Sometime during December 2006 and January 2007, I jacked up my tailbone. I have lived with that horrendous pain for a year now. It doesn’t go away, it is always present and I think I will have it forever. I am almost used to it. LOL
I have always had back aches. In recent years, I have complained about feeling like my back will snap in half sometimes. I chalked it up to arthritis and fat. THEN on October 18th, I woke up to horrible spasms and back pain that has not let up for 8 weeks now. I thought it would go away. Fat chance. I did some searching on the message board I hang out at and discovered that I began with this back pain 2 days after I fell in a quicksand ditch over at the lake. I wonder if it is related. I must be. I recall how I fell in and it makes sense.
How all this information helps is beyond me, but I know my doctor will want to know what I did, how I did it and when I did it. So, I will hobble on down to see her. I leave in 10 minutes.
MANY MONTHS LATER ….
Well, I have had muscle relaxers, steriods, X-rays, and an MRI. I am alot better than I was when I made the above post. The tests determined that I did not have a slipped disc or protusion, or anthing out of alignments. I simply have tied my muscles up into a huge tangled knot. I started physical therapy today and that was VERY enlightening. I have much weakness on my right side. I didn’t realize that until I was evaluated and asked to do things I didn’t know I couldn’t do anymore.. SO, I did the stretching and strengthening excercises and was given the instructions of what I can’t do. HMMMMMMMM That list is NOT going to work for me!! I can’t vacuum, sweep, rake, paint, walk the dogs ( pulling ), lift the baby, bend over from the waist, sit on the floor/ground, ( How am I going to weed? ) Sit cross legged, sit with my feet tucked sideways under me, stand in one spot without one leg propped up on something, sit anyway.. except UPRIGHT. This is going to be tough! After tonights therapy, I hurt more, but I feel a little less restricted. I think that in the end this will help out alot. I do know that when I go to bed.. I see a muscle relaxer in my system.
