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Another Update
Apr. 7th, 2012 12:59 amOkay, so I went to see the surgeon, and he said that this could go either way. He's having me stck with the chiropractor for now, to see if this thing'll work itself out. If it gets a lot worse, to the point that there's no other option, then he'd consider surgery. Which is fine with me. I don't want surgery! D=
So, I'm going to keep seeing my chiropractor. He's started me on some stretching/strengthing exercises, in addition to the decompression and such. So, hopefully that'll help, as well. And, I saw my regular doctor yesterday. Told her what was up, and she gave me a few meds to try. I got a muscle relaxer and an anti-inflammatory/analgesic. And the pharmacist said that I could take Tylenol in addition to the prescription meds, if I needed it. So, I got a bottle of that, as well. I've only taken them once or twice so far, so it's a litle hard to say how much they're working. One good thing, I can at least say that the muscle relaxer doesn't make me loopy. (Mom's taken several over the years, due to her Fibro, and at least one of them renders her pretty much unable to do anything productive for maybe half a day. So I was hoping to avoid that!)
I'm going to try sitting up for longer periods over this weekend, and see if I can manage to go to work on Monday. I've been out for two weeks; I'm thoroughly sick of this. I want to be able to go back. I feel bad for all this inconvenience, even though my boss has been awesome about it. And my bank account would certainly appreaciate a return to my usual paycheck. =P So cross your fingers for me, guys.
Not much else to report. I'm still bored. I've been using my laptop a bit more lately, but it's still awkward to try using it lying down. And I've already read all six books in the Mercy Thompson series in a fairly short timeframe, so I'm really not inclined to start another series. And as before, I'm pretty well over watching TV. There's just not enough on that I'm interested in, and I'm getting tired of working my way through my current DVD binder.
...Well, I'm off. Time to go find something else to keep me entertained. XD
So, I'm going to keep seeing my chiropractor. He's started me on some stretching/strengthing exercises, in addition to the decompression and such. So, hopefully that'll help, as well. And, I saw my regular doctor yesterday. Told her what was up, and she gave me a few meds to try. I got a muscle relaxer and an anti-inflammatory/analgesic. And the pharmacist said that I could take Tylenol in addition to the prescription meds, if I needed it. So, I got a bottle of that, as well. I've only taken them once or twice so far, so it's a litle hard to say how much they're working. One good thing, I can at least say that the muscle relaxer doesn't make me loopy. (Mom's taken several over the years, due to her Fibro, and at least one of them renders her pretty much unable to do anything productive for maybe half a day. So I was hoping to avoid that!)
I'm going to try sitting up for longer periods over this weekend, and see if I can manage to go to work on Monday. I've been out for two weeks; I'm thoroughly sick of this. I want to be able to go back. I feel bad for all this inconvenience, even though my boss has been awesome about it. And my bank account would certainly appreaciate a return to my usual paycheck. =P So cross your fingers for me, guys.
Not much else to report. I'm still bored. I've been using my laptop a bit more lately, but it's still awkward to try using it lying down. And I've already read all six books in the Mercy Thompson series in a fairly short timeframe, so I'm really not inclined to start another series. And as before, I'm pretty well over watching TV. There's just not enough on that I'm interested in, and I'm getting tired of working my way through my current DVD binder.
...Well, I'm off. Time to go find something else to keep me entertained. XD
