Interrupted
My Life Thus Far
So Very Worthy
As I was getting ready to walk out the door today (heading to work), my doctor's office called. His nurse, actually. Based on the x-rays it would appear that I do have Degenerative Disk Disease. And if that wasn't enough, I've also got at least one herniated disk AND a pinched spinal cord. Why? Just why? On a more positive note, my boob and big toe are feeling better today. The inflammation in those parts of my body are subsiding. I don't know what the future holds as far as my back goes. My doctor is working on getting an approval from my insurance company to have an MRI done. I don't know what will happen after that. I guess it depends on what the MRI says. Well, I made it two months healthy! I hope whatever the outcome is, it's something I can live with. It saddens me that I'm only 32 and already falling apart. Especially since I try to hard to live a healthy life.
I did a little research on disk degeneration, and herniation. I definitely want to exhaust all non-invasive options. Natural remedies first, medications if need be, surgery dead last. I've had back pain on and off since my early 20's. I'll be fine even if the pain doesn't go away permanently. I'd just need to find ways to cope, so that there's some type of break in between flare ups. Is it totally narcissistic to not want surgery because it would mess up one of my tattoos? That's not the only reason, but it's the first thing I thought of!
I guess I don't really have much to say about today. It was an ordinary day at work. I have to open tomorrow (after closing tonight), but it's okay. After tomorrow, I have two days off. In a row! I'll take it. Thursday we'll be celebrating Annie's birthday since I have to work all day on her actual birthday. I feel slightly bad about it (even though she says she doesn't care). It's the start of Memorial Day weekend, which is always very busy for us. I can't get the day off. I have no idea why it's busy, it confounds me every year, but it is. I need to do some shopping for her. She's already getting a car, so that's her big gift, but I want to get her some more gifts too. She's such a great kid, and so very worthy.
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