A guardian angel

  What one needs when one has medical issues is really one doctor who is rooting for you. I guess that Dr. could be your orthopaedic, or surgeon or physcial therapist but there needs to be someone who will listen and really think about you. For me that Dr. is my general practioner. She ( Dr. N) has been my Dr. for about 20 years. She has suggested a wonderful therapist when I needed one, an incredible surgeon when I needed one, and I feel she really knows me. So, she is the one I have turned to as each of the experts has thrown up their hands. She has made me have hope and has worked to make my every day be a good one...not down the line..but today.

Last week Dr. N and I talked about how advil had really seemed to help my pain but had really upset my stomach. She suggested an arthritus medication that is an anti-inflammatory but is coated and would not upset my stomach. And she assured me that if it did not work we could try other things. I have tried it for 2 days and must say it has made a huge difference. It is as if the pain is there but is covered with cotton balls or some soft thing so there is no stabbing, searing pain. This is huge.

Thank you so much Dr. N!