In August 2018 I threw my back out. Back problems have been in my life for a long time. When something happened it would go like this...throw it out, sleep on the floor for a few days...all good. Not this time. No matter what I did it was pain 24/7. Hiking, camping and kayaking stopped. I couldn't do much more than lay on the sofa. Even the simplest things were difficult. Pulling on socks and tieing my boots for work every morning took twenty minutes of painful exertion. After a month I went to a doctor for the issue. X-rays and a MRI showed the spine was out of wack due to a herniated disc. Physical therapy and spinal injections were prescribed. Physical therapists said they couldn't help and two rounds of spinal injections didn't help. I was not able to sleep through the night, not able to help around the house, just not able. Hunched over and relying on a cane I painfully went through my days.
Cursing
Luckily I have an incredible woman and family that understood the situation. They gave me the support that I needed. They were understanding of my moods. They missed out on things to care for me. If I started getting low they would prop me up...sometimes literally LOL. She didn't stop or sway even when she had too much. She woke up at 4:00am and put on my socks and tied my boots for me.
Lucky man
It's been a week since I had spinal surgery. Disc decompression and removal of some junk that was floating around in there. Nothing too major. The surgeon said the disc was very large and all went well. Recovery is going great! I can stand up straight again. I'm not in much pain and I'm walking as much as I can. It's a minimum of two weeks before I can drive and minimum of three weeks until I can return to work. I've never really had down time like this before so I'm looking to fill my days. There are limitations to what I can do but I'll take this over having to be flat and in pain. The overall mood has changed! I'm not the miserable man that showed up a few months back. We are starting to make plans for trips and getting our life back!
She's happy to have me back.
She is still taking care of me...always taking care of me.
Grateful man.
Thanks for reading
Cursing
Luckily I have an incredible woman and family that understood the situation. They gave me the support that I needed. They were understanding of my moods. They missed out on things to care for me. If I started getting low they would prop me up...sometimes literally LOL. She didn't stop or sway even when she had too much. She woke up at 4:00am and put on my socks and tied my boots for me.
Lucky man
It's been a week since I had spinal surgery. Disc decompression and removal of some junk that was floating around in there. Nothing too major. The surgeon said the disc was very large and all went well. Recovery is going great! I can stand up straight again. I'm not in much pain and I'm walking as much as I can. It's a minimum of two weeks before I can drive and minimum of three weeks until I can return to work. I've never really had down time like this before so I'm looking to fill my days. There are limitations to what I can do but I'll take this over having to be flat and in pain. The overall mood has changed! I'm not the miserable man that showed up a few months back. We are starting to make plans for trips and getting our life back!
She's happy to have me back.
She is still taking care of me...always taking care of me.
Grateful man.
Thanks for reading