Quick Back Update
The cat's making it hard to type, and I don't want to sit for much longer anyway, so I'm making this quick.
I just had my follow-up at the pain center AND with my regular doc (who reassured me that I'm doing the right thing with the pain center, so that was good).
Long story short:
The injections didn't resolve enough pain, so they're going to do some more above and below the points they did last time (for anybody who knows medical stuff - SI joints on both sides and facet joints at L4/L5 - they did facet joints at L5/S1 last time).
If that WORKS (first of all, yay!), I'll go back to PT a week or so after.
If it DOESN'T work, they'll do a procedure that numbs (or burns?) the nerves around the area (lower lumbar joints).
If THAT doesn't work, we'll have to look at that then.
If that DOES work, then PT. (PT = Physical Therapy) I'm looking forward to PT. My Physical Therapist is very knowledgable and speaks my language and also does a mean pretzel that helps my pain. :)
So, anyway, there you go. I'm still hurting and am scared to stand up long enough to do the dishes, but Tom and I are going to experiment with that in a controlled setting this weekend, but it's SO much better than it was. I haven't woken up with the pain in a week or so. We'll see how the experiment goes.
I'm scheduled to get the injections done on 5/26. That's it for now. Later.
C
p.s. I forgot to mention that I had to wait forever for both appointments - not good for the ole back. Hel-lo? Love to family. Later.
I just had my follow-up at the pain center AND with my regular doc (who reassured me that I'm doing the right thing with the pain center, so that was good).
Long story short:
The injections didn't resolve enough pain, so they're going to do some more above and below the points they did last time (for anybody who knows medical stuff - SI joints on both sides and facet joints at L4/L5 - they did facet joints at L5/S1 last time).
If that WORKS (first of all, yay!), I'll go back to PT a week or so after.
If it DOESN'T work, they'll do a procedure that numbs (or burns?) the nerves around the area (lower lumbar joints).
If THAT doesn't work, we'll have to look at that then.
If that DOES work, then PT. (PT = Physical Therapy) I'm looking forward to PT. My Physical Therapist is very knowledgable and speaks my language and also does a mean pretzel that helps my pain. :)
So, anyway, there you go. I'm still hurting and am scared to stand up long enough to do the dishes, but Tom and I are going to experiment with that in a controlled setting this weekend, but it's SO much better than it was. I haven't woken up with the pain in a week or so. We'll see how the experiment goes.
I'm scheduled to get the injections done on 5/26. That's it for now. Later.
C
p.s. I forgot to mention that I had to wait forever for both appointments - not good for the ole back. Hel-lo? Love to family. Later.