I am a wimp when it comes to needles.
Don't tell me you're going to poke me with a needle.
Don't show me a needle.
Don't use the word "Needle" and my name or any of my body parts in the same sentence.
Dr. Fraizer can stick a needle in my spine anytime it's necessary. That's how good he is.
I've had trouble with my neck for years but always figured it was stress and therefore just tight muscles, get a massage, it will go away (which it never did but I chalked that up to I'm a wimp for deep tissue massage so I rarely did the massage thing).
Anyway, when my right hand started going numb and falling asleep every time I lay down ... and not just that "my hand's asleep tingling" type tingling, but such a deep "sleep" that it was very painful. To the point of waking me up every half hour and having to get up to stop the tingle. When I finally asked my family doctor about it, he sent me to Dr. Fraizer.
After x-rays and MRI's, they found several issues with my spine and one of the problems is pinching of the nerves that run to my arms/hands. Solutions: Drugs. Surgery. Inject steroids to reduce the swelling that is causing the pinching.
I can tell you that the mere mention of "...inject steroids in the cervical spine ..." made me want to imitate Eddie Murphey in Trading Places ("OMG! I can walk! It's a miracle!") as I was running out of his office.
Dr, Fraizer assured me that I would NOT feel a thing. And this is a man true to his word. I did not feel a thing. I never saw the needle. I never felt the needle. And I can turn my neck to a degree that I haven't been able to for quite a while. My hands have only gone to sleep twice since the injection.
And aside from the needle issue, Dr. Fraizer was friendly, professional and very thorough. He took the time to show me exactly what was going on, pointing out on both the x-rays and the MRI the areas that were damaged and that he was working on.
Hopefully the injection will take care of the problem indefinitely and we won't get to the surgery phase. If that becomes necessary, however, I have no worries that Dr. Fraizer will do an excellent job!
He deserves my first 5-star rating. read more