Bed Ridden---Day 6

Today is day 6 of me being stuck in my bed, not being able to do anything but lay down and watch tv, read, or sleep!! Let me back up...

I have been struggling with some back issues since the beginning of the summer. I went to the doctor and she sent me away with a prescription for advil and told me it would go away. I last one month and decided I couldn't stand the pain anymore and went to my chiropractor for the entire month of July, with no relief. Finally, after getting worse and worse, I went back to a different doctor and convinced this doctor to do an MRI. Well, I have 4 discs out and the lowest one (L5-S1) is bulging far enough that its resting on my sciatic nerve, causing ALL of my leg problems over the last few months.

I was advised to make an appointment with a neuro-surgeon and I have done that, only its not until September 2nd. Last week, I was to the point where I could no longer sit down for more than 10-15 minutes at a time and riding in a car was almost unbearable. Starting Tuesday of this past week, I woke up unable to even walk. I can stand for about 3 minutes or so, and then I have to lay back down in bed, on my stomach! I have never been in so much pain in my entire life. So, 6 days later, here I am, still laying in my bed, unable to leave the house, drive anywhere, go to work or function in anyway like a half way normal person.

I went to the ER on Tuesday night (well Wednesday morning) because I couldn't take it anymore. I was given one shot of something which didn't do anything but then I got a second shot of IV pain meds and it finally allowed me to sleep a little. I was hoping that if I went to the ER that I'd be seen by someone more quickly than having to wait until Sept 2nd, no such luck!! I was sent home with a prescription for percosot (ive almost made my way through the whole bottle), vicadin, and steroids.

My work has been fairly understanding and this weekend my boss brought over this laptop so at least now I have contact to the outside world and I can do some work this week in the event that my appointment doesn't get moved up any sooner.

To sum up, i've been pretty miserable the last week and I don't expect this week to get any better, however, I am taking much less pain meds over the last two days than I had been so maybe the steroids are doing something and I might be able to return to a normal life sooner than september 2nd. Anyone who knows me knows that I hate sitting around and being helpless and that is what has happened to me over the last week. I can't stand it.

I'll keep this updated the best I can. I'm just hoping that I get an earlier appointment before next week. I guess i've never really thought of being able to walk and sit on a toilet to go the bathroom a luxury but now I do. I'm thankful for my sister and my dad for doing things for me and Jeremy for spending some time with me even though I haven't been in a very good mood over the last few days.