It was not until one day, when I casually asked again how to go about getting a medical marijuana card, that a longtime friend, both on Facebook and in real-time, answered specifically that the best dispensary was Harborside in Oakland and I could get a card through HelloMD. Since my friend’s husband is a retired…
Category: chronic neck pain
Phone appointment with physical therapist
October 26, 2017, 10:15 a.m. The phone appointment with a physical therapist was scheduled for the next day. He identified himself as Aaron Hopkins, and I wondered if he was the same man that had conducted the Neck Pain Class. But I didn’t ask. I also failed to ask him about the TENS unit (for…
Exploring the Possibility of TENS
As the days passed and I was not able to find any pain relief, I wondered about a TENS unit and emailed Dr. Chan. She responded: ANGELA LAI CHAN MD 10/25/2017 02:01 PM RE: Pain Relief for Chronic Neck Pain Dear Jackie Thank you for your email and taking time to follow up with me….
Office Max Purchase
I had become increasingly dissatisfied with my desk chair which I had purchased in 2010. I got it because it could lean back with an elevated foot rest, but there was never really quite room enough in my home office on Haight Street to completely lean it back. When I got it, I then took…
Neck Pain Class
October 12, 2017, 10:45 a.m. Well, this was in the Physical Therapy Department, but not with an individual physical therapist. The room looked vaguely familiar. I would remember later that I had been to a neck pain class after that accident several years ago when our van got sideswiped by a non-insured driver as we…
Dr. Chan’s First Referrals
After that “memorable” appointment with Dr. Chan, when she told me I was too old to have any pain medication, I emailed her that I was still having neck pain and thought maybe I should have a referral to Physical Therapy. This was her response: ANGELA LAI CHAN MD 09/25/2017 11:23 AM RE: Follow up…
Lab Tests Ordered
2/14/17 I was surprised to get this order for blood tests since it had been nine months since my last A1C. I’m really more concerned about my chronic neck pain and heart palpitations! So I was equally surprised to see my A1C had gone down from 6.8% (last May 2016) to 6.4%. I wrote in…
Heart Palpitations
In February 2017, I was still having constant neck pains. I tried using my shiatsu massager that I keep by my bed. It made my neck feel better, but only for the 15 minutes I used it before it shuts off automatically. I frequently fell asleep during that 15 minutes! I would like to have…