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So thoroughly sick and tired of being sick and tired.
I've had enough days off in a row to require a doctor's note now... so instead of going back to the Urgent Care where they will tell me again to go see a 100% inaccessible ENT, I went to my Chiro thinking maybe if my neck and jaw were in the right places it might help. I had been reading some different things about what they suspect is happening with me, and a lot of people get relief. So I went hoping it would give me some too.
Well it did. Am I 100% better? No. Am I significantly better? Yes. The noise in my ear is significantly less. My Equilibrium is better. I don't feel as much phantom pressure in there, it will actually clear from time to time now. I understand that the pressure is not real. I don't exactly understand how that is, but something causes the brain to interpret pressure when there isn't any apparently. Now my muscles are a little sore from the adjustment, but not pinchy nerve pain hurty, and I can put some tiger balm on that and all will be well.
The up shot/downshot is. Doc doesn't want me back in that chair for 8 hours until Sunday. That means two more days off work. He wants me to have another adjustment before then, and have a couple of days not worrying about whether I can manage to work. It's really hell to me to get up to go to work, and half an hour after I get up realise that there is just no way. It really stresses me out. I like my job. I want to work. I can't be more clear than that. Sure it's not the perfect job, but I do like it. However at least knowing that I'm not going to be working means I don't have to stress all night about whether I'll rise fit for work. That's probably going to help me more than anything else, even if I would prefer an instant fix and just go back to work and be my normal cheerful (and able to stand up without swaying) self.
Anyway, it was certainly a lot more comfortable going to a doctor I KNOW, and TRUST than going to an Urgent Care where I have never had the same doctor twice. It was nice to go in and not have to wait 4 hours to be seen, (an hour of which was spent in a cold exam room alone). It was really nice to have Dr. Shaffer spend more time with me personally than the entire sum of my human interaction at the Urgent Care probably both times combined. It's nice to have a doctor listen to what's going on, discuss options, and then take the time to make sure I'm as comfortable as possible and know what to expect.
So my neck was really whacked out. REALLY whacked out. Probably the worst it's been in a while. So he had to spend some time working with me to get it sorted out. Did some realignment with my jaw as well, since he pointed out that TMJ is often a factor in these types of problems. And even then, two visits will have cost me less than one to the Urgent Care, and three will still be less than the LOWEST possible amount the ENT said it might be in their WILDLY VARYING travesty of an estimate for an office visit. Wonder why I'm not a fan of chemical medicine? Yah... There it is right there.
Well it did. Am I 100% better? No. Am I significantly better? Yes. The noise in my ear is significantly less. My Equilibrium is better. I don't feel as much phantom pressure in there, it will actually clear from time to time now. I understand that the pressure is not real. I don't exactly understand how that is, but something causes the brain to interpret pressure when there isn't any apparently. Now my muscles are a little sore from the adjustment, but not pinchy nerve pain hurty, and I can put some tiger balm on that and all will be well.
The up shot/downshot is. Doc doesn't want me back in that chair for 8 hours until Sunday. That means two more days off work. He wants me to have another adjustment before then, and have a couple of days not worrying about whether I can manage to work. It's really hell to me to get up to go to work, and half an hour after I get up realise that there is just no way. It really stresses me out. I like my job. I want to work. I can't be more clear than that. Sure it's not the perfect job, but I do like it. However at least knowing that I'm not going to be working means I don't have to stress all night about whether I'll rise fit for work. That's probably going to help me more than anything else, even if I would prefer an instant fix and just go back to work and be my normal cheerful (and able to stand up without swaying) self.
Anyway, it was certainly a lot more comfortable going to a doctor I KNOW, and TRUST than going to an Urgent Care where I have never had the same doctor twice. It was nice to go in and not have to wait 4 hours to be seen, (an hour of which was spent in a cold exam room alone). It was really nice to have Dr. Shaffer spend more time with me personally than the entire sum of my human interaction at the Urgent Care probably both times combined. It's nice to have a doctor listen to what's going on, discuss options, and then take the time to make sure I'm as comfortable as possible and know what to expect.
So my neck was really whacked out. REALLY whacked out. Probably the worst it's been in a while. So he had to spend some time working with me to get it sorted out. Did some realignment with my jaw as well, since he pointed out that TMJ is often a factor in these types of problems. And even then, two visits will have cost me less than one to the Urgent Care, and three will still be less than the LOWEST possible amount the ENT said it might be in their WILDLY VARYING travesty of an estimate for an office visit. Wonder why I'm not a fan of chemical medicine? Yah... There it is right there.
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Feel better!