Well, I had my injection about 5 days ago. It was a mix of marcaine and dexamethasone (pain killer and steroid) for my shoulder. I felt no pain during the injection - - just sort of a filling sensation in my shoulder. He told me to lay off the gym for a week and I'm doing that. It actually hurt a little more than usual the day after the injection but I could tell there was a difference. At day 5 I can feel that it is MUCH better than before - - all the radiating pain is going away and my upper back is finally relaxing.
Now the shoulder isn't something that is loaded by body weight, so it is a bit easier to isolate than knees, but the vets I treat at the VA all tell me that injections help their poor old knees a lot. I think you can count on some improvement, dear Cho.
As for toxic relationships . . . good luck on that. Maybe keeping a calendar and jotting down your plans on it could help with that (filling those blank spots with "something" can keep you "unavailable" for the people that drain you). If you're busy, you're busy, right?
I had a friend once that admitted to being a people-pleaser and he kept letting other people monopolize his time away from his family - - he used the phrase "tyranny of the urgent" to describe how emotionally intense these folks were with him. He told me that he learned one thing that worked for him: being very organized, he kept a day planner of his appointments and obligations. What he did that most people tend to neglect was fill in times he needed and wanted to spend with his family right in his planner. So, when someone would want to grab a chunk of his time he would put them off by saying he had to check his planner; if family time was filled in he at least had an out - - and his reply was simply "it seems I have an appointment already scheduled." He told me later that people don't tend to respect family time as much as they do "appointments" . . . go figure.
I hope those relationships find another source to pester away from you. It is amazing how resourceful folks like that can be if forced to find another victim. Flattery has been my downfall - - when someone tells me how "special" I am to them, I tend to work harder for them. I realize now that sometimes that's just a setup to get me to do what they should do for themselves. Live and learn, aye?
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Date: 2008-10-21 09:11 am (UTC)Now the shoulder isn't something that is loaded by body weight, so it is a bit easier to isolate than knees, but the vets I treat at the VA all tell me that injections help their poor old knees a lot. I think you can count on some improvement, dear Cho.
As for toxic relationships . . . good luck on that. Maybe keeping a calendar and jotting down your plans on it could help with that (filling those blank spots with "something" can keep you "unavailable" for the people that drain you). If you're busy, you're busy, right?
I had a friend once that admitted to being a people-pleaser and he kept letting other people monopolize his time away from his family - - he used the phrase "tyranny of the urgent" to describe how emotionally intense these folks were with him. He told me that he learned one thing that worked for him: being very organized, he kept a day planner of his appointments and obligations. What he did that most people tend to neglect was fill in times he needed and wanted to spend with his family right in his planner. So, when someone would want to grab a chunk of his time he would put them off by saying he had to check his planner; if family time was filled in he at least had an out - - and his reply was simply "it seems I have an appointment already scheduled." He told me later that people don't tend to respect family time as much as they do "appointments" . . . go figure.
I hope those relationships find another source to pester away from you. It is amazing how resourceful folks like that can be if forced to find another victim. Flattery has been my downfall - - when someone tells me how "special" I am to them, I tend to work harder for them. I realize now that sometimes that's just a setup to get me to do what they should do for themselves. Live and learn, aye?
You're the tops!
Love,
Pappy