u/Agitated_Marsupial42

Visiting from Texas for a week and I have gone hiking 3 times so far, hot springs area and petit jean state park. After our 2 hot springs hikes we had to strip immediately, throw everything in the wash, and wash off because there were so many ticks!

I can’t even explore the area around where I’m staying without finding at least 3 ticks trying to make a snack of me.

I know we have ticks in Texas, but I’ve hiked all over my state and found maybe one. Leeches have been more common in my experience.

I used a mosquito/tick repellent and they didn‘t care. How do you keep them off of you?
Also if you know of any water features that aren’t dried up I would love to know. Hitting the ozark area later this week.

31yo F pain for 7 years, diagnosed 1 year ago.

Got a PRP injection about 3 months ago and I thought it wasn’t working until I did a cross country trip essentially pain free this week.

It honestly took me by surprise and I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t miserable then I realized the injection must be finally working!

I have second guessed whether or not I should go through with surgery every time I’m not in pain, then a flair up hits and I’m like “oh yea, this sucks” and wish my surgery was sooner.

Has anyone had success from PRP in the long term? I know it’s not going to fix the CAM deformity, but maybe 2-3 PRP injections a year is enough to keep my joint intact?

idk… my surgery is 1 month & 2 days out so I could just be letting my anxiety run wild by trying to find any other solution.