Monday, I had round 4 of prolotherapy.  As I was getting ready to leave for Mishawaka, my friend Ila called to see if I was still coming because it was snowing.  Yes, SNOWING on April 18th. 

Sidenote:  Every time I have had prolo, it has snowed.  When I made my April 18th appointment, I made the comment to the receptionist, “Well, at least I won’t have to worry about snow by then.”  Mother Nature sure showed me. 

Well, I made it through my third prolotherapy round.  Brad is busy getting ready for conferences this week, so my Dad took me this time.  I had no idea what to expect with my Dad taking me since every time I have tried to show him the pictures from round one and two, he couldn’t look.  I’m not sure if this had to do with being queasy at the sight of all those shots, or if it had to do with one of his babies going through something painful, or both…

Hopefully, this post will be coherent since I am pretty sleep deprived.  I had my second treatment of prolotherapy yesterday, and let’s just say this time, it really kicked my booty.  I went into it thinking the second round would be easier than the first since I knew what to expect and I have been experiencing some benefits from the first round.  Well, I was wrong, wrong, wrong.  I was NOT expecting that this second round would be way more painful than the first and make me sick (throwing up) from the pain.  It’s been a long 24 hours.

I am striving for “SOMEWHAT NORMALCY!”

It turns out the third time WAS the charm.  I finally had my first round of prolotherapy yesterday.  Going into it I had no clue what to expect except that people kept saying I would be in pain.  They weren’t lying. 


We got to the office and the nurse came and took my vitals.  Dr. Cantieri came in and we talked about what would happen, and he asked if I had questions.  Of course I did.  He answered everything like I will be using the Testosterone cream for probably about 8 weeks to help my body heal, I need to come back in three weeks for round 2, that I should not get discouraged if I do not feel much different after the first treatment….Dr. Cantieri explained that it is usually after the second treatment that I would be able to tell if the prolotherapy was making a difference.