I have lost over 40lbs and everything surgery related has been smooth. However – a terrible pain in my back/hip/left leg kept me from sitting at my desk for over 2 months. I saw a PT yesterday and even though the 3 doctors I saw said it was sciatica – PT thinks it is a bulging disc and thinks he can help. Finally, some hope to end the pain.
I had a lidocaine infusion done because I thought it was fibro pain. That didn’t work. So the doc called for a radio frequency ablation of the S1, S2, and S3 on the left side. That didn’t do it. So off to the spine clinic I went – they were no help. Tho, doc there did put me on Tramadol which has brought the pain level down quite a bit in intensity. She sent me to the PT. So yesterday was the first day anyone really gave me a glimmer of hope to and end to this pain.
I am set to do therapy in the heated pool for a month and have some exercises to do at home. So I am hopeful. I seem to be on the back end of it any how – the intensity has decreased and I have made improvements. But it has been slow going and the first month after the surgery dealing with high pain levels as well as everything major surgery brings had me down in the dumps. I was miserable. But last week I made a choice – I suffer from pain every day it is just a matter of how intense it is. That is life with fibromyalgia. I made a choice that I am only going to be as happy as I allow myself to be. And I am giving myself permission to be happy. Just because I am in pain doesn’t mean it has to control my life and keep me miserable.
Now if I could get to a point where I could drive again I could get out of the house and get on with life. Wish me luck.
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