Adventures in Chiropractic
(cut-n-pasted from my main blog, written last night)
Since I moved West for my field placement, I've been having problems with my back and right hip. It started with pain and soreness in my lower back and gradually progressed to crippling pain in my back and right hip. I've been doing my best to bed-surf at friends' houses over the past few weeks (and no, not in a dirty way ;) ), trying to find comfortable beds to sleep in. Once I've found a great bed, it's pretty much guaranteed I'll keep visiting. ;)
I finally made it in to see a chiropractor yesterday morning, and BOY am I EVER happy I did! It turns out I've sprained two of my lower vertebrae and have spasming in pretty much every associated muscle. Joy. Mind you, at least I know what's going on now. He gave me a couple of really good cracks and loosened up my splinted back. I'm feeling quite good now, but earlier today things were still quite miserable. I'm going back to see the chiropractor on Friday morning to take a closer look at my X-rays and for a few more adjustments.
Now I'm off to Kay and Jay's place for the night - they've been super-great about letting me crash there now and again. They have a very comfortable guest bed that I've been using whenever I have the chance. Their bed is probably only second in line to Elad's guest bed in her basement. Thank you for helping me out!!
G'night all! More updatiness tomorrow, I hope.