Thank you! for the concern and well wishes from everyone over the last week.
And secondly the ugly troll who doesn't want to listen to me whine can KMFA and don't darken my blog's door. Find somewhere else to spew your venom thankyouverymuch!
Pain at the ER was about a 8-9(I guess when you are screaming they believe you when you say it hurts!) After the valium when we left the ER pain dropped to a 4-5.
They did an EKG(all clear), drew blood(nothing bad showed up), and did a CT(showed a tiny gall stone which isn't an issue and a bit of diverticula in the colon, new since my colonoscopy but isn't inflamed or anything) but none of these CT findings have anything to do with these back muscle spasms. You know I am not well when I can't even fret over the cost of all these tests that did not help diagnosis the current issue. ;-)
The weekend was rough I gotta say.
Being sent home from the ER with an Rx that helped NOT AT ALL!! was rough. There was a lot of laying in bed(when I could get comfortable-not often), some standing around, some sitting on a heating pad in the recliner and very little sitting at the desk reading blogs but no writing. And a bit of crying when the pain got too bad. I didn't get up to a 9 over the weekend but we hovered around a 6-7 after being at a 5-6 for 2 weeks beforehand. Being in that level of pain wears you down after that long and there was no end in sight until Monday.
There may have also been some old pain killer pills popped too when nothing else helped and/or some CBD oil consumed and/or some edibles eaten to relax me but you didn't here it from me. ;-)
Hubs has been having to pull up the slack with shopping(oh how the budget has been blown!), dealing with dogs and anything involving bending and lifting.
And not being able to "do" anything was/is driving me nuts! There is so much to do and I sit here twiddling my thumbs(well not that since my thumbs ache most of the time). I can't move my stuff into my new sewing room still even though the new carpet was done a full week ago.....so there is no progress being made on the house basically. ugh.
I was able to stand to go to Big Lots on Saturday after popping a pain pill for my HS flares to do some deals since Hubs drove me. Hubs went back get get a refund for something that rang up wrong and purchase a new desk for his man cave on Sunday since it was still 20% off everything in the store.
I did end up making and canning a bunch of jam on Sunday as the alternative drugs had me feeling less pain that day. I had bought 4 pints of blueberries and 7+ lbs. of local peaches two days before the ER visit to can so that had to get done. At least Hubs could help with the lifting and all for that.
Monday I got in to see the doc(after a 50 min. delay in the waiting room), recounted the last 5 days adventure(ER and beyond)and he prescribed me 2 weeks worth of the muscle relaxer that worked(thank you God!!!). We talked about seeing a pain manager and then he asked if I've ever had back surgery/back issues before(which was all a no). Then he had me get an X-ray or two so that meant sitting in the waiting room for another 30 minutes waiting for the gal from radiology to come back from lunch but once she was back they got me right in.
Then it was over to Rite-Aid to pick up the pills. I went across the road to Burger King for a drink and popped the first pill in the parking lot before driving home. Driving myself places in this condition really aggravated my back.
My eldest son and his GF are here now for a 3 day visit and I am waiting on the results of the X-rays.
The muscle relaxer is helping but now I am thinking the pain may be spine/connective tissue related or arthritis in my hip? Last Spring my doc had an x-ray done of my shoulders/neck which showed I have degenerative arthritis in those areas plus I've had arthritis issues with my thumbs for a couple of years now which makes me think these new pains are just some sort of arthritis expanding to other areas.
We'll see what the scans show once they get read and will go from there.
Knowing me, you know it was bad if while in Rite-Aid on Monday waiting for them to fill my pain pill Rx, I saw a penny on the floor and I did not bend over to pick it up!
Yes, Sluggy is on her deathbed if change on the floor cannot get her to pick it up. lolz
I guess I'll have to put a magnet on a string and carry that in my purse from now on.............
I will continue to take any prayers, white light and good wishes I can get.
Additionally if someone wants to voodoo doll the anonymous troll(who is either very naive or just a moron who thinks the government has my, as well as all of your, best interests at heart) won't go away that would be awesome too.
