Well I guess I overdid it yesterday... although I was mostly doing light work. I was sitting most the day while sorting through things, getting up to move around every so often. Well, by the end of the day I was hurting so bad I went to the ER. I thought maybe going into the ER they'd actually try to figure out what's going on with my back. Nope, they wouldn't do anything. Told me they didn't think it was anything serious and to call my doctor. grr... they gave me a pamphlet on back pain, that was talking about how most back pain goes away within 2 weeks to a month, if it's muscle spasms or strains or whatever. This has been going on since February, 3 months. They told me to keep taking the Aleve and Flexeril, although I told them it wasn't helping at all. I took the Aleve as prescribed for maybe a month, when it didn't seem to be helping I stopped taking it. The flexeril is for an as needed basis, and I only take it when the pain is *really* bad, hoping it *might* help, but it never does.
So I came home, was up half the night in pain. Slept in today. Called my doctor, they scheduled an MRI for tomorrow. They had told me we'd schedule one if the pain came back... well... it's so off and on, and most the time is either completely gone, or pretty tolerable, so I thought maybe it was getting better and kept putting off getting it scheduled. I'm still hurting a bit today and haven't even done much of anything all day.
My sponsor told me not to even drive into town for meetings for a couple of days, but I have to go into town for the MRI tomorrow, it's at 12:30, I'm not sure if I'm going to stay in town until the meeting tomorrow night... that's half a day to find something to keep me occupied... I am probably meeting up with my sponsor at least, after the appt.
I decided I'm flying for my trip back to memphis at the end of the month, I don't think I can handle the 12 hour drive with my back like this. I talked to my dad and he agreed to pay to rent a car for me while I'm there if I pay for the plane tickets. So I got it booked today, I leave 2 weeks from tomorrow and will be gone a week... I paid the extra $15 on the tickets where I'm able to cancel it for health reasons if I need to and get a full refund, in case they do find something serious in the MRI where I couldn't make the trip... If I didn't pay for that, I'd be able to cancel and get credit for another flight, but would have to pay the airline $100 for canceling, so I figured it's better to pay that $15.
Anyway... I'm gonna go soak in the tub... and I need to get the dishes done... I'm assuming my roommate's staying at our friend's for another night... haven't heard from him all day today and he's not answering his phone...
Glad you're getting that MRI, Lisa. Maybe you'll get some answers now. Be gentle with yourself. You must be excited to go on the trip. Any plans once your there? See your little brother, I expect. Take it easy on yourself and let us know what you find out, Chris
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Yep Chris, I'm excited, I've been up here nearly 4 months now, haven't seen my family since the middle of January. I can't wait to see everyone!
Not a whole lot of plans... my homegroup down there has their birthday meeting the Saturday I'll be there, I'll get to see my old sponsor get her 4 year chip. And then I gotta go to my stepmom's birthday party after that... but... it'll be a big drunk fest, I won't stick around there too long, but I have to make an appearance. Then Sunday we're going to Arkansas for a family reunion... I'll get to see my nieces then!!! My youngest niece is just about 9 months now, she's crawling now! I haven't even gotten any pictures of her since I moved up here, they have dial up and it takes too long to upload pics. I'm gonna have to get them to burn me a disk of pictures they've taken.
Other than that... meetings at my old homegroup... and just spending time with friends and family... My best friend won't be home from college until about 2 days before I come back up here, so I won't get to see her much
I'll probably stay with my sister... since I don't know what things will be like with my mom when I go down there... my little brother says my mom's mad at me, although the couple of times I've talked to her since all this started with my little brother she hasn't acted like she is... I don't know... but then, she's kinda like me, avoids confrontation, she wouldn't tell me if she does have a problem with me. Hopefully it won't be too tense between us when I'm there.
It's good news that you are getting an MRI scan. I do hope that all will be fine for you. I'll keep you in my prayers. And, I hope that you have a super trip.
Please let us know how things go for you, won't you?
Take care,
Carol
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Well, I missed my appointment... was up all night in pain... didn't wake up until 30 minutes after when my appt was. So... rescheduled. It's Friday at 5pm.... shouldn't sleep through that appointment! lol
