Thursday, March 30, 2006

my neck...my back...my neck and my back

sooooOOOOOooo...it's my first day back since my horrendous muscle spasm debacle in my back. it's so ridiculous how these things can leave you incapacitated for three days, unable to so much as fart or laugh because of the gentle rocking action that takes place during and after each activity...and the lingering pain that follows. if any of you have ever had serious back pain, spasms, etc. my only advice is to hit an urgent care facility ASAP.

So d practically carries me to the car and i edge my way into the seat...not comfortably mind you, but we get the job done. we get to the urgent care facility wait for the boatload of people before us to finish up, and finally meet the two women who will bring comfort and peace back into my life. interestingly, i do have to commend our nurse on one thing - no woman has ever made an ever so slight moustache look so nice. she takes out a needle and i am honestly staring at her in disbelief. she injects this thing into into my muscle and i'm seriously flipping out, clutching onto d for dear life. she does the dirty deed, and our early to mid 40s doctor who is with child and feeling it, tells me that i have muscle spasms all up my back and will need to be on 4 different types of medication aside from the shot of steroids. so i'm completely whacked out right now on darvocet (narcotics), flexeril (muscle relaxers), 800mg of ibuprofen, and of course more methylprednisolone (steroids) to keep the inflammation down.

to make a long story short, if i have spoken to any of you within the past three days, chance are i don't remember...sorry =)

muah!