So last night was another ER trip. That makes five in the last three weeks.One more I should get a free gold IV bag, ha-ha. It all started with the back. Iknow I have a bulging disk pushing on my sciatic nerve. Well a week ago I got asteroid shot in the spine. That helped …
Month: November 2019
Soooo….
Well, I've been out of the hospital for a week now and what's improved? That's the question huh. My back is not as severe as before however, all the pain has shifted to my left leg. 10 fold. The thought of walking freaking scares me. Knowing the level of pain I'm about to endure when …
What to do?
Well, I made I through the hospital but to what end? I'm still in pain. The backpain has subsided however a entire new pain has surfaced. Leg pain. The last 72 hours have been brutal to say the least. It hurts to put any pressure on the left leg. The pain meds wont even take …
To cut or not to cut.
Well its been 24 hours since the ijecton in the back, so here is the down and low. I have noiced a severe decrease in pain however, I have noticed pain still in the scitic nerve. As a matter of fact its more prevealnt now than before. I told the Surgeon would stop taking pain …
Let the needles hit the nerve
<p class="has-drop-cap Well it finally happened, got a shot of steroids in the l4-5 region. Will it help, only time will tell. So far here has only been a tiny reduction in pain. The Dr want to reevaluate after 24 hours. I was however able to walk for the first time in about five days, …
Day 5
Well its been 5 days since I got admitted to the hospital. And in those 5 days at lest the pain has begun to subsid. However, that is not my main purpose. I want the pain to be extinct. Or at least less obvious. This last episode I have no idea what brought it on. …
Goal achieved
Well another day of pain. At least it has reduced itself to a 7-8. Some movements are still more difficult than others. Like sitting up. Had the physical therapist by today, was able to get to a standing position. And did it hurt, from the hip to the toe. I was able to stand for …
Shot ready
Let the process begin. Today I receive the first attempt to remedy years of back pain. Nervous, na, more excited. Gonna get steroid shot in the bulging disk causing all the pain. Now I've had these same shots while on active duty and didn't seem to have much success, however that was 11 years ago, …
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