This is a a new patient. She is a 66 yr old woman who adopted a baby from China later on in life. Five years later her husband died of a heart attack on the side of a highway while Mom and daughter watched until the ambulance came. She was now a single older parent with a young child. She had bilateral knee replacement on July 2018 because she believed if the 2 knees were done at the same time she would be available for her young daughter sooner. She regrets her decision.
When I looked at her knees for the first time I thought Dr Frankenstein operated on her. She had thick red, inflamed scars that were very long. It was impressive. I thought her surgery was 2 months ago.
Patient was hobbling around in pain. Her orthopedic surgeon said everything was fine. She just needed more time to heal, but what I saw wasn’t normal. She reports no other conditions present, only that she was infertile; however I will be getting her CBC in a few days along with hormonal testing, thyroid, and inflammatory markers, Vitamin D , B12, and magnesium levels. I did an LED treatment on her and gave her anti-inflammatory supplements. I started her on a nutrition program as well as replacing environmental toxins in her house…cleaning products, laundry detergent, gave her a gauss meter to check her home for emf, etc. She sleeps 6-7 hours a night. She called me last week and told me she went on a short hike with her daughter with decreased pain probably due to the LED treatment but it won’t last.
Before I go further with her treatment what do you suggest for this patient? Where do peptides have a place? She can’t do the HIIT exercises at this time. Is there another way to do HIIT without using her knees? She is walking now.
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