Hi Greg!
Forgive the dramatic entrance to my note. This great old
guy just deserves better than he's getting. At the time I
thought he was a gonner. I had no faith that this was going
to work at all... I just couldn't let a couple hundred
dollars
decide his fate.
We tried cutting back on the Flex Free when the weather
warmed up. Instead of daily, we tried 4 times a week.
There was a notable difference in his movement and
comfort level. Every once in a while I go out to the
pasture and he just looks old... and I wonder... and I
won't be able to stand to see him suffer... so ...
It's definately the Flex Free. We used to use Yucca.
It's not the same. He hasn't had another Haluronic
Acid injection. He's not even my horse. We look at
the budget every month and decide he's too expensive
to keep supporting, but... he's just a great old guy who
deserves a lot better than his current owner is doing
for him... which is nothing.
It takes a lot of time and effort to pull him every day
to give him this stuff. The pasture is 150 acres. He
also needs the constant movement around the pasture
to keep his mobility. Flex Free is the only thing that
has changed since last November.
I wouldn't do any of this if I wasn't absolutely sure it
works. When I hear people talking about invading a
joint with a needle before they try less invasive treatment
I go a little balistic. My Rascal frustrations spill over
into those thoughts of needles in joints. [Which I can
actually deal with as long as other avenues have been
tried...] If someone decided to not try a less invasive
treatment because of Trish's note, wouldn't that be just as
tragic?
- kathy.myers@syntex.com
... your basic computer application programmer
with an Animal Science degree from UC Davis
who tries to only get really adamant about
those few things she has direct experience with.
...hey Greg, where's your direct e-mail address?