Why is it that as soon as one stops earning, one gets hit by one hefty bill after another? The cold, long winter has added 250 euros on top of my usual annual bill, the rates need paying, I'm behind on the service charges on my flat, and now it seems this tennis elbow I've been lumbered with since March is going to cost me ca. 600 euros to sort out over the next 5 weeks. My GP thought it might be a good idea to refer me for specialist shockwave treatment, which isn't covered in my health insurance. A quick phone round has taught me that no health insurer will actually cover it, as it's considered 'experimental treatment'. However, I can't see that I've got much choice: I want my arm back to normal as soon as poss, and so I've booked my first session for later this afternoon. I also have to travel all the way to Z. for it, so there'll be regular travel cost to factor in as well.
Spent all day yesterday writing and rewriting a cover letter to go with my cv in order to apply for a job with the municipal debt relief programme, which I would love to secure. I don't think I got it exactly right, but I sent it off anyway, and now I'm just keeping my fingers crossed I've done enough to get invited to the assessment round.
Meanwhile, I've heard back from the agencies: they can't help as I'm too well-qualified, too experienced...too expensive, is what they mean. Oh well.
Spent all day yesterday writing and rewriting a cover letter to go with my cv in order to apply for a job with the municipal debt relief programme, which I would love to secure. I don't think I got it exactly right, but I sent it off anyway, and now I'm just keeping my fingers crossed I've done enough to get invited to the assessment round.
Meanwhile, I've heard back from the agencies: they can't help as I'm too well-qualified, too experienced...too expensive, is what they mean. Oh well.
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I tried to phone round New Year's. You weren't in and I...forgot to try again. Sorry. We'll catch up soon, okay?
first, there's an intake and a physical examination;
then, there's an ultrasound to pinpoint the exact spot (I got one each side so they could compare);
and then, they wheel round the Extracorporeal ShockWave Therapy (tm)-machine and blast soundwaves through the tendon.
Apparently, it's a modification of the kidney stone crusher (tm), and it's meant to crush/displace calcification in muscles and/or tendons.
I was told it might hurt. It didn't very much, though it was unpleasant. I can't say if it's worked yet, but I'm willing to give it a shot. How much of that is due to my ESWT-therapist being a total hottie, I leave to you to decide.
And: oh darn, I knew I'd spell it wrong. Well, it's been almost 20 years. I forgive myself. :)
I was pleased to see the ultrasounds; it definitely showed a problem with the tendon, exactly where I said it was (for some reasons, doctors over here tend to be, or give the impression that they are, very sceptical about anything their patients tell them; they're a bit like House in that respect), so I had been wondering if I hadn't been behaving like a big girl's blouse over the last couple of months.
I'll have to ask about the castor oil instead of the ultrasound jelly next time I go for treatment.