Osteopathy saves the day?.......

Okay, so I ignored medical advice and went ahead and booked an appointment with an Osteopath locally. I used the clinic that I used some years ago when Dj needed some work doing - they were good at the time and although their Osteopaths are now different people I knew their reputation was still sound.

So, got myself an appointment on Friday afternoon. Had a nice chat initially about my past history, explained that my GP felt it wouldn't be useful however there was no way I could continue with this ongoing pain without at least attempting to help myself in some way.
Martin, my Osteopath explained that if the pain was due to joint issues (displacement), muscle issues (strain or injury) then he could definitely make a difference however if it was due to cancer (secondary bone) then what he did would not make a jot of difference. He explained that he wanted me to understand this before we went ahead. Seemed sensible to me.
He also explained that because of the question mark around cancer, he would only do a very gentle form of Osteopathy as doing anything 'vigorous' could of course damage fragile bones.

He then got me to bend over in front of him, with my back to him and immediately said 'That tell's me plenty, you are completely unaligned, your hips, shoulders and spine need adjustment and you are not a quick fix but I think we can do something here'...
We discussed that during my operation (which was when the shoulder pain started, the following day) I was probably pulled around for hours, they are not exactly gentle when they do surgery on you and you can't let them know if something is uncomfortable because you're 'out of it' - so they do their stuff and you get pulled and yanked about...

Anyway I let him do his stuff - which 'feels' like he's actually doing nothing but of course he is. I know this from when Dj had his work done, at first you question what 'holding' someone's head or placing their hands under your ribs and moving their hands around slowly can actually do - but of course they are really doing much more than this.
I already know that this treatment can have amazing results, we saw the difference in Dj within two sessions so I was hopeful it would work on me also.
My session lasted 40 mins and when I left there I was (as expected) much more uncomfortable than when I arrived. Every single part of me felt stiff and sore - however the test would be over the following few days. If it was going to make any difference I would know then as bit by bit I'd start to feel better.

And I do! Yay! So much better that I was able to get out of bed on Saturday feeling stiff but not frozen, I managed to get out shopping to buy Dj new school shoes, then we went to see mum and dad for a couple of hours. We were out from 2pm til around 9pm and I coped well.
A few days before there was NO way I could have done this as standing even for a few minutes was just becoming way too painful.
Today I've managed to get out of bed stiff but again not in agony, and got through quite a bit of outstanding housework - there are still things I can't yet do but today there were things I COULD do - so big YAY to Osteopathy and the best news is that as it IS working the chances are that it's nothing to do with cancer because as Martin said 'It won't help at all if it's secondary cancer'

So, I'm not fixed and I accept I'm not a 'quick fix' but I'm probably fixable - good news I think.

At the end of this I'll be poor but not sore :) That's the current plan anyway :)

Catch up soon xx