Alternative and Complementary Therapies

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Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Osteopathy

I have been using my Osteopath Dr John White, the Founder of Osteoworks, for many many years and he has helped me though my back pain, neck pain and pins and needles in my feet with great success.  Before I was diagnosed my back pain and pins and needles were always thought to be from my job as a nurse and the disc degeneration in my L5/S1 discs and it was treated that way, it did help but never went away for longer then about 4-5 months.

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Second Neurologist Appointment

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Second Neurologist Appointment

I had my second Neurologist appointment yesterday (18/06) and I was once again nervous, sitting there waiting to hear what he had to say.  The waiting room was full and I thought "Great, I should know doctors never run on time." but it really wasn't that long because the other patients didn't need long appointments.  It was finally my turn (only 15 minutes from my appointment time) so I went in and sat in the familiar chair opposite him at his desk. He greeted me with a smile and asked how I had been.  

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First Hospital Stay - Part Two

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First Hospital Stay - Part Two

Waking up at 6am after only a few hours sleep I was surprisingly alert, so I had a shower because there really wasn't anything else to do.  After breakfast the nurse wanted to start my steroid infusion earlier so I could hopefully sleep better that night.  About 20 minutes into my infusion there was a knock at the door and my favourite surgeon was standing there asking if he could come in.  What a nice surprise!  I couldn't go far with my little IV friend attached so he came over for a hug and stayed a short while for a chat to check on how I was going.  When he left I told the nurse that my arm was really starting to hurt - my cannula had tissued (most likely from the position it was placed) so they had to stop my infusion and call the cannulation nurse to re-site my cannula.  

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First Hospital Stay - Part One

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First Hospital Stay - Part One

Apart from being born in a hospital I've never actually been admitted as a patient.  I do come to work in this hospital 5 days a week but standing in the 'Admissions' line was a totally new experience .  I do now have a new appreciation of what patients have to go through filling out the paperwork, answering questions and signing different bits of paperwork.  After all of that was done and I was officially admitted a lovely volunteer appeared to help us find the ward.  

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