Thought I would throw a quick update out on how things are going with the seemingly never-ending issues with my back/neck. For those not in the loop, since January of this year I have been having lots of issues with pain in my back. The cause of this pain? A bulging disc. After much medicines to try and ease the pain as surgery doesn’t seem to be an option, I finally started injections to hopefully ease the pain without all the slicing and dicing.
Last Week
As I stated in the post last week, Thursday was pretty rough. Most likely due to the procedure itself. Friday seemed to be just as bad as Thursday. Lots of wonder and worry as the pain level stayed up there. Friday night the pain did seem to start to lessen.
Saturday morning I woke up and felt like a completely different person! Not since December had I had as little pain as I had then. I woke up, felt good enough to immediately start cleaning, doing laundry and apparently getting on with life. Oh, did I mention that I started this day without having to swallow any of that horrid pain medicine?!? In fact the best I can recall I only had to take 1 that day which is extraordinarily good great considering the practices before. I was, I hoped, on my way to normalcy.
This Week (So Far)
Sunday, unfortunately, was not as great as Saturday, but it was good non-the-less. It was still manageable and I managed to have a great day. Felt great mentally. Physically the pain level got up a bit. Took more stuff to calm it down than I would have liked but still, very pleased.
Monday, a little more worse. Still feeling great mentally. I keep saying that because I am weaning myself off of the Zonegran which I think was making me emotionally and mentally dejected. So, to say that I feel great mentally is wonderful. I think I can handle the pain part as long as I feel like some kind of human in other areas.
Tuesday (Today), I feel like nothing has ever been done. The pain is back to a level 6 or 7 steady. I feel ok I am just a bit on the frustrated side. Having tasted what life with little to no pain is like and then thrown right back into this situation again is very depressing. Well, maybe depressing isn’t the right word. I do still feel great mentally and emotionally. Maybe hurt feelings, frustration, sadness, mixed in with a tad bit of anger. That’s probably how I feel at this point.
The Future
What lies in wait in the future? Well. I do have the option for 2 more of the injections and they could still do all that I hoped and thought the one was doing alone. I’m not scheduled to return to the Dr. until Aug 31 but I’m hoping to get in a bit sooner. I’m not sure how far apart the injections have to be but the word on the street is 2 weeks. That being the case, I could have my second injection next Wednesday but that is if all the cards land on the table right.
Conclusion
I’ll keep you informed. I hope to some day in the very near future be able to stop whining about this. You too huh? 
Because of HIM
SC
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