ended up buying one already, so thank you for the info, but I won't need it after all. I got my family doctor to write me a script for it and I can can a portion of it back through insurance. I love it, wish I would have gotten one months ago. The one I bought was recommended by my PT, it's call ProActive, but I'm guessing they all do about the same thing.
I'm not feeling any extra symptoms from my fall, thank goodness. Just the same ole complaints. I see my neuro next month to find out what will happen with my return to work. I think I would like to go back to school and be retrained in another area so I don't have to hurt my hand & neck with hours of computer work, I just have to get everyone else on board with this decision of mine. My spirits are good, I just worry about what will happen when and if I go back to work and can't actually 'do' any of my work. Ugh. But I know others are worse then me and at least I can still walk and take care of myself with some extra help with the lifting and heavy stuff.
That's crappy that you are still having those hand issues, hopefully it's something you can cope with and not too painful? I don't know very much about TOS or Raynauds, I think we all seem to get something "extra" as a bonus after our surgeries. Doesn't seem to be anyone that I've talked to that doesn't have some 'issue' or new problem after having a fusion.
OMG, a 2 hour car ride to see a specialist would kill me, I still can't drive that long by myself, and still have a lot of pain from long car rides. hope you get some answers in a couple weeks at the hospital instead of another round of specialists. ugh.
take care....
Cathie