“Chronic pain treatment success”
In two words: life changing. I am a Medical Doctor who had a car accident 10 days after my medical school interview in 1994. Having been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and suffering chronic pain since that MVC, I struggled daily with weather and activity related pain. As an emergency room and integrative medicine practitioner myself, I have practiced prolotherapy but never received it as part of my healing regimen. I have been getting prolo/prolozone with my esteemed colleague, Dr. Blatman, since fall of 2014. With these injections and his insightful coaching around nutrition for chronic pain, I have experienced prolonged periods of COMPLETE PAIN RELIEF. No medication has ever provided such complete and long lasting relief. For the FIRST TIME in 23 years, my functional status has been restored. I am now able to twist to wipe myself properly in the washroom, sit on the floor, bend over, hold my head off centre for prolonged periods and enjoy activities of daily living painfree. All of the modalities that I used to help pain like sleeping with my head propped up and pillows under my knees have completely been eliminated. In fact, those modalities now trigger pain. I sleep more soundly, have more stamina and less struggle after having Dr. Blatman treat me. Of course, when he educated me on diet related pain triggers, I did not want to hear that I would have to restrict my diet. Nor did I want to have to spend time with the maintenance routine at first. But, these lifestyle changes have become part of my daily life and the investment in myself is invaluable to the quality of my life. Certainly, the treatments are not a panacea. if my activities or food choices trigger return of pain, I come to the clinic for another treatment. I am worth the investment. One must ask oneself, how much is your health worth? Days out of my practice in Canada, an 8 hour drive and the cost of treatments in US dollars is an investment in my well being and function that I willingly make for the ability to function at my best for the first time in almost a quarter of a century. Allopathic treatment has not been able to provide this for me and I am now offering this treatment to my own patients!! Thank you Dr. Blatman for helping me to restore my health and enjoy pain free living!
Comment - “ My saving grace. ”
I finally feel like there is light at the end of the tunnel. This is the first place where I have felt that some one truly understands what I am going through and knows how to take care of it. My experience was very positive and hopeful.