At the end of the treatment G said that she was probably the most pain free she has been since starting, but her ankle pain (that we assume is from hardware) comes back quickly. The effects of the treatment lasted somewhere between 3-4 hours. Genevieve is not the typical CRPS patient who goes from zero pain to pain and can pinpoint the exact time the effects of the treatment wears off. She goes from less pain to more pain, and the pains are different so it’s just not black and white. While it has been frustrating that she doesn’t seem to be gaining a lot of time with each treatment, she says that her base level pain is less than before she started the Scrambler treatments...so I need to focus on that. It’s not necessarily going how I expected and hoped it would, but we are seeing gains.
After the treatment we drove to some springs that we had heard about. The first place had just been drained so we drove to the next place right next door. It was like a throw back in time. It was this funny little “resort” of pyramid homes surrounding a natural spring lake.
I think it was private and we couldn’t find an office to ask about a day pass. We considered going in anyway but we felt the water and it wasn’t warm. Sad day. I can’t believe I can’t find a warm therapy pool here in Florida. At our pool at the gym at home the therapy pool is where the older people go. I would think it would be very popular here.
At this point I think we are going to finish out the 10 treatments then come home. The last one will be on Monday.
