Saturday, December 31, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
L5 herniated disk
I had a herniated disk. I had an mri and was diagnosed with a herniated disk back in my L5 in 2007. From 2007 to 2010 I was in constant pain. That period in my life was horrible. Sciatica, pain shot down my butte and right leg, numbness in my right calf. I could barely put on socks and shoes. My body wouldn't bend to the right, I knew what would happen if I tried to push it. I couldn't walk 50 yards without needing to stop and stretch or feel pain and numbness in my leg. Any sudden or sharp movements and I was toast. If anything dropped to the floor, I dreaded picking it up. My body was crooked something wasn't right. At its worst, it hurt to turn over on my side in bed. I couldn't turn over on my side or stomach, or else...pain. Yeah, that's not normal. The mornings were always dreaded. I wondered if I was going to be able to make it from my car to the building i worked. It was only a few yards but it seemed miles way. It took at least an 30 minutes to an hour to feel like I could "walk", if you could call it that. Thank goodness for slip on shoes.I felt like an old man. I couldn't stand very long, I couldn't sit very long, I was always looking for something to lean on. It was difficult to find a posture without pain and I was afraid this was going to last forever.
I didn't know how/where it came from or what I did to cause it. No obvious traumatic injury or anything, it just seemed day by day to get worse, until finally I realized it wasn't a good thing to push aside, I relented, saw a doctor who referred me to a neurosurgeon.
The point of all this? Well, I tried just about everything under the sun to fix it, some things seemed to work, others didn't. I'll go over that in future posts. But the reason I'm writing is this, I hope to provide a glimmer of hope. Know it can get better and that it is temporary. Know that this is possible and will happen.
When my back was like that I was freaking out. I was frustrated, pissed off and scared. What was I supposed to do? Could I even "do" anything to help it heal?
Know that today, I feel back to 100%. No tingle, no numbness, no pain, no surgery, no drugs, no cane. I can gleefully bend at the waist, put my shoes on and I'm even back to some running.
I didn't know how/where it came from or what I did to cause it. No obvious traumatic injury or anything, it just seemed day by day to get worse, until finally I realized it wasn't a good thing to push aside, I relented, saw a doctor who referred me to a neurosurgeon.
The point of all this? Well, I tried just about everything under the sun to fix it, some things seemed to work, others didn't. I'll go over that in future posts. But the reason I'm writing is this, I hope to provide a glimmer of hope. Know it can get better and that it is temporary. Know that this is possible and will happen.
When my back was like that I was freaking out. I was frustrated, pissed off and scared. What was I supposed to do? Could I even "do" anything to help it heal?
Know that today, I feel back to 100%. No tingle, no numbness, no pain, no surgery, no drugs, no cane. I can gleefully bend at the waist, put my shoes on and I'm even back to some running.
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