What A Difference and Platelet-Rich Plasma.

 Our Location today is Windsor, Ontario.

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I have never been superstitious about Friday the 13th, and after yesterday considerate to be lucky. Most of the discomfort I experienced seemed Muscular and my Knee that had been moving totally different for the last Year.

I took a single Tylenol before going to bed and slept Pain-Free the entire night. Being so tired I didn’t even feel Kathy getting up this morning. She just left me sleep, thinking I needed to recover.

Very wet outside, The Car and Truck facing the other.

The weather is truly Fall-Like outside bringing the Cold Northeast Winds and Rain the entire day. We chose to stay in. Strangely I had to wear my Leg Wrap/Brace to calm the Reflective Pain in my Leg, but I never used my Cane once.

As mentioned in yesterday’s Blog I would do more research before writing about the Treatment the Nurse said her father was going for. After checking multiple sites, some even listing Prices. There are multiple uses for this treatment but I focused more for the relief of Joint Pain. This was taken from the John Hopkins site about PRP.

Split Pea Soup and Pineapple topped Yogurt.

To create Platelet-Rich Plasma, clinicians take a blood sample from the patient and place it into a device called a centrifuge that rapidly spins the sample, separating out the other components of the blood from the platelets and concentrating them within the plasma.

After creating platelet-rich plasma from a patient’s blood sample, that solution is injected into the target area, such as an injured knee or a tendon. In some cases, the clinician may use ultrasound to guide the injection. The idea is to increase the concentration of specific bioproteins or hormones, called growth factors, in a specific area to accelerate the healing process.

Early studies indicate that PRP injections may help treat osteoarthritis pain and stiffness by modulating the joint environment and reducing inflammation, but research is growing.

I visited other sites as well but the one thing they all seemed to say the procedure is not permanent and might need to be repeated after 6 to 9 Months. It all depends on how this Hyaluronic Acid Injection goes, if it needs to be repeated before anything else can be done, I may do it again, mainly because of the lower Out-of Pocket Cost. We’ll see how we feel after a week like the Nurse suggested.

We’ll have more to write about tomorrow.

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Krackers

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