So the weight loss isn't spectacular today, but Erica's still losing weight. It's gotten to be so much easier for both of us; and we REALLY have to go find those skinnier pants!
I mentioned in an earlier entry that, because of the enormous weight loss, Erica's having the groin pain again. Her back doctor (Pradhan) referred her to another doctor in the group, Dr. Laster, for a leg length assessment. Dr. Laster is great. No-nonsense, but a wicked sense of humor, as well as a fellow Georgetown alum (Erica went to Georgetown, if you didn't know). After using a state-of-the-art method for measuring her leg length (actually, it's boards cut to certain heights that she stood on), it was determined that she doesn't need the inch-high lifts she now has, that she now needs only five-eighths of an inch. Amazing. She's going back next Tuesday to see one of their techs who will help with the adjustment. She's also going to get an epidural tomorrow morning for some relief from the pain.
He also took some x-rays of her hips to see what was going on there, and - guess what - she's got arthritis in her left hip (the x-ray showed pretty-much bone-on-bone, no cartilage left), and will need a hip replacement soon. We're planning that for when she's hit her target weight.
Never a dull moment.
I mentioned in an earlier entry that, because of the enormous weight loss, Erica's having the groin pain again. Her back doctor (Pradhan) referred her to another doctor in the group, Dr. Laster, for a leg length assessment. Dr. Laster is great. No-nonsense, but a wicked sense of humor, as well as a fellow Georgetown alum (Erica went to Georgetown, if you didn't know). After using a state-of-the-art method for measuring her leg length (actually, it's boards cut to certain heights that she stood on), it was determined that she doesn't need the inch-high lifts she now has, that she now needs only five-eighths of an inch. Amazing. She's going back next Tuesday to see one of their techs who will help with the adjustment. She's also going to get an epidural tomorrow morning for some relief from the pain.
He also took some x-rays of her hips to see what was going on there, and - guess what - she's got arthritis in her left hip (the x-ray showed pretty-much bone-on-bone, no cartilage left), and will need a hip replacement soon. We're planning that for when she's hit her target weight.
Never a dull moment.
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