I was a bit weary of what was going to happen today.Ingrid - thats my chiropractor - had done the procedure to me once before a couple of months ago.
The vertebrae in our spine is covered in what they call a very tissue like material.When I damaged my L4 last year.I was told that i had damaged the muscle,tissue and had bruised the bone.I was told by the medical doctors at that time it was going to take about 8 to 10 months to heal.Here I am nearly 15 months later,and it is still not healed properly.
Now what has been happening is that the bone that i bruised is slowly wearing away - and now when I walk,the one above and below are putting pressure on it,and it wants to move out of place.So the muscles that are on either side of the spine have decided to go into spasm against it,to keep the bone in place.
So the procedure involved needles up both sides of my spine to get the pressure out of them and get them to relax,and then spinal adjustment to try and free the one that was stuck like a sandwich.
Trouble is - the needles did what they were supposed to do,but the spine alignment didnt want to work - so they are still stuck.
So,I am in a little bit more pain now,after the needles,and the problem is still there.
Ingrid has suggested that i do close to nothing at all for the next couple of days to see what happens - and then come back on Wednesday to do it all again.
So,I suppose i dont really have a choice in the matter.
January,and this God forsaken operation cannot come to quickly.I dont know how much more of this I can take
cuppajava posted on Aug 21, 2008
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pusscat said on Aug 21, 2008....
I truly believe you when you say you are a stubborn man.
So many of us may have already crumbled under the stress, strain and pain you have had to endure over your young life. If I were to be asked who I could think of that could be singled out as an inspiration to others, it wouldn't be Winston Churchill that would automatically spring to mind. It wouldn't be Stephen Hawkins. It wouldn't be Steve Redgrave. It would be you my friend. You are without a doubt an inspiration to anyone that cares to read your story :-)
I think SC and I are lucky to have you as their friend cuppa.
Sending you lots of love to try to take away some of that pain.
Oh yeah - and one of my famous big hand squeezes too :-)
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lionesss said on Aug 21, 2008....
im sorry to hear that your suffering with your back an that its going to on going until you have your operation in jan,,,,there is nothing worse than back pain, you cant seem to be able to do anything without bad pains even sitting down can be a task i expect, some times i get awful backache from when i had 3 lumber punctures feyrs ago, quiete often my back gets very painful and i get hurrendous pins and needles in my legs, with backache its very hard to get comfy and stay in any place for along time,,,,,but i hope you start to feel beta soon ,,,,,lionesss -
secretlife said on Aug 21, 2008....
i'm so sorry it didn't work better cuppa-have you ever tried acupunture? i read needles and it made me think of that-feel better! -
RollingC said on Aug 22, 2008....
Sorry to hear about the pain....but like Secret said....have you tried acupuncture? And to me it sounds like you could use a back brace to help the bone heal.
Take care of yourself man....if you don't do it nobody else will.
Get well soon and I'll send some healing thoughts in my prayers.
Rc