Well, well, well...hello Tarlovians! I know you haven't heard from me in a year and that is a really long time...for me it flew by! I have been living, peeps! My nerve pain is a gonner and constant pain is a thing of the hellish past. I have been getting prolotherapy and bio puncture since January 31st of 2012. I just recenlty hit my one year mark and what a year it has been. I can do all kinds of things now...it's almost like I am a real bonafied human once more! I experience pain when I try to workout my legs or when I am about to start my period, otherwise it is nill. Plus, when I do flare up I recover in 30 minutes instead of the days it would take me before. I am eager to get some tone back in these legs, but I guess patience is the name of the game when you are going the natural route. I read that it takes 5 months after a prolo treatment to completely heal an area so I am about on track. I wish I was totally better now...obviously, as I am sure many of you do as well... but I did continue to damage the area for years before I found a treatment that worked for me and didn't rob my immune system. I am hoping I don't have to do too many more treatments, but honestly if I had to get a treatment like this once a month for the rest of my life, but I still got to live pain free..I would do it in a heartbeat!
I have been feeling so GREAT in fact that....drumroll please... I went and got my self knocked up with a bambino!! I never thought I could or would want to get pregnant before. All I could see was me sitting at a bench in the park while all the other mothers got to play with their kids. Talk about seriously depressing! Luckily, that is no longer my vision or fate.
I am flaring up now, though and I think it has to do with the changes going on in my uterus. I feel like it feels when I am going to start my period so I can only assume it is similar. It still goes away quickly, but I am hoping a treatment will calm everything down (I haven't had/needed one since December). Prolotherapy (the most miraculous discovery on Earth!) is safe during pregnancy so I am going to continue treatment throughout and after. I read that Hippocrates performed the first prolo treatment on a jovalin thrower! It seems nuts that a treatment used successfully eons ago can be the missing piece to my puzzle, but I'll be damned if it wasn't. If you aren't looking into prolotherapy then you are doing yourself a diservice. It is non-surgical, safe enough for a pregnant woman, and it works! After all my years dealing with this, nothing has worked better. I even went and visited Lance Armstrong's chiro. in Austin, Texas for a second opinion and he recommended prolotherapy again to me. It is most certainly the right choice for me, but you need to do some research to see if it is for you. They mention the use of prolo for tarlov cyst disease on www.getprolo.com. Check it out and see what you think!
I will keep you guys updated on my pregnancy and any further improvements I make. Let me know how you guys are doing and if you have any questions.
Holy shit, guys....I can't beleive I made it out the otherside....
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