Well as some of you may have noticed I've been more "away" than here lately... well I've been REALLY busy and life's been crazy lately... well there's been a little more to it than just that.... about 10 years ago I have my first back surgery (was a GREAT success). Then almost 8years later to the day I had #2 in almost same area (even GREATER success). Well a few months back I started having some sporadic pain in my lower back and down into my left leg. As with much of my previous pains given some rest and meds I assumed it was no "big deal". So I started "Self Diagnosing" and of course "Self Medicating" but it just wasn't getting better... (fast forward to about a month ago)... the pain became unbearable especially sitting down so most of my computer use (except at work) has been cut out due to pain. At work I only sit for a few minutes at a time then I have to get up and walk around to be able to tolerate the pain. So any time I have been sitting has been "Work Intensive" to say the least.
Well it finally got the best of me and I went and met with my surgeon today. They have full Spinal Scans in the works (x-rays and MRI) at the earliest appointment. I'm literally "On-Call" right now for an opening. In addition to this I'm scheduled for a "Spinal Nerve Block" ASAP. Also on call could happen as early as this evening.
The GOOD news is that given the current symptoms (
or lack there of certain ones like loss/reduced reflexes) they feel we are treating this "issue" early enough to use non-invasive measures (meds and some other non-scalpel things like the nerve block). It's the
L-5 area which leads down the lower back, through the "Buttocks" and on the outer portion of the leg into the calf and foot. He said that with early treatment and careful actions on my part (Golf is out for a while) this particular situation has an 80% success rate without surgery. That was some GREAT news.
So I'll be off and on for a while but I'm not "out of the Reef
" by any means. It's just tough to sit and read/type with the pain racking your brain
and sweating like crazy over the sensations. I'm around just not easy to get to the keyboard as often as I would like.
Thanks for reading and keep Julie (she's an AMAZING woman) and I in your thoughts and prayers. It's gonna get better.....