Hep A Shot...
( i am sorry i haven't been here in a long time) on Aug. 25, 2016 hubby & I well, he wanted us to get a Hep A shot in the Kaiser Hospital, thereafter from the 25th to the end of Aug , My arm started to hurt :-( , I really didn't think anything of it, I just thought it was like one of my chronic pains, the pain started to increase towards or around Sept, ( i think the lady who did it, shot the needle all the way through the bone or through the muscles, :-( ) i went to see my male doctor, he looked at me , asked me to raise my arms etc, I told him that I started having pains from the shot, & he concluded that it had nothing to do with it, I called him several times more in regards to it or hoping that he would have an alternative suggestions (too be honest I don't even know why I even bothered), he still insisted that I see him, this went on for 3 more times , lol. I kept replying that I already saw him, in between the lines (after seeing him in person, he didn't do or say anything to help ). My arm continues to hurt & I didn't know what to do because I tried everything else that I knew of- seeing my doctor, a chiropractor, a healer, a pastor/healer etc which didn't help at all . While all that, I continued to attend to my physical therapy which is taking forever because any cold places that I go to, affects it greatly with pain :-( , then hubby found an 800 number for me to call to make a professional complaints about it, so I called them & told them about it , after my several calls with this 800 number (with Kaiser for the complaints ) towards the end, nothing came out of it :-(, then I finally I got sick & tired of having my male doctor, (at the same time I wished I could send a complain about him, but I didn't ), he didn't even bother to request an x-ray just to see if any bone fracture, when i went to see this other doctor who cared about about me (which she happens to be my cancer doctor ) she requested to have the x-ray, which came out to a negative on bone fracture, so I finally. switched to a female doctor, & I told her what happened, & asked me to raise my right arm, push/pull against her hand etc to see how weak my right arm is etc, she concluded that I have a frozen shoulder (on my right upper arm), then she recommended me an anti-inflammatory medicine which also has a lot of side affects 😯, as opposed to what my male doctor recommended me to have is an cortisone shot, which she broke it down for me & told me that if i take it, the pain I have will come back worse, ( my hubby & my female doctor both agreed upon the side effects of the cortisone shot), although I will still see that specialist & see what he recommends , my female doctor recommend me to see that specialist for the shot, but I don't have to take it. My hubby recently went to target to get an electric blanket, although I live in Hawaii, in the area where we moved to recently, the temperature during the nights get colder, that it feels (FOR ME) like it is 40 to 50 degrees, & plus the cold temperatures affects my painful arm greatly too :-( . So the electric blanket helped a great deal for me . I am somewhat happy for my decisions for changing to a female doctor, i hope she can be more sympathetic towards me & helping me out in anyway she can etc. Well, that's the gist of anything thats new with me, my arm still continues to hurt, but I don't think it will hurt as much during the night time with the new electric blanket :-). My mom, & one of my hubby's cousin both recommended turmeric (pill form) & my mom recommended vitamin D3. So I am hopping those 2 will be much better than the anti-inflammatory medicine I was given , at least those 2 does not have any bad side affects like the Meloxicam 😮. I have been using my left arm a lot (95% of the time) too :-( it's been difficult for me having to use my left arm a lot since I am right handed. Sigh. The only thing I can't do with my left is write , & use the virtual keyboard on my phone & tablet. :-(. The ONLY thing I want for Christmas is MY right arm to get better. Sigh. I am tired of waiting, going to P.T. & on top of that, having to pay a copay to go to honolulu kaiser hospital , i think Kaiser SHOULD pay for all MY fees, cuz it's their fault I am in this condition :-(. !!!! ---- what would you do ( &/or what course of action would you do) if you had my condition?? please help in any opinion you can give me on what's the best course of action to take &/or do if you were in my place?. It seems like I am missing something even though I feel we have tried everything else, & nothing worked. I hope there are better course of action than what we have already done. Please help. P.S. I am sorry for the long story.
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Re: Hep A Shot...
Originally Posted by Amati
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