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I hope that I'll soon be sleeping soundly; I took two PM pain tablets plus two aspirins.
I did dishes & a lot of cleaning in the kitchen this afternoon ... my mid back is really bothering me. I guess that's a good sign. Whatever is the worst, that's what I feel. After contemplating, I decided that my total, overall pain level has dropped considerably. But, the stiffness/soreness and resultant pain travel across my back ... whatever is the worst sore spot is what I'll be concentrating on.
THE FOLLOWING IS A COPY OF PREVIOUS BACKlog.:
7:25 AM 3/3/2006
Yesterday afternoon, I had an appointment at the Pain Clinc. I had more of the "lumbar facets", which are steroid injections into the joints of the spine.
I didn't tell him that I'd been going to the chiroproctor; most doctors will not advocate that.
My back wasn't bothering me much when I went in; but, I thought that I could tell them I'd felt some improvement at the time I left.
However, my upper back was really bothering me ... and during the night, my lower back was hurting moderately ... enought to keep me from wanting to get up.
Next week, I have another chiropractor appointmen (I can only get 18 per year on my medical card.
At the Pain Clinic, the doctor said thatafter two weeks, I could come in for injections in my upper back. I might just do that.
Overall, my back is not giving me the extreme pain levels that I used to have ... but, I've been housebound with the snowy winter, and spending a lot of time sitting or lying anyways ... which isn't giving me enought excercise for my weight problem & my heart & my back muscles. The doctors have been fussing at me to do my excersizes.
My upper back is getting tight & very sore now. The cold weather doesn't help that. My lower back ... I'll have to pay attention so that I can assess the effects of those injections that I had yesterday. Those quick, painful twinges still happen in my lower back, on the left side near my hip. That's all I need is a problem with my hips now.
Yesterday afternoon, I had an appointment at the Pain Clinc. I had more of the "lumbar facets", which are steroid injections into the joints of the spine.
I didn't tell him that I'd been going to the chiroproctor; most doctors will not advocate that.
My back wasn't bothering me much when I went in; but, I thought that I could tell them I'd felt some improvement at the time I left.
However, my upper back was really bothering me ... and during the night, my lower back was hurting moderately ... enought to keep me from wanting to get up.
Next week, I have another chiropractor appointmen (I can only get 18 per year on my medical card.
At the Pain Clinic, the doctor said thatafter two weeks, I could come in for injections in my upper back. I might just do that.
Overall, my back is not giving me the extreme pain levels that I used to have ... but, I've been housebound with the snowy winter, and spending a lot of time sitting or lying anyways ... which isn't giving me enought excercise for my weight problem & my heart & my back muscles. The doctors have been fussing at me to do my excersizes.
My upper back is getting tight & very sore now. The cold weather doesn't help that. My lower back ... I'll have to pay attention so that I can assess the effects of those injections that I had yesterday. Those quick, painful twinges still happen in my lower back, on the left side near my hip. That's all I need is a problem with my hips now.
If I'm not snowed in tomorrow, I have another appointment at the Pain Clinic for some more "lumbar facets" ...