Wednesday, July 24, 2013
We got up early this
morning to drive into Portland, OR so that Phil could go to the VA Medical
Center in Vancouver, WA (just across the river from Portland). He is still
experiencing pain in his shoulder and right arm. He got the rig set up quickly,
then left. He was unable to get an appointment in advance, so he had to go to
the emergency room. There are VA’s in both Portland and Vancouver, we chose
Vancouver because it looked like it would be easier for him to get to, and it
was! But, they didn’t have an emergency room, so he ended up at the Portland
facility anyway. Bummer!! He did get seen by a doctor that he was impressed
with and thought was very thorough. The doc thought it was a pinched nerve in
the C-7 area, so he had blood work and x-rays done, which pretty much confirmed
what he thought. He gave Phil a shot deep into the muscle to relax it, took him
off of the Celebrex and substituted something else. So, now we wait and see if
this works. He also stopped at a drug store and bought a band to put on his
forearm, just below the elbow to help with the pain he has there. He use to get
cramps and pain there when he was working, but it had gone away, so he didn’t
have his old band with him. The band somehow keeps the muscles from cramping.
Fingers Crossed!!
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