sarah's Arty Dreams

Monday, everything was fine. I went shopping, took my daughter to the Dr, picked up her meds..she had a sore throat and cough. But as some of my friends know, I have had issues with my back since I was a child. They really begun to bother me when I was a teenager. As a teen, I went to the chiropractor 3 times a week for adjustments and therapy. They seemed to work, but I should have never stopped going.

About 2 months ago, I begun to feel the ache again in my lower back. Soooo I took it easy, lifting laundry and things very carefully and begun again light yoga and walking. I really thought that the pain would ease itself out of my back the same way it showed. But...it was consistently hurting. The last week, worse than before. I went to the emergency room one Sunday, I was in so much pain. The dr there gave me some muscle relaxers, pain meds and I had 3 shots in my bee-hind.

Back to this Monday....I didn't notice any more pain than my normal level of about 5 (on a scale of 1 to 10). I woke up Tuesday morning not being able to even get out of bed. This has only happened to me once before! I wasn't happy about being kept down, so I took the medicine and waited for it to kick in before I got up.

I felt a twinge down the right side of my right leg...and it started to become numb. All the way down to my foot. ONLY one the right side, though. It was obviously a pinched nerve, because I have experienced this on the left side of my left leg as well.

So, my husband forced me to the doctor. He took x-rays and is putting me in physical therapy with
some stronger meds. I give God the credit for me getting through the whole ordeal...I had to lay on a metal table for x-rays, not standing. It was horrific. Giving birth was easier. So...now I am hobbling around! And making myself rest..something that I hate.

Sorry I haven't been to many blogs. I try to stay on here for just a moment and then I am gone...sometimes it is too painful to sit here, and other times I get to nauseous like now...

Talk soon
-Sarah