#torn disc

[nightmaretour]

Me: Oh hey, yesterday wasn't too bad, maybe my disc is finally getting better

Also me: Sleeps in 1 (one) bad position for half an hour or so and now my entire ass is numb

[dyingfaith]

I was in bed for a huge chunk of the day. I’m tired, I hurt, and I’m losing optimism. I’m doing everything they’re telling me to. I’m doing my exercises. I’m taking my medicine. I’m not over-exerting myself. WTF else is there to do??

I have 6 days left until epidural #3. It feels like such a long time.

[dyingfaith]

Things have gotten a bit crazy. PT started on Friday and I have some hope for it. Physical therapist is really nice. I got a over-bed table for my laptop so I can sit/lay a little more since going upstairs is a literal pain in the ass as well as a shower chair so I don’t have to stand for a long period of time. Not sure if the ESI is working yet. I’m thinking I might end up needing a second one. I’m so tired and miserable and just want to go back to being functional again but have a feeling that’s not really a reality anytime soon. I hate being dependent. My mom isn’t understanding there are certain tasks I’m literally not allowed to do, so I do them anyways and end up screwing myself over even more and am stuck in bed for the rest of the day. I literally never knew back issues could be so debilitating until I started having them. I feel like such a douche.

[nightmaretour]

My absolute favourite is when a muscle I didn't even know I had just stops working, and I get to learn all about how important it actually is

[dyingfaith]

I got an answer. torn disc on top of the ddd and retrolisthesis. cortisone edit: medrol injection on wednesday with a nice long stint of PT. woohoo. surgery avoided for now. 

[coordination-glasgow-y]

Explore Over About Disc Tear Treatment

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A tear in the tough outer eggshell, annulusEUR"the disc that acts as spacers and meeting absorbers between the spare vertebrae, allowing us up to bend and countermove, enhancement and squat, twist and turn, must obtain rank. Would require an urgent visit to the doctor right? Not necessarily. <\p>

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Exercises because an Annular Tear <\p>

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Walking or hiking <\p>

Swimming or other forms of hydrotherapy <\p>

Using an elliptical breeder Strengthening your core muscles with a aerospace medicine ball <\p>

Working your leg muscles on a recumbent stationary bike <\p>

[ileaveoutalltherest]

I can't believe in less than 5 hours I mark a year since I realised I'd injured my back, and a year of being in constant pain and confined to bed.

I'm not sure if I should drink to that or cry!

I never thought the pain would ever turn out to be seven disc injuries. I never thought I would be battling such an injury from age 26. I never thought I'd be no further forward a year later.

I don't know how I've gotten through a whole year of constant pain, and a life on hiatus, but I know if I can get through this, I will be able to get through anything. I don't know when I'll be able to see the light at the end of a very dark tunnel, but I'm going to continue to be as positive and laid back about the situation as possible. Hopefully I won't be marking another year of this next September!