I Think This Is It
On Monday at work I found myself feeling quite uncomfortable through the day. Not too unusual, but I had to go and lay down for a while because the pain in my back was making me quite delirious.
Tuesday I saw my Physio, who strapped my lumbar area to activate the muscles and support everything. She recommend I do some hydrotherapy. I would have, but my daughter needed to come home from school early because she wasn't feeling well.
Wednesday, I woke up and was acutely aware that my legs were not easy to move. They were very very heavy and I couldn't walk properly. I knew I would have no hope of getting to work and getting through the day. I went back to physio and she did dry needling down the fronts and backs of my arms and legs, and my back. She also massaged some areas. She managed to release a lot of the muscle rigidity so I could move a little more freely. I did go to the beach after that and walked through the water around waist deep for a while. It seemed to make a difference.
Thursday, I had my psych appointment. He is happy with my improvement in mental health and I don't need to see him again for three months. Yahoo! I then went to see the nerve conduction technician for that appointment. She only tested my legs and the result came back as the nerves are functioning correctly and I apparently have a "low threshold". I assume that she meant for pain... Odd since I have always had quite a high tolerance. I have suffered from chronic pain now for years and often function normally suffering from blinding, nauseating migraines.
Thursday evening, my husband was supposed to be going straight to bible study after work so he wouldn't be home until about 10pm... I had made dinner for my daughter and myself and was cleaning up when I started to feel very very painful nerve pain tearing through my right leg. It was affecting a nerve the lady tested, and I hadn't really ever had much of an issue with it. I don't know if the tests did something as the electrical impulses stimulated the nerves, but all hell broke loose. I called my husband and he was only a few minutes from home on his way passed. As soon as he walked in the door I just burst into tears. I was frozen in place in the kitchen and he had to help me into bed. I experienced a never ending all over pain fest from that moment on. My shoulders, arms, hands, legs, back, waist, hips, everything hurts. There are few positions where I can be entirely pain free, but with drugs and a glass of wine.. I can deal.
Tuesday I saw my Physio, who strapped my lumbar area to activate the muscles and support everything. She recommend I do some hydrotherapy. I would have, but my daughter needed to come home from school early because she wasn't feeling well.
Wednesday, I woke up and was acutely aware that my legs were not easy to move. They were very very heavy and I couldn't walk properly. I knew I would have no hope of getting to work and getting through the day. I went back to physio and she did dry needling down the fronts and backs of my arms and legs, and my back. She also massaged some areas. She managed to release a lot of the muscle rigidity so I could move a little more freely. I did go to the beach after that and walked through the water around waist deep for a while. It seemed to make a difference.
Thursday, I had my psych appointment. He is happy with my improvement in mental health and I don't need to see him again for three months. Yahoo! I then went to see the nerve conduction technician for that appointment. She only tested my legs and the result came back as the nerves are functioning correctly and I apparently have a "low threshold". I assume that she meant for pain... Odd since I have always had quite a high tolerance. I have suffered from chronic pain now for years and often function normally suffering from blinding, nauseating migraines.
Thursday evening, my husband was supposed to be going straight to bible study after work so he wouldn't be home until about 10pm... I had made dinner for my daughter and myself and was cleaning up when I started to feel very very painful nerve pain tearing through my right leg. It was affecting a nerve the lady tested, and I hadn't really ever had much of an issue with it. I don't know if the tests did something as the electrical impulses stimulated the nerves, but all hell broke loose. I called my husband and he was only a few minutes from home on his way passed. As soon as he walked in the door I just burst into tears. I was frozen in place in the kitchen and he had to help me into bed. I experienced a never ending all over pain fest from that moment on. My shoulders, arms, hands, legs, back, waist, hips, everything hurts. There are few positions where I can be entirely pain free, but with drugs and a glass of wine.. I can deal.