MLD - to Fiddlesticks and anyone who is interested.

[Guest guest]

I had my first MLD session this week, I will have one per week until

the week of surgery (3 weeks from tomorrow, but whos

counting!?!).Then I will have 2 sessions the week of surgery and my

therapist has agreed to come to the hospital for a session after

surgery (I will have to cover that out-of-pocket).

My biggest concern was paying for this but I was fortunate to find a

Physical therapy center that has Vodder Trained(this is a well known

school for MLD) MLD therapists so my PCP was able to give me a

referral for " therapy " without being specific and I got 12 sessions

covered by insurance with only a $10 co-pay per session. I almost

feel like I'm cheating, but that feeling doesn't last long. I will

start taking Arnica 1 week prior to the surgery and my homeopath has

suggested a tincture of fenugreek and thyme to control congestion

problems.

I will keep you all posted on my progress with the natural remedies

if anyone is interested in going this route.

Marsha

P.S. The fringe benefit of MLD is great skin tone, my skin looks

better from 1 treatment.

[Guest guest]

Hi Marsha,

That's great, I'm glad you were able to get coverage for your

treatment and also find a Vodder-trained therapist. Hope to hear more

about how things go for you post-op.

Is the therapist teaching you any exercises you can do yourself to

keep things open?

> I had my first MLD session this week, I will have one per week

until

> the week of surgery (3 weeks from tomorrow, but whos

> counting!?!).Then I will have 2 sessions the week of surgery and my

> therapist has agreed to come to the hospital for a session after

> surgery (I will have to cover that out-of-pocket).

>

> My biggest concern was paying for this but I was fortunate to find

a

> Physical therapy center that has Vodder Trained(this is a well

known

> school for MLD) MLD therapists so my PCP was able to give me a

> referral for " therapy " without being specific and I got 12 sessions

> covered by insurance with only a $10 co-pay per session. I almost

> feel like I'm cheating, but that feeling doesn't last long. I will

> start taking Arnica 1 week prior to the surgery and my homeopath

has

> suggested a tincture of fenugreek and thyme to control congestion

> problems.

>

> I will keep you all posted on my progress with the natural remedies

> if anyone is interested in going this route.

>

> Marsha

>

> P.S. The fringe benefit of MLD is great skin tone, my skin looks

> better from 1 treatment.

[Guest guest]

She hasn't given me anything yet, but I will ask her next time, I'm

sure she will. She is doing some therapy for my back as well to prep

me for surgery so I am not in pain after being on the table in one

position for so many hours, I'm kinda worried abouut thatsince I wake

up grequesntly at night because I nee to change positions, she has

given me some exercises for that that she told me to do twice a day

and as close to the time of surgery as I can.

I hope to get through this as painlessly as possible.

Marsha

> > I had my first MLD session this week, I will have one per week

> until

> > the week of surgery (3 weeks from tomorrow, but whos

> > counting!?!).Then I will have 2 sessions the week of surgery and

my

> > therapist has agreed to come to the hospital for a session after

> > surgery (I will have to cover that out-of-pocket).

> >

> > My biggest concern was paying for this but I was fortunate to

find

> a

> > Physical therapy center that has Vodder Trained(this is a well

> known

> > school for MLD) MLD therapists so my PCP was able to give me a

> > referral for " therapy " without being specific and I got 12

sessions

> > covered by insurance with only a $10 co-pay per session. I almost

> > feel like I'm cheating, but that feeling doesn't last long. I

will

> > start taking Arnica 1 week prior to the surgery and my homeopath

> has

> > suggested a tincture of fenugreek and thyme to control congestion

> > problems.

> >

> > I will keep you all posted on my progress with the natural

remedies

> > if anyone is interested in going this route.

> >

> > Marsha

> >

> > P.S. The fringe benefit of MLD is great skin tone, my skin looks

> > better from 1 treatment.

[Guest guest]

Sounds like a good plan! I tried to solve some of my back problems

too, less to deal with post-op.

> > > I had my first MLD session this week, I will have one per week

> > until

> > > the week of surgery (3 weeks from tomorrow, but whos

> > > counting!?!).Then I will have 2 sessions the week of surgery

and

> my

> > > therapist has agreed to come to the hospital for a session

after

> > > surgery (I will have to cover that out-of-pocket).

> > >

> > > My biggest concern was paying for this but I was fortunate to

> find

> > a

> > > Physical therapy center that has Vodder Trained(this is a well

> > known

> > > school for MLD) MLD therapists so my PCP was able to give me a

> > > referral for " therapy " without being specific and I got 12

> sessions

> > > covered by insurance with only a $10 co-pay per session. I

almost

> > > feel like I'm cheating, but that feeling doesn't last long. I

> will

> > > start taking Arnica 1 week prior to the surgery and my

homeopath

> > has

> > > suggested a tincture of fenugreek and thyme to control

congestion

> > > problems.

> > >

> > > I will keep you all posted on my progress with the natural

> remedies

> > > if anyone is interested in going this route.

> > >

> > > Marsha

> > >

> > > P.S. The fringe benefit of MLD is great skin tone, my skin

looks

> > > better from 1 treatment.