Scar injections tomorrow
 

Hello all,

I hope we are all having a mostly good day. ;)

I wanted to reach out for prayers and healing vibes. Tomorrow I am driving 3 hours to Houston to my Physical Medicine ultrasound guided injection guru to see if we can safely shoot up my nine inches of surgical scars with any more steroid to reduce that mess. I still have a lot of it that I step on constantly and that drags by and crunches down nerves in my ankle. Ouch! I have made improvements every time we do this but it is risky and I can't lose anymore healthy tissue to atrophy. It is a tight, tricky area to inject. We'll see what he says. I am hoping, hoping, hoping to improve my remaining pain contributors aside from my nerve damage so that the ketamine has the best chance of long term gains.

Thanks everyone!
:grouphug:

Healing Thoughts and Prayers coming across the Ether, you most Special Person, Littlepaw.

With your kindness and grace, you deserve a fully successful procedure.

Dave.

Wishing you only the very best!
Rest well, enjoy the ride and come back to us with your results.
Hugs hugs and more hugs

Best of luck to you Littlepaw. I hope all goes well and they are able to do something for someone who is so supportive of this forum group

Little Paw,
My thoughts will be with you tomorrow along with great hopes for a successful procedure. Your courage in dealing with this illness has inspired me. Safe travels, mac

Good luck tomorrow! Thoughts and prayers are headed your way
:hug:

Thanks everybody! I really appreciate this. I know our prayers and positive thoughts for each other make a difference.

I am turning in soon. I decided to go down a couple hours early and visit the Houston Natural History Museum before my afternoon appointment. They have what I believe to be the best mineral collection in the U.S. Ah, the treasures of geology. They have a visiting exhibit of 350 Faberge objects now too.

Hee, now I am kind of excited! I thought about it and went - heck, I get around well enough lately to do something down there besides get shots. I can make it a quick visit and sit when I need to. I'll love it and then if they don't think we can do any more injections I haven't totally wasted the day. We need to be having more fun whenever we can! :)

I'll keep you guys posted. :hug:

Here's to more fun!

I really need to re-tool Houston. Three surgeries and more doctors appointments down there than I can count. I think we can get somewhat traumatized by a place if it only gets to have negative connotations. I used to go there for the museums. It's time to take it back!

Littlepaw, many many prayers and lots of best wishes headed your way. Praying for a good report! Hugs!

Sent from my XT1028 using Tapatalk

Wishing you successful injection and sending posting thoughts. You deserve it.

sending many healing prayers and hugs your way littlepaw.

Hi everybody!

Houston is mine! Mwa-ha-ha. I took it back at the museum which was fabulous.

Driving 6 hours there and back and getting my foot shot up in between was less fun.

The good news. PM&R injected two areas of the deep surgical field where scar tissue is right over nerves. Hence the ultrasound. His statement was "God Bless, it's hard! Yeah I'll shoot that." Doc is a bit worried about any rupture so I am to sit on the couch eating bonbons for at least two weeks, preferably three. Back in the pool for me.

Less good news. He wants dermatology to treat the superficial keloid scar that is so painful. Since it's not a deep structure I guess it's not his thing. So I live with it or find someone to do it. I have had keloids that itch, sting and burn before -taking years to calm down. I keep hoping if this one settles then I have one less thing setting my nerves off. Maybe wishful thinking. I guess I can go see someone and get info. Geez, what's one more appointment at this point? :winky:

Thanks for all the prayers. There and back in one piece! :hug:

i'm so happy to hear you made it back okay littlepaw! hope that you start feeling some pain relief soon. hugs to you my friend. hope you sleep well.

Yeah you ! My scars, especially the one on the neck, I can't use most 'oils', vitamin e etc and it's nice to know I am not alone.....big hugs n eat 4 bon bons one for me!

You reclaimed Houston, Yeah! Glad you enjoyed the museum, maybe doing something fun will make your stay on the couch a little easier. Hope you recover soon. Be as kind to yourself as you are to others.
Oh, I found something you may have already seen but if not it's worth watching. Restores my faith in humanity (some) and the medical profession(some.) https://youtu.be/SGGBzxeeSrA all the best, mac

I had not seen this. Thank you so much! I teared up several times. I think this should mandatory viewing for all healthcare providers. What a beautiful individual. That just made my day.

I thought you might like that. I want to clone him. No luck with the Dallas provider I was checking into. Does not return my calls. May have to look further away. ~mac

Pure Love Heals
 

Hi Littlepaw,

So glad all has gone so well! :)

Bon-bons? I will stop in and bring you a healthy lunch. ;)

Sorry to have missed this. I was away from the forum for several days.

(((((( Littlepaw ))))))
May you feel Pure Love Surround You for Comfort, Peace, Joy and Complete Healing!

:circlelove:

DejaVu

Thanks everyone for all the heartfelt wishes. Thanks DejaVu for the lunch offer! I'm not giving up on eating some Bon-bons though. My doctor said he'd write me a note! :D Now if I could just find some In my healthy pantry. If it weren't so dang hot in Austin this week I would order some Neuhaus and we could all share.

So for the time being my foot feels pretty fabulous. Steroids so near the nerves coupled with being a bum have decreased my pain so much it is seriously like a 1 right now. I can't even believe it. I guess those nerves were more aggravated than I thought. I am always shocked every time I have a pain reduction because I think my pain has reduced a lot already. evidently it is pretty relative! Makes you wonder about how much we actually tolerate day to day that it becomes like static. Geez.

So we'll see how this turns out in the long run once I am up on my foot again using it. Hopefully more of that scar tissue will melt away and maybe it won't revert to quite so much discomfort.

Interestingly, my foot did not even flare a little after this set. :eek: In the past, injections have aggravated it but overall been worth it. This time I had what was likely normal soreness for a single day. Was it Ketamine? I dunno, never happened like this before.

Ooooh I hope, I hope it stays better a notch!
:hug:

Yay Littlepaw!

I am so glad you were able to get pain reduction and a great trip on top of that. I have never heard of Neuhaus before now but if your afraid of it melting, come on up here and share. It's a pleasant 68 deg. right now in Detroit and I am always in the mood for good chocolate

Less is More...
 

I have hit the end of my bonbons-on-the-couch staycation. I took a long walk this morning and had quite a bit less pain. Yeah! Let's hope it's not just from sitting around. ;)

The deep scar tissue is reduced and the whole area seems more flexible. I wish I had not had to lose healthy tissue too but that is part of what happens with a series of steroid shots. The concrete had to go.

I did end up going to dermatology. He shot my 5 inch ankle scar up with kenalog. It stung but wasn't bad since that is superficial compared to what I have been getting done in Houston. The scar is at least 40% smaller and I just saw him 4 days ago. There is already less pulling.

Overall, this strategy has done me quite a bit of good. Treating the deeper and superficial scar tissue has made a difference in my pain level. I really wanted to address it to the degree possible before my last ketamine infusion next Friday. Though I am tempted to ask about an extra one since I just got some of the pain contributors treated...:rolleyes:

I know it is said to stay out of the CRPS area but for me and my situation getting in there to do something about one of the problems has helped. The amount of pain scar tissue can cause is substantial and I am glad I didn't decide to live with so much of it. Just goes to show that we must follow our own instincts about what works for us.

Thanks everyone for the support. I hope all are having a restorative weekend.
:hug:

One word.

Yay!!!

Dave.

So very happy for you and so glad for your posts........:hug::grouphug:

Yay, yay, yay!!! I am so glad that your treatments are doing so much good for someone so wonderful on this forum.
:hug:
Alaina