I'm so sorry Jc. I really hope it turns around for you soon!
Love, hugs & best wishes

Thanks, Hero.

You're so sweet to always be offering encouragement no matter how you're struggling your self.
Luvnhugs to you.

Thank you Jc. :)
HHHs

JC... You're not being a big whiny baby. Far from it.
You're dealing with impossibly big issues in a far more restrained way than I'm dealing with my relatively minor stuff... If you're a whiny baby then I'm a great big puddle of self-pity.
Love you JC, you're in my thoughts and heart. Come here anytime to vent and let us know how you're doing... You know we want to hear it and we are here for you in a massively united and supporting way.

I am with you jc on hoping it will help still yet.

The journeys we embark on, in hope and faith, for some pain relief, only to be inflicted with more pain.
I sure do get it. For me it is always the thought of "what if it works this time"
I am sorry dear friend. You have all reason to whine.

Two PT sessions with a very good and ever so careful therapist and my pain is causing me to want to run the other way. I feel so broken and just want to be fixed. Anyone else feel that way?

Well..howdy, Hippy..was just talking to you in a hug. :-)
Thank yo..
And thank yo, Bex..
You guys don't know
( well..yeh..ya probably do, here :-)
What a comfort to me you are.

Luvnhugs

And..yes..absolutely feel that way.
Sometimes I. Think it borders o insane to still hope to be " fixed" someday..
But..I just CAN"T accept being this level of broken forever, either, Hippy.

Hopefully..it's a good thing to continue to have little bursts of hope.

( Sure would like to pass on the disappointed bits, though :-) :-)

Thank yous..not yos. :-) :-)

JC..i know just what you mean.
my last round of needles went the same way.
i don't know what to say to you other than.yeah lets do be hopin they still get goin.
and.....in agreement with others......you aint whinin Lady.
i remember the last time i had some stabs and got ready to be well, if not fixed, at least sleepin a couple hours in a row.
my mind replayed part of an episode of "Monk".
Sharona was sayin to Monk about somethin "don't you think you're getting your hopes up here?"
and he said " of course i am......that's what hopes are for"
i thought that was excellent.....and , even though it's crashed on me more than once...i still remember that and find myself agreein every time.
if the hope's gonna crash.....well...you had hope. and now your still hurtin.
but if you turn away from it(we've all tried that aint we? and may well still again).....then.your still sore...and got no hope.
so don't rag yourself for the hopin friend.....you have that kind of light in your soul.
and don't claim to be a whiner. maybe you do sometimes......somewheres.......but it aint here.....and it sure aint now.
i'm really sorry it's gone this way(so far...still hopin for some relief here for ya, me)
you are SO Fucking Due..for some ....good stuff.
so.rant, complain, vent, holler&scream......call it whatever you like.....except whining.
loveyou JC
crawl on sister. you are an inspiration
Peace
t

I'm so sorry thing are not working
I get the disappointment..
For me hope seems like all I have.
And I frequently find myself feeling let down
I remind my self that the drs that work me are just practicing
Accepting the lot that is my existence

If I could do anything to help you feel better
I would do it.
Your huge heart has helped so many including myself
So when you are feeling down know there are many ready to hold you and lift you up
Thank you so much,
Love N Hugs
Michael

Awww JC,.... Dang, I am sorry the shots didn't work,... n sigh,... causing more issues,... 8-(

So hoping your feeling a bit more Sparklier by now,...n Yup.... Definitely sucks when hopes were " just wishful thinking"...

Flippers crossed that magical something comes along real soon,.... But ya got share it around some....
Gentle Hugs n hoping your OK, Sweet Lady.... Love you.. xo

Those injections didn't help me either, JC. Have you ever had a chemical sympathectomy or radio frequency ablation? Chem. symp. procedure helped my nerve damage pain significantly. You aren't whining. Wishing you the best.
(((((*U*S)))))

Heather

I have tried so many treatments for costo chondritis. Even the shots, which to me, made it worse. After years of no hope I had given up and was just living with it. A couple of years ago I started with a massage therapist doing myofascial release and trigger point massage for my fibro. She listened and went real slow and easy, slowly working up how much I could handle.

I had talked to her about the costo chondritis and rib cage pain. We tried a few general area massage with no affect. We even tried direct intercostal massage......whoa, about killed me! So she had this idea to try cupping. She said people either love it or hate it. I loved it!

She started slow and easy with the very least suction and slowly worked up the level of suction and speed over a couple of months going every week. Within a month I was starting to notice a difference. I was sleeping longer as the pain was not driving me out of bed. After two months, I was sleeping a full eight hours ....OMG! With in three months I could say that my costo chondritis was beaten into submission. I can now get the cupping done once a month to maintain.

Let me know if you would like more info.

Hugs and Love
Tonna