Voodoo doll or if you "know a guy" that would work too. 8-)
Sluggy
And secondly the ugly troll who doesn't want to listen to me whine can KMFA and don't darken my blog's door. Find somewhere else to spew your venom thankyouverymuch!
Pain at the ER was about a 8-9(I guess when you are screaming they believe you when you say it hurts!) After the valium when we left the ER pain dropped to a 4-5.
They did an EKG(all clear), drew blood(nothing bad showed up), and did a CT(showed a tiny gall stone which isn't an issue and a bit of diverticula in the colon, new since my colonoscopy but isn't inflamed or anything) but none of these CT findings have anything to do with these back muscle spasms. You know I am not well when I can't even fret over the cost of all these tests that did not help diagnosis the current issue. ;-)
The weekend was rough I gotta say.
Being sent home from the ER with an Rx that helped NOT AT ALL!! was rough. There was a lot of laying in bed(when I could get comfortable-not often), some standing around, some sitting on a heating pad in the recliner and very little sitting at the desk reading blogs but no writing. And a bit of crying when the pain got too bad. I didn't get up to a 9 over the weekend but we hovered around a 6-7 after being at a 5-6 for 2 weeks beforehand. Being in that level of pain wears you down after that long and there was no end in sight until Monday.
There may have also been some old pain killer pills popped too when nothing else helped and/or some CBD oil consumed and/or some edibles eaten to relax me but you didn't here it from me. ;-)
Hubs has been having to pull up the slack with shopping(oh how the budget has been blown!), dealing with dogs and anything involving bending and lifting.
And not being able to "do" anything was/is driving me nuts! There is so much to do and I sit here twiddling my thumbs(well not that since my thumbs ache most of the time). I can't move my stuff into my new sewing room still even though the new carpet was done a full week ago.....so there is no progress being made on the house basically. ugh.
I was able to stand to go to Big Lots on Saturday after popping a pain pill for my HS flares to do some deals since Hubs drove me. Hubs went back get get a refund for something that rang up wrong and purchase a new desk for his man cave on Sunday since it was still 20% off everything in the store.
I did end up making and canning a bunch of jam on Sunday as the alternative drugs had me feeling less pain that day. I had bought 4 pints of blueberries and 7+ lbs. of local peaches two days before the ER visit to can so that had to get done. At least Hubs could help with the lifting and all for that.
Monday I got in to see the doc(after a 50 min. delay in the waiting room), recounted the last 5 days adventure(ER and beyond)and he prescribed me 2 weeks worth of the muscle relaxer that worked(thank you God!!!). We talked about seeing a pain manager and then he asked if I've ever had back surgery/back issues before(which was all a no). Then he had me get an X-ray or two so that meant sitting in the waiting room for another 30 minutes waiting for the gal from radiology to come back from lunch but once she was back they got me right in.
Then it was over to Rite-Aid to pick up the pills. I went across the road to Burger King for a drink and popped the first pill in the parking lot before driving home. Driving myself places in this condition really aggravated my back.
My eldest son and his GF are here now for a 3 day visit and I am waiting on the results of the X-rays.
The muscle relaxer is helping but now I am thinking the pain may be spine/connective tissue related or arthritis in my hip? Last Spring my doc had an x-ray done of my shoulders/neck which showed I have degenerative arthritis in those areas plus I've had arthritis issues with my thumbs for a couple of years now which makes me think these new pains are just some sort of arthritis expanding to other areas.
We'll see what the scans show once they get read and will go from there.
Knowing me, you know it was bad if while in Rite-Aid on Monday waiting for them to fill my pain pill Rx, I saw a penny on the floor and I did not bend over to pick it up!
Yes, Sluggy is on her deathbed if change on the floor cannot get her to pick it up. lolz
I guess I'll have to put a magnet on a string and carry that in my purse from now on.............
I will continue to take any prayers, white light and good wishes I can get.
Additionally if someone wants to voodoo doll the anonymous troll(who is either very naive or just a moron who thinks the government has my, as well as all of your, best interests at heart) won't go away that would be awesome too.
Voodoo doll or if you "know a guy" that would work too. 8-)
Sluggy
