So… I am not doing well. At all. I was all gung ho about updating more frequently but I’m sorry to say it’s going to be a little while before I can do that again.
Friday evening my back issue took a turn for the worse and I could hardly even walk. From Friday night into Saturday morning I decided that I couldn’t take it anymore. I told Gene I would much rather have 10 more c-sections and a couple knee surgeries than to ever feel like this again.
So Saturday morning my Mom took me to urgent care where they did x-rays and told me my spine looked straight and wonderful. He gave me 800mg ibuprofins, muscle relaxers and pain medicine. I went home and started taking the medicines. Yesterday morning (Monday) I got in to see my chiropractor. He did x-rays and told me my spine is curved pretty bad and my lower discs appear to be degenerating more and more. He did a light adjustment on my upper back and stretched me a little bit. I’m going back to see him this morning to see what my prognosis/treatment plan is.
I am so sick of being in horrible pain. I am so sick of laying in bed! It hurts to sit up for more than a few minutes and it hurts to walk for more than a few minutes. I haven’t really held my daughter since Friday and I miss holding her, snuggling her, playing with her, etc. Gene needs to desperately get back to work and I can’t take care of Zoey fully yet because I still can’t even lift her without awful pain.
It comes to a point where you’re like.. What in the world do I do?? I have no idea. I am at a complete loss. Right now I just don’t want to be in pain anymore. I want my husband to be able to go back to work. And more than anything, I want to be a Mother to my daughter again.
It’s 4:30 AM and I’m awake because I couldn’t get comfortable. The pain in my back woke me up and kept me from being able to get comfortable enough to sleep. Grrr. I am going to go take some medicine and get my butt back in bed.
I hope your back begins to feel better. Luckily you have Gene there to help you get through all of this, even if he is having to take some time off from work.
Oh, I hope you can figure out something quickly that will help you feel better. I feel much the same way a lot of times. Having vertigo for 2 months straight is not only depressing, but scary because it could be caused by something really serious. My biggest worry is that there will be no way to fix it. I will be praying for you!! Please take care of yourself.
I was lucky that when I injured my back, it didn’t seriously lay me up like this. I’m sorry to hear that you’re in so much pain! I hope your chiropractor can help you; I’ve been seeing one for about a month now (since I fell), and I can’t tell you how great he is!
(came over from jayesel.)
ciao,
rpm
hope you start feeling better soon! :)