48 hours post injection

Less than 48 hours since my first injection and I feel amazing. Seriously. I cannot tell you how night and day this has been. I have been so depressed about being in constant pain. To wake up this morning and feel nothing, I mean NOTHING, is pretty incredible. And I still have 2 more injections!

I strongly recommend this therapy to anyone that is close to needing a knee replacement. Or, near bone on bone. Or, just have tried every therapy for knee pain for OA. It's called viscosupplementation. The gel that they injected was called Euflexxa. I'm so excited. I'm walking without my usual limp today. I feel "normal".

Dreamcicle

I had this dream last night that I was running around, almost gliding. We were kind of like sliding down a hill of some sort. I would run up the stairs to do it again. All I kept thinking was that I was invincible. I could do anything. I was pain free. It was amazing.

Then, of course, my alarm goes off and my knee is gnawing on itself.

Today was my first Euflexxa injection. I had wanted to do a video, but I was completely wiped out yesterday and just didn't plan well. They numbed the site pretty well. The needle for the actual gel is pretty big and a little intimidating. It actually felt just like getting a cortisone injection. They said I might stiffen up or swell the first 2 days.

A Few More Days Until Euflexxa

http://youtu.be/m2qJMbzwA3w    This is a link to a video for the Euflexxa injection I'm starting on Thursday. I'm a little scared. But, from everything I've read online, most people get a good response to the injection. It's a series of 3 injections, one every week for 3 weeks.

Euflexxa is supposed to be a gel that adds "cushion" in the knee. At this point, I do not want to have any more surgeries. This year along, I've had my knee scooped and my gallbladder taken out. The whole year has been about recovery. I'm not ready for another surgery. I really hope these injections help.

It's been really hard to stand on my feet, or walk. Even just laying down. I've been in constant pain with my knee. And it's the same knee that was scooped.

The physical pain is really starting to wear on me mentally. There's only so much a person can take. And, I start to think, Is this what my life will always be? Will I always be in this much pain? It takes a toll.