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Lower Abs - San Diego, CA
UPDATED FROM BLindy
10 days post
Day 10
$1,400
It is now day 10 and the shooting pains appear to be gone :) My stomach is still a bit tinder to the touch and not fully back to normal but I would say it is about 70-80% better than it was a week ago. Now just waiting to see if the pain and money I spent have been worth it.
UPDATED FROM BLindy
5 days post
Day 6
So I only posted a day / day and a half ago. Last night I actually thought some of the soreness in my lower abs might be going away. That was until at about 3:45am I had numerous sharp stomach pains that woke me up - I could not go back to sleep for the next hour :( Oh god how long is this going to last???
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Did you get the Neurontin?
Another night of broken sleep due to the stomach pain... called in and spoke to the office apparently due to another medication I am on they cannot prescribe me any nerve specific medication such as Neurontin. They will be giving me a prescription for Percocet today - hoping this helps :)
It's only gonna get you high. Ask your regular Dr for Neurontin.
That's not true! Percocet is a very effective pain killer. It only makes you high if you take too much! It's a fantastic pain killer. Too bad druggies have ruined it for normal people that need it for pain, because it works!
Thanks for your posts. I like reading to see if this procedure would b for me.
You are welcome - I wish I would have read up more on this before I started the proceedure. I cannot say for sure (at least just not yet) if I would recommend this or not. It sounds like there are some other folks out there that have had a harder time than I but this has been more painful than I expected or was told it would be. Due to another medication I am on I cannot take any nerve specific medication at this time. The office will be prescribing me Percocet today - I will post back to all if this works.
God luck. I hope it helps. Can u wear regular clothes or r u in the moo moo zone?
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So unfortunately I do not have any before...
So unfortunately I do not have any before proceedure photos - those were taken at the office and I have been told that I will get a copy of the before and after pictures at my 3 month checkup. The picture I have posted is a photo of my lower abs after the proceedure - my belly is visable swollen.
So I had done a lot of reading of reviews prior to the proceedure - I think I went in expecting the worst. The proceedure itself was not to bad. Not comfortable but bearable. The massage afterwards was probably the worst part.
It has only been 5 days - the swelling for the most part has gone done as much as I can tell. But the pain - the daily pain - has yet to go away. While I have never been punched in the stomach I imagine this is what it might feel like. I have not been able to resume any sort of workout just yet as it hurts even just walking. I have a trip planned that starts 10 days from now and I am really hoping this daily pain goes away before that - I think I should have done this a month ago instead of too close to my trip. I have read so many things, like the itching, the sharp pains, and such that I am also worried I will get those while traveling - fingers crossed I am one of the lucky ones and I don't get too much of that. I will report back in after my trip hopefully with some good news. And will post before and after photos when I get them.
So I had done a lot of reading of reviews prior to the proceedure - I think I went in expecting the worst. The proceedure itself was not to bad. Not comfortable but bearable. The massage afterwards was probably the worst part.
It has only been 5 days - the swelling for the most part has gone done as much as I can tell. But the pain - the daily pain - has yet to go away. While I have never been punched in the stomach I imagine this is what it might feel like. I have not been able to resume any sort of workout just yet as it hurts even just walking. I have a trip planned that starts 10 days from now and I am really hoping this daily pain goes away before that - I think I should have done this a month ago instead of too close to my trip. I have read so many things, like the itching, the sharp pains, and such that I am also worried I will get those while traveling - fingers crossed I am one of the lucky ones and I don't get too much of that. I will report back in after my trip hopefully with some good news. And will post before and after photos when I get them.
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If you're 5 days out, I wouldn't expect it to get much worse. Get a script for Neurontin, a nerve-blocker, since most experience defrosting nerve pain at around the time you're at.
Oh thank you for the feedback!!! I truely appricate it. I so hope you are right and this is the worst of it.
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