I was at one of my monthly dermatologist appointments and had been discussing my frustration with everything that had NOT been going on with my health along with the doctor informing me to deal with it. My nurse said she would speak to Dr. Wasel regarding my troubles next thing I knew he had written a referral to a doctor that he has fill in for him for emergencies when he is out of town. Within a week I was off to see Dr. Karpman who had agreed to take me on as a patient. I knew going to a new doctor meant that he would want to try out several new things of his own. I was going to try to be patient but by this time it was late January 2008. Dr. Karpman looked at all my x-rays and listened to my story. And thus began my journey started once again…more drugs, more cortisone (a hell of a lot more) and then more drugs. In March of 2008 I started to go to physical therapy on a regular basis and even tried acupuncture for the first time. For 4 months straight I was there 3 times a week, then 2 times a week then weekly.
I forgot to mention that by this time I was off work completely since Nov of 2007 as the pain was too much and I could only sit for a few hours before it felt like me knee was going to explode. At the end I was reduced to using crutches and then that only made things worse in my shoulder, elbows and hands. I had this serious gimpy walk thing going on as my knee kept giving out on me.
Though my real worries were just about to begin as my dealings with the insurance company were about to begin….
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