February 27, 2011
Today's session was around 11 am to 1 pm, this being a Sunday. It wasn't too crowded. However, there was only one assistant today instead of the usual four. This meant that everything was really slowed up as one might imagine. I did the magnet machine but when I asked if I should do the electrogmagnet, the assistant told me to wait for the doctor's assessment.
The doctor wasn't in yet. So I asked if I could get the strengthening exercises out the way. Okay, do it, says the assistant. So I do, and by the end of that the doctor is in, so I await my turn. I'm already wincing in pain, apprehensive about the needles that the doctor had promised me yesterday.
And the doctor does deliver as promised. I ask him, are all the needles always going to be on the fingers? He says, yes, there are four to choose from. Great, I say. I'm about to choose when he says he's going to stab my little finger. Then, he probably takes pity, and decides to stab my forefinger.
I thnk the pain will become more bearable, but lemme tell you, it's freakin INTENSE. And the thing is it's needle after needle after needle in pretty much the same spot. Some don't hurt at all, others hurt like hell. When he's done with my forefinger, he says wait. My middle finger gets five more, but those are not clustered and don't hurt that much.
But it hurts all over again when the assistant removes the needles from my forefinger. It's just not fair, right?! why does it have to hurt pretty intensely even when the needles are being extracted? Me no like.
I ask the doctor when he thinks he can tell whether or not I am on my way to healing up the way I'm supposed to heal. He says you can 't tell anything before ten days are up. So I guess after four more days, I should be feeling better and I'll venture to ask again.
Other than that, I chat with two guys who are also there with torn ACLs in their left knees. We commiserate. One guy named Mandeep, a sikh, is pretty cheerful about the whole thing. He's on day 5, one day junior to me. The other guy, Sunil, is also pretty relaxed. He's on day 14 and has been told by the doctor that 3 more days are needed. As far as he knows, his complete tear has resolved itself to a partial tear. Let's hope so, and let's hope he is healed. That will give Mandeep and myself hope.
But there's a guy I met two days ago, who was on day 16 and told me he had a completely torn ACL and torn MCL. He's what you might call large or big, if you go for such euphimisms. Anyhow, he calls in to the doctor to announce that he is HEALED! he's gotten an MRI done and they say there is no tear in the ACL. This gives the three of us a reason to smile and hope.
If it can happen once, it can happen again.
Today's session was around 11 am to 1 pm, this being a Sunday. It wasn't too crowded. However, there was only one assistant today instead of the usual four. This meant that everything was really slowed up as one might imagine. I did the magnet machine but when I asked if I should do the electrogmagnet, the assistant told me to wait for the doctor's assessment.
The doctor wasn't in yet. So I asked if I could get the strengthening exercises out the way. Okay, do it, says the assistant. So I do, and by the end of that the doctor is in, so I await my turn. I'm already wincing in pain, apprehensive about the needles that the doctor had promised me yesterday.
And the doctor does deliver as promised. I ask him, are all the needles always going to be on the fingers? He says, yes, there are four to choose from. Great, I say. I'm about to choose when he says he's going to stab my little finger. Then, he probably takes pity, and decides to stab my forefinger.
I thnk the pain will become more bearable, but lemme tell you, it's freakin INTENSE. And the thing is it's needle after needle after needle in pretty much the same spot. Some don't hurt at all, others hurt like hell. When he's done with my forefinger, he says wait. My middle finger gets five more, but those are not clustered and don't hurt that much.
But it hurts all over again when the assistant removes the needles from my forefinger. It's just not fair, right?! why does it have to hurt pretty intensely even when the needles are being extracted? Me no like.
I ask the doctor when he thinks he can tell whether or not I am on my way to healing up the way I'm supposed to heal. He says you can 't tell anything before ten days are up. So I guess after four more days, I should be feeling better and I'll venture to ask again.
Other than that, I chat with two guys who are also there with torn ACLs in their left knees. We commiserate. One guy named Mandeep, a sikh, is pretty cheerful about the whole thing. He's on day 5, one day junior to me. The other guy, Sunil, is also pretty relaxed. He's on day 14 and has been told by the doctor that 3 more days are needed. As far as he knows, his complete tear has resolved itself to a partial tear. Let's hope so, and let's hope he is healed. That will give Mandeep and myself hope.
But there's a guy I met two days ago, who was on day 16 and told me he had a completely torn ACL and torn MCL. He's what you might call large or big, if you go for such euphimisms. Anyhow, he calls in to the doctor to announce that he is HEALED! he's gotten an MRI done and they say there is no tear in the ACL. This gives the three of us a reason to smile and hope.
If it can happen once, it can happen again.
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