Diane BCSW
12-21-2008, 08:55 PM
Hi Everyone. I'm glad to see that those who've had their operations are doing good. I just haven't felt like coming in; or, frankly, haven't been on the computer as I reached a point where I couldn't sit long. Approximately three weeks ago, I had a pain start up in my back, around the midline and at the time, felt like it was on the right side. Throughout the day, it just got worse and by the next morning, I was at a good "9" on the scale. I called the spine doctor and they suggested I go to the ER but I told them I wanted to talk to someone there first. They called me back and asked if I could come in and I said I would. Lord, have mercy! Every movement was agony. They have valet parking or I couldn't have done it. I got upstairs and when the nurse came to get me, she looked at my face and said "you're in a lot of pain, aren't you?" So, Xray first, then I saw the PA and he told me the good news/bad news thing. 'Good' was no hardware broke and 'bad' was scar tissue had torn loose (but I don't know how much.... you know how you get away and think of all the questions you should have asked but didn't). He said they couldn't do anything about it; it will have to heal itself. I called the Pain Management doctor the first thing the next morning and a friend drove me in to see him that afternoon. The doc pulled me off hydrocodone and put me on oxycodone and cymbola and gave me several cordisone shots in the right area of my back. I felt pretty good that night but the next morning, it felt like everything had shifted over to the left side. (same song different verse) So I was able to get into the PM again and saw the medical assistant. She did the same thing on the left side, but crowned it all off with a Lidoderm patch. The other "good thing" is I don't feel the pain from the fractured pelvis as much, cause this is so bad. I suppose it's been three weeks now and I have to say I'm finally feeling better. I stay in bed a lot more and I think the extra rest has been good for me. I'm on the computer only for short spurts. It's a little tough when people ask "how did you do that?" Well, I did it the same way I broke my pelvis. :)
I hope everyone else is doing well and looking forward to a joyful holiday. This sure beats the year that I spent the Christmas holiday flat on my back (under 30 degrees) in a nursing home. :rolleyes:
I hope everyone else is doing well and looking forward to a joyful holiday. This sure beats the year that I spent the Christmas holiday flat on my back (under 30 degrees) in a nursing home. :rolleyes: