I have come to the point in my life where I genuinly feel sorry for those with severe back pain. About a year ago while bending over to pick up my two year old son I slipped a disk in my lower spine. The pain was more than I could stand and I simply fell to the ground. After a month of laying on my back (since I couldn't walk) I went back to work and it slowly got better.
Two days ago it came back with a vengeance. The day started simple enough. I woke up and took a shower, let the dog out, kissed my wife goodbye and stumbled out the door to my car. A slight pain in my back had developed but nothing I didn't deal with pretty much on a daily basis. Maybe slightly worse.
I arrived a the gas station, filled up my car with gas and got a quick fountain drink from inside the store. Suddenly, I realized my back was getting worse, but I felt like I could continue without issue. So I continued on the one hour commute to my workplace. Slowly the pain began to worsen. Every turn I made with the car caused a pain to run through my lower back.
So OK, I am a little concerned at this point. I finally arrive at work and park the car about twenty yards from the entry to my workplace. Not realizing just how bad off my back was, I through open the door to my car and dropped my left leg out onto the pavement. That was when it hit! Searing pain in my lower left back. I pulled my leg back in and found a position where the pain would stop. This is the point where it dawned on me that I could not get out of the car. Here I was twenty yards from my desk and I couldn't get out to the car!
After sitting in the car for about ten minutes I realized my only option was to go home. So I struggled, pulled and pushed myself until I got into a position where I could drive, then headed for home. An hour later I finally arrived at my house. I pulled the car right up to the front door of my house and tried once more to get out. Nope, I still couldn't get out! After about ten minutes of sliding, twisting and lifting, I finally moved very slowly out of the car and onto the front steps. Thankfully, my steps have a good set of rails so I used them to pull myself into the house where I collapsed on the couch.
My wife brought me my pain killers and muscle relaxers and about an hour later I hopped to my chair where I spent the next two days. On the third day I decided to go back to work. I was still in terrible pain but I could work. Whatever happened to the days where I missed work for the flu or a bad cold.
The sad part of all this is there is very little help for a person with a bad disc. Physical therapy is great for muscle related injuries but seems to only make disc problems worse. Surgery is risky at best and isn't recommended except in the worst cases. So I will continue on, Lord willing and deal with the pain however I can.
Two days ago it came back with a vengeance. The day started simple enough. I woke up and took a shower, let the dog out, kissed my wife goodbye and stumbled out the door to my car. A slight pain in my back had developed but nothing I didn't deal with pretty much on a daily basis. Maybe slightly worse.
I arrived a the gas station, filled up my car with gas and got a quick fountain drink from inside the store. Suddenly, I realized my back was getting worse, but I felt like I could continue without issue. So I continued on the one hour commute to my workplace. Slowly the pain began to worsen. Every turn I made with the car caused a pain to run through my lower back.
So OK, I am a little concerned at this point. I finally arrive at work and park the car about twenty yards from the entry to my workplace. Not realizing just how bad off my back was, I through open the door to my car and dropped my left leg out onto the pavement. That was when it hit! Searing pain in my lower left back. I pulled my leg back in and found a position where the pain would stop. This is the point where it dawned on me that I could not get out of the car. Here I was twenty yards from my desk and I couldn't get out to the car!
After sitting in the car for about ten minutes I realized my only option was to go home. So I struggled, pulled and pushed myself until I got into a position where I could drive, then headed for home. An hour later I finally arrived at my house. I pulled the car right up to the front door of my house and tried once more to get out. Nope, I still couldn't get out! After about ten minutes of sliding, twisting and lifting, I finally moved very slowly out of the car and onto the front steps. Thankfully, my steps have a good set of rails so I used them to pull myself into the house where I collapsed on the couch.
My wife brought me my pain killers and muscle relaxers and about an hour later I hopped to my chair where I spent the next two days. On the third day I decided to go back to work. I was still in terrible pain but I could work. Whatever happened to the days where I missed work for the flu or a bad cold.
The sad part of all this is there is very little help for a person with a bad disc. Physical therapy is great for muscle related injuries but seems to only make disc problems worse. Surgery is risky at best and isn't recommended except in the worst cases. So I will continue on, Lord willing and deal with the pain however I can.
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