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stevenpiziks) wrote2025-04-19 03:34 pm
stevenpiziks) wrote2025-04-19 03:34 pm
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The Great Neck and Shoulder Saga
A few weeks ago, I got out of nowhere a severe pain in my neck and down my left shoulder. It tended to come and go, but it was bad stuff. I hadn't done anything strange. I hadn't lifted anything weird. The pain just showed up.
I kept hoping it would just fade away. I tried OTC painkillers and hot showers. Nothing helped. I finally called a chiropractor, but the earliest "new patient" appointment wasn't until the following week. I made an appointment with a massage therapist, and got in on the same day. The therapist was a Russian woman who seemed overly worried that I was going to make a demand for something more than a massage. I told her about the pain, though, and she went to work on it. When the session ended, the pain was almost completely gone. It was such a relief! I tipped the therapist $20 and went home.
The next day, the pain came back. Shit.
I got through the weekend and went into the chiropractor. He massaged me and wrenched me around, and it made the pain better but not entirely absent. He said I should come back a few more times for more adjustments. I came in again, he did his thing, and again it helped, but the pain was still there. I should come back. But the following week was already full of medical appointments, and I couldn't stand the idea of one more, so I scheduled for the following week.
And then came the Great Biopsy Saga. (See previous entry.) I was put under general anesthesia for it. When I got home, I realized the pain was gone. It hasn't come back, either.
I think the propofol forced the muscles in my neck and back, the ones that were knotting up and causing the problem, to relax completely, wiping the pain away.
I have to say that was a welcome side-effect of the procedure!
I kept hoping it would just fade away. I tried OTC painkillers and hot showers. Nothing helped. I finally called a chiropractor, but the earliest "new patient" appointment wasn't until the following week. I made an appointment with a massage therapist, and got in on the same day. The therapist was a Russian woman who seemed overly worried that I was going to make a demand for something more than a massage. I told her about the pain, though, and she went to work on it. When the session ended, the pain was almost completely gone. It was such a relief! I tipped the therapist $20 and went home.
The next day, the pain came back. Shit.
I got through the weekend and went into the chiropractor. He massaged me and wrenched me around, and it made the pain better but not entirely absent. He said I should come back a few more times for more adjustments. I came in again, he did his thing, and again it helped, but the pain was still there. I should come back. But the following week was already full of medical appointments, and I couldn't stand the idea of one more, so I scheduled for the following week.
And then came the Great Biopsy Saga. (See previous entry.) I was put under general anesthesia for it. When I got home, I realized the pain was gone. It hasn't come back, either.
I think the propofol forced the muscles in my neck and back, the ones that were knotting up and causing the problem, to relax completely, wiping the pain away.
I have to say that was a welcome side-effect of the procedure!