Entries for July 2008

Well, its been 2 weeks now since I started PT, and I must say I have done a turn around. 2 weeks ago I was on 5 codines a day. I could barely walk. I couldn't get in or out of a car without screaming. Driving was pure torture.

Yesterday I was approved to go on 5 minute jogs. I'm on no pain pills at all. I have minor pain, mostly in the morning. My muscles have gone from cramped to loose, and my core is getting stronger thanks to many exercises (that I would have never known about)....

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I have now had 3 sessions of physical therapy. I am OFF the pain killers. I'm still feeling pain, but its manageable. I was in MORE pain on the pain meds without PT, and I was taking up to 5 pills a day.

They pull me in all sorts of directions and i have lots of home exercises to do. I also get a back massage and heat therapy when I go in. Poor me.

I'm really hoping to be done in the 2 - 3 weeks they have projected.

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Ok results. I have a disk rubbing my spinal chord at my last vertebra "L5 S1" whatever the **** coding that is. I start physical therapy at 9:00 tomorrow morning. Hopefully they can figure out what is going on and can give me exercises I can do at home because I can't afford $20, 3 times a week for too long.



And I'm on Codine right now. 1-2 pills every 4-6 hours. Driving is the worst. I'm going to try Todd's car tomorrow. Somehow the seat in the celica...

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So remember a few weeks ago I had Xrays that showed bone degeneration in my spine and I was getting bad back pain?

Well, its 20 times worse right now, totally shooting down my leg into my foot. I go in for an MRI tomorrow and get some nice fun pain killers tonight at the pharmacy.

Weeeeee.

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