Getting it in the neck Wednesday

Wheelspinner

Literally.

CT guided cervical spine cortisone (or something) injection, both sides.

Wot fun, eh?

tlw1

Sound erm not nice

Morning

Working from the local branch so a double win of later start and cycling in

veronese68

Well, I hope their aim is good with the needles Spinner. I think I had something similar in my shoulder a while back. I will say it worked wonders and got full movement back almost immediately.
Another early start in the office, although I will have to leave before 3 so it's not all bad. I've been on the phone to one of my better Australian customers for a while. Spends well, doesn't moan and pays early. I wish more of my customers were like that. Chilly out, but lovely and sunny. Unfortunately I was in the car so couldn't make the most of it.
My second cup of tea has been delivered and I have biscuits to soak it up. This is good.

homers_double

Feeling fresh this morning after an hour on the turbo and an early night, having my PC dismantled today as it errors constantly during wake up. Maybe my hamster has been reading this forum ind is turning into a hypochondriac.

Tea will be made shortly and no biscuits have benn harmed during the making of this post.

ballysmate

Started to snow, big flakes but not sticking. Schools will no doubt be closing as I type.

pinno

Good luck WS. Ouch.

Hail showers but no snow. Like being pelted by a hundred air rifles.
Practice nurse made a howler of sticking a needle into my arm and had to use the other one.
Toots safely delivered to nursery, coffee on the go... I hope this weather improves just a little so I can go for a decent pedal tomorrow and move work on to Friday.

How did you get on with the Star Wars weapon production malarkey Seano? Pics please.

laters.

ballysmate

yeah Sean, was the Force with or against you?

pinno

Now sold so it's too late if you wanted to be an oil baron on the cheap. Things are looking up.

team47b

Ouch!

I went to the clinic for blood sample giverupping, made a change for someone other than me to stick needles in me.

She took the pi55 too but that's normal.

Epo, red wine, etc can now recommence until next time

pinno

team47b wrote:

Ouch!

I went to the clinic for blood sample giverupping, made a change for someone other than me to stick needles in me.

She took the pi55 too but that's normal.

Epo, red wine, etc can now recommence until next time

Had a lipids test that they didn't tell me about so I hadn't fasted :roll:

Wheelspinner

Note to self: never, ever, EVER agree to having that done again.

pinno

Wheelspinner wrote:

Note to self: never, ever, EVER agree to having that done again.

Did you puke?

Wheelspinner

Pinno wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Note to self: never, ever, EVER agree to having that done again.

Did you puke?

No, thankfully. Did have the whole vaso-vagal response though, quite nauseous for a while. Just eye-watering pain from a needle right in the C6 nerve root, and arms that still ache 5 hour later. Better work I hope

veronese68

Wheelspinner wrote:

Note to self: never, ever, EVER agree to having that done again.

I deliberately didn't say it hurt like fook when I had my shoulder done, I should think yours was worse. Hopefully it will work as well for you as it did for me so at least it wasn't for nothing.

pinno

Wheelspinner wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Note to self: never, ever, EVER agree to having that done again.

Did you puke?

No, thankfully. Did have the whole vaso-vagal response though, quite nauseous for a while. Just eye-watering pain from a needle right in the C6 nerve root, and arms that still ache 5 hour later. Better work I hope

I have had intermittent neck pain ever since an accident I had. I have been doing some Yoga to correct my posture which is having an effect, (slowly) because I do not want to go through what you have just done having had the injections in my hips and knowing just how uncomfortable they are.

Wheelspinner

Veronese68 wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Note to self: never, ever, EVER agree to having that done again.

I deliberately didn't say it hurt like fook when I had my shoulder done, I should think yours was worse. Hopefully it will work as well for you as it did for me so at least it wasn't for nothing.

Pffft, only 1 shoulder? :P I had both sides done... when he did the first one, even the doc admitted he'd not had too many patients get that much (bad) reaction... the second one was a little easier, but still awful..

Wheelspinner

Pinno wrote:

I have had intermittent neck pain ever since an accident I had. I have been doing some Yoga to correct my posture which is having an effect, (slowly) because I do not want to go through what you have just done having had the injections in my hips and knowing just how uncomfortable they are.

