Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Back Update

first of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH to those you who've sent me good thots and offers to help! i can't tell you how much i appreciate it! will probably start collecting soon too. i'm out of ice cream...

sorry for not blogging, replying to emails, etc. since falling i've been spending most of my free time on the living room floor staring at my ceiling, which is where i'm typing from now...

went to the dr last fri cuz the pain had gotten progressively worse over the wk, and found out that it's cuz i got the wrong drugs/care during my 1st visit. HOW REASSURING!!! got a new set of drugs, instructions, etc.

went back to the dr today where i got another set of drugs and a referral to a back specialist. i'm also starting physical therapy on thursday and have an MRI scheduled next monday.

i'm hoping the latest round of drugs do a better job of sedating me. the pain has been pretty rough. when it's not so bad i can put weight on my left leg. when it's awful, i can barely walk. i can't sit or stand for very long. i can't even sleep. studying has been impossible. my arms get tired holding newspapers up while lying on my back, but i haven't had time to figure out how to mount a TV to my ceiling...

more than anything, i'd just like to get back to some sense of normal. this is driving me nuts.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

this does not sound good at all !!! have you seen a chiropractor ?? sometimes those guys manage to adjust whatever's displaced in one or two movement...

fat kid said...

i've started physical therapy and just had an MRI this morning. it's not very good, but i'm getting better! in pain most of the time and on a lot of drugs, making me slower than usual...

hope you're doing well!

Anonymous said...

you take good care of yourself, young chica... we desperately need you to blog on, as dominic isn't doing a very good job these days !! i just hope your studies aren't suffering too much from your current condition...
lots of bisoux from bleak, wet and cold geneva...

Anonymous said...

sorry to hear you hurt yourself and are in pain. hopefully by now you are recovered now. just wanted to pop in and say hello from the middle of nowhere. i liked the pizza articles in the online newspapers. interesting project... from now on i will only buy pizza from independents... even tho i am allegic to pizza. ps- i disappeared for awhile but now im back... at least temporarily! Dominic