I feel like I'm finally getting somewhere, after all this pain and suffering hopefully after next Monday we will know some answers. I have been to the chiropractor numerous times in the last 4 months, my back keeps causing me major trouble. Yesterday I woke up and could hardly move. I finally got limbered up just a bit, and then by evening it was causing me bad muscle spasms. I couldn't sit still. Nothing was working. I had taken Vicodan here at home and a Xanax trying to relax and get to sleep, neither worked for me. Finally at 11 I called my momma and she came out and got me and drove me in to the hospital for some relief.
The ER Dr. Bell was super nice. He did a bunch of tests on me and ended up giving me a shot of Morphine and a Toradol shot. Within a half hour my spasms finally eased up a bit and they let me go home to bed. By this time it was after 2 am. I got almost home and mom had to pull over. The morphine hit me and made me sicker than a dog. I felt sick. I finally just rolled the window down, and let the cool air hit me the last mile to home. I got home and ended up dry heaving a couple times before I could fall asleep. Then I literally was OUT like a light till about 5:30 a.m. when I woke up to wretch and heave again. After that I felt better. Bill woke Cole up, thank goodness and got him ready for school. He is my life saver. I just sat here in my chair and dozed and slept till 9:30 when I finally woke up and realized I needed to call Jeff and get in to see him.
Jeff got me in at 10:30. He did a bunch of tests and questions and we decided to do another 3 day treatment with the toradol shots and then set up an MRI so that I can start getting some epidural shots. This is the next steps I have to take in order to ever see the Surgeon. I got my shot today, came home, cooked up some lunch for Brody and I and then we both took a nice nap. I have been pretty out of it today. Lots of cat naps. I haven't had much good sleep lately with the sickness and my back. It feels nice to sleep and not have horrible pain. I am planning on taking a pill tonight and getting another good nights rest. I have to be back at Jeff's at 9 a.m tomorrow for my third shot.
Of all days, today's the day Brody decides to be a little turd. He climbed up on the changing table, opened up the baby powder and dumped half the brand new container out all over the place. What a freaking mess. Ugh. I had to get out the mini oreck vac and suck all the dust up. I then had to take and wet mop up the floor and dust off all the furniture so we weren't busting our butts on the wood floor. It was so slick even after running the sweeper on it.
Cole's a blessing. He helped me take out the trash today, and then clean up that mess and helped me pick up all Brody's toys and mess in the living room for the day. Without being able to bend over it really ruins what I can and can't do for myself. It's impossible for me to bend over right now. I am hopeful that this MRI will show something and we can get to the bottom of all this major pain. It just makes me so frustrated to have gone through all this with losing weight, just to suffer so bad every day of my life with this back pain. I am just aggravated by it all.
I love Bill. He's so helpful. I don't know what I'd do without that man. He really does take good care of me. He spoils me rotten. I am truly blessed to have found him! I am also blessed that he can put up with me and my crap! I think he loves me too!!!
Well I am off here to go scoop up some ham and beans for our supper. I actually got my crock pot ready for today, yesterday morning, so it worked out nicely that I had to just put it on the crock pot this morning and now it's done. I even had my corn bread baked, so all we have to do tonight is eat. I must have really been super smart planning ahead yesterday, when actually I was just thinking I'd use up the leftover ham and Bill asked for Ham and beans and it's super easy to do so I did them up! They smell so yummy cooking now! Hope they taste just as good!
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