I've had constant problems for the last few years now since a fractured vertebra in a bike crash. Yoga definitely helps, have done lots of that and it's good, but the primary issue I have is now osteophyte growth on the spine, which means nerve compression in pretty much any posture now. Oddly, the result is that my neck muscles are almost constantly seized in near cramp, in a subconscious effort to stop the bones crushing the nerve, so I spend my entire day feeling like I'm being choked... The injections are a diagnostic attempt to see if deadening them allows the muscles to stop throttling me.

The expectation is it won't do much, or not for long anyway, but will at least indicate whether the guess about what's causing it is correct or not.

pinno

I know this sounds silly but if you find something at the gym so you can hang by your legs hooked around a bar, the whole weight of the head is temporarily taken off the shoulders and it gives you a bit of relief.
Does a proper massage help? Now to convince the wife to get a Thai woman with special talents in...

Stevo_666

Just goes to show, hypochondriacs aren't just oldies

'Orrid cold rain and wind here, glad I'm not riding today. London even got a snow warning for Friday, so the place may grind to a halt.

Wifey got a nice surprise when a load of money turned up in her bank account out of the blue. The endowment policy from her old flat had matured and she hadn't bothered reading the recent letters telling her about this. This has made my day, I won't need to sub her for years

pinno

Now she can sub your French scaffolding fetish.

tlw1

Stevo 666 wrote:

Just goes to show, hypochondriacs aren't just oldies

'Orrid cold rain and wind here, glad I'm not riding today. London even got a snow warning for Friday, so the place may grind to a halt.

Wifey got a nice surprise when a load of money turned up in her bank account out of the blue. The endowment policy from her old flat had matured and she hadn't bothered reading the recent letters telling her about this. This has made my day, I won't need to sub her for years

She could also get a Mazda




Said the man who drives a Hyundai poo hire car

seanoconn

Pinno wrote:

How did you get on with the Star Wars weapon production malarkey Seano? Pics please.

laters.

Assembly complete, just a day or two of painting before I can post a pic.

Flâneur

TLW1 wrote:

Said the man who drives a Hyundai poo hire car

So a TLW1 must buy in the future

tlw1

Flâneur wrote:

TLW1 wrote:

Said the man who drives a Hyundai poo hire car

So a TLW1 must buy in the future

It's sat on the drive with 35 miles on the clock and full of juice and the wife walked past it and used her car - says it all

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

Now she can sub your French scaffolding fetish.

German...I like my scaffolding well engineered.

pinno

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Now she can sub your French scaffolding fetish.

German...I like my scaffolding well engineered though I like the Chantilly lace French LaPeirre now and again and both are furnished with Nippon bits.

[Edited for accuracy]

pinno

TLW1 wrote:

Flâneur wrote:

TLW1 wrote:

Said the man who drives a Hyundai poo hire car

So a TLW1 must buy in the future

It's sat on the drive with 35 miles on the clock and full of juice and the wife walked past it and used her car - says it all

35 miles! Time to get shot of it.

homers_double

Well, March is supposed to be a wash out which sucks balls...

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Now she can sub your French scaffolding fetish.

German...I like my scaffolding well engineered though I like the Chantilly lace French LaPeirre now and again and both are furnished with Nippon bits.

[Edited for accuracy]

Not sure about the classification of the French one - carbon scaffolding?

pinno

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Now she can sub your French scaffolding fetish.

German...I like my scaffolding well engineered though I like the Chantilly lace French LaPeirre now and again and both are furnished with Nippon bits.

[Edited for accuracy]

Not sure about the classification of the French one - carbon scaffolding?

Very revealing... That's you stripped naked.

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Now she can sub your French scaffolding fetish.

German...I like my scaffolding well engineered though I like the Chantilly lace French LaPeirre now and again and both are furnished with Nippon bits.

[Edited for accuracy]

Not sure about the classification of the French one - carbon scaffolding?

Very revealing... That's you stripped naked.

:?:

Either too subtle or you've been on the herbal ciggies again.