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September 25, 2007
It's really me
Hey everyone! I'm ok, thanks for the concerned emails.
Now Husband, on the other hand, he's not so good at all. A few weeks ago he messed up his back by simply bending over to pick up something in the yard. His back said TWANG instead. A few days (more like a week) of rest and visiting our chiro, he gradually eased his way into our normal daily routine.
Well, he messed his back up again about a week ago. I know it must have hurt him terribly, he tried to get through the week and it just wasn't working. We visited the ER and they diagnosed him with "acute lumbar strain". Gee, ya think? It's a good thing they took those xrays. What he really needed was an MRI. He couldn't sit, he couldn't stand, he couldn't sleep because he wasn't able to lay down.. it was awful. The ER gave him some muscle relaxers and vicoden which took the edge off but only barely. We ended up doubling the pain meds and that seemed to help him a lot more.
We followed up with our regular "doctor" - what a joke. I was ready to punch this guy in the face. It was obvious, even to a dead person, just how much pain Husband was having and this guy wasn't very sympathetic. He did prescribe an anti-inflammatory med, another muscle relaxer and Percoset for Husband - 1 tablet every 8 hours. WTF? Was it coming from his own personal stash? Stingy bastard.
This past weekend was not very fun at the Katespot household. I called the doctor only to be told that the answering service isn't permitted to take messages and we'd have to call back - on Monday - or go to the ER. When I explained our situation, she said she would take a message and IF the doctor checked in, the service would pass it along. Needless to say, we will be leaving this doctor ASAP.
I called our chiro and Husband saw him yesterday. You know what? He felt a million times better after his appointment with Joe. AND, Joe will send us for an MRI. He gave us the number of an ortho doc he wants us to follow up wtih, just in case.
Oy - there's more but I've got to get the kiddies off to school. Husband finally went back to work today - he's been home since Thursday. I hope he's feeling ok today and doesn't overdo it.
How the hell are all of you? I have missed you guys!
Posted by Cate at September 25, 2007 06:49 AM
Comments
I'm not fond of doctors, and your story hasn't helped me change my mind.
I hope everything is better now, and that continues to get even better still.
Cas
Posted by: cassie-b at September 25, 2007 11:12 AM
Glad to hear everyone is feeling better.
Posted by: Vito at September 25, 2007 05:01 PM
Glad Paul is better. Backs can be tricky.
Posted by: Kevin at September 25, 2007 06:35 PM
Glad to hear Paul is feeling better. Keep me posted on the MRI results. How is Paul feeling now?
Hugs!
Posted by: Kathy at September 25, 2007 09:39 PM
