I canceled my physical therapy appointment. Once I looked at our insurance info, I realized it was going to cost about $400 to $500 to go through a course of physical therapy. I checked with hubby, who had been adamant that I go, and he agreed that we should wait.
If I hadn't experienced a reprieve yesterday, courtesy of the balance ball, I would not have been able to cancel. The pain was too great. The balance ball is giving me reprieve in hour and a half increments, and I slept a little better last night. I'm having trouble figuring out what to do during the workday, though. Right now I am sitting with my heating pad tucked in the waistband of my pants. Classy.
Hubby's balance ball is too big for me to sit on, but perfect for me to lay out and stretch on on my stomach. I am considering buying a smaller balance ball that I can bring to work and sit on, and then take short breaks to stretch on in the conference room or something.
Still suffering? Yeah. But I was able to drive this morning, and I am being proactive, so I guess we will just see what happens. I was just relieved to be able to get on the floor and play with my son last night.
I am a little nervous to see what happens by lunchtime, because that's when it got very difficult for me yesterday.
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5 comments:
Sorry you had to cancel - those copays can be a nightmare. They do sell different sized balls (which I guess you know already) and places like Wal-Mart have them at reasonable prices. Spending $20 or less beats $400 or so in copays! And if it works, it's really worth it. I hope you get to feeling better soon.
I hate that our health system deters you from getting medical attention when you need it. Here's hoping you figure out a way to cope.
You're still in pain, but you canceled? Ugh. Insurance sucks, doesn't it? I know how much you love Obama, ;-) but let's cross our fingers that he can do something about the health care system in this country.
If it makes you feel any better, I paid about $700 earlier this year to find out there was nothing wrong with my heart. Good times.
Something's definitely wrong with the system when people who pay for good health insurance still have to go without the care they need.
I hope the ball helps. Do you think maybe you could do one physical therapy appointment and have them show you some exercises you could do at home?
UGH, that really stinks that you had to cancel your physical therapy appointment even though you're still in pain.
I've had chronic back pain and one thing that helps me is doing ice, heat, ice, twenty minutes of each (in that order). When my back pain was really bad I'd do that times a day. I hope your pain starts decreasing.
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