Almost Healed

Well my doctor ended up putting me on a new medication its a medrol pack which is really interesting. Which can I just say how sick and tired I am with how many medications I have been put on since February?! I mean really I feel like my body has decided to just fall apart. Okay, back on subject
I take them for six days, I started on Tuesday having to take 6 pill then it goes down the next day. I'll finish on Sunday which means that I will be able to go back to work on Monday. I'm kinda glad too I have been really bored when Luke has been sleeping and Matt is at work. I feel as though my back is healing well, I'm rarely in pain now and haven't had to take any of my pain medications or muscle relaxers for 3 days. YAY!!! With all of this that has been going on I almost forgot to mention that Matt is no longer in the National Guard. I still can't believe it, he has been out for almost a month. He just became to sick of the army b.s. and with how disorganized his unit is. I'm glad that he won't ever be deployed but i think he misses part of it. At least he doesn't have to completely shave his beard every month.

MRI Results.

So I just got my MRI results for my back. It turns out that I no longer have a compression fracture on my T5 YAY! They also did one of the lumbar area and it turns out that my L5 has a bulging disc. So they have more medication for me to take and also physical therapy and it be fixed. If that doesn't work they will have to do an epidural injection EEK!!! So hopefully I'll be able to go back to work sooner then we thought.

Almost 10 Minutes On The Clock.

When Wednesday morning came I was still in a lot of pain, but I didn't dare call in sick. So I got up and got ready for work as if it was just a normal day. I got to work, which I was lucky that I even made it there because it hurt so bad and I didn't take my medication. I clocked in, then had to answer the phone, cancel a delivery then had to clock out and go home. See after the phone call my boss came up to find out what happened to me because he got the note about me on light duty. He wanted to make sure that I hadn't hurt back working then he dropped the ball. He told me that with it being a back injury corporate will probably want me to go on medical leave, since light duty doesn't exist with my job. He left to phone corporate and when he got back he told me that I'm on medical leave for 2 weeks. So I have been forced on leave and it sucks. I mean I love that I'll get to see Matt and Luke more but we can't afford this. However I finally had an MRI of my back. They had to do 2 areas so it took about an hour. I found it a little uncomfortable because I'm slightly claustrophobic however I just closed my eyes and thought of something else. I ended up dozing off just before they finished but I'm glad its over. I should get the results some time tomorrow, hopefully it's nothing too serious.

Either way I'm screwed.

So a month ago I fell down the stairs and hurt my back. And then Sunday, when I thought that finally my back was better and all was right in my life. I end up bending over to put a bag in the trash can and get this very sharp agonizing pain in my lower back that shot down my left leg. It caused me to lose my footing and fall to the floor where I remained for a few minutes. I couldn't move because every time I tried it would hurt so bad that I was screaming. Matt, my dad and my brother gave me a blessing. After Matt got help from my brother to get me in the car and he took me to the ER. The doctor I saw suggested that I get an MRI but he said that it would be better if my actual doctor ordered it so the insurance would pay for it. The doctor at the er thinks that I have a herniated disk. So today I went to my doctor who basically told me that I have to be on "light duty" which means that I can't lift anything over 5 lbs, can't bend, twist, push or, pull anything and that while I'm on my pain medication and muscle relaxer I can't drive. And honestly with my job "light duty" doesn't exist. which means I'm pretty much worthless to them. So now I really don't know what to do. You see I could listen to my doctor and have the possibility of being fired . Or I can ignore the pain and my doctor and could end up making my back worse. Either way I'm screwed.