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Posted 10/12/2008 12:09 PM (GMT 0)
Everyone I am sorry I haven't been around much. Friday morning I hurt my back and am not doing so well with it. My mobility has been really affected badly by it. shakehead



Thank you Connie for stepping in for me. You are the greatest...
Posted 10/12/2008 12:13 PM (GMT 0)
I am so sorry that you hurt your back. Hope you are feeling better and not in too much pain. We all miss you but Connie will do a great job.

Lucy
Posted 10/12/2008 1:38 PM (GMT 0)
Pink Grandma, I hope your back gets better soon. I have had back problems in the past and know that they are no fun.
Posted 10/12/2008 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
PG, you take it easy!  We will muddle through here.  Have you tried moist heat?  If there's no improvement by tomorrow, I hope you will see a doctor...or a chiropracter.

Posted 10/12/2008 5:53 PM (GMT 0)
Yes,

Easy does it PG. I go between ice & heat with back problems. Hope you're better soon!

Best,
Cary
Posted 10/13/2008 4:07 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks guys, I tried to go to work today lasted 3 hours and had to hang it up and go to the doctor..........I didn't damage my spine yeah Just the muscles. So says the xrays. They gave me a shot of something that started with a T that I could drive with. Said it would take 15 minutes.........more like an hour....but it finally kicked in. Just starting to wear off .........about 10 hours later. shakehead Least I finally got a few hours sleep this after noon.

That's what the doctor said Cary.....rotate the hot and cold. And yes Connie I did try the moist heat. I bought some desposible moist heat pads that lasted almost 20 hours. Also a back pad that you can put in the freezer or microwave. While I was at it I bought a new plug in moist heating pad. I think I went over-board a little. I was desperate.

It seems I always learn the hard way about getting older. My body has to remind me every now and then that I shouldn't be doing certain things.nono No more trying to move furniture for me anymore.

Thanks again everyone...........
Posted 10/13/2008 4:40 AM (GMT 0)

"It seems I always learn the hard way about getting older. My body has to remind me every now and then that I shouldn't be doing certain things."

Me, too, PG.  wink   

Keep using the things you bought and continue to take it easy until the pain subsides.

Posted 10/14/2008 1:46 AM (GMT 0)
I still tend to overdo it also. My back went out a few years ago just by lifting my leg to put my pants on. I still don't know what I did to bring it on but it was the worst pain I ever experienced in my life. Even over child birth. Now the slightest twinge scares me.

Take care!
Posted 10/14/2008 2:10 AM (GMT 0)
PG

a little late readig the posts but I hope your back is feeling better. I have had a bad back for years and been in so much pain I really don't feel it anymore except when I strain it or something. Funny how severe back pain i don't really feel anymore but I moan and groan over the muscle aches I have with this disease.

Karen
Posted 10/14/2008 2:19 AM (GMT 0)
PG.... so sorry you are having back trouble!!! That is the worst pain....OUCH!!! You take it easy, take care of yourself, and let us know how you are doing!! Maybe you need to go get a good massage (at least it's a good excuse, right?) 

Mary

Posted 10/14/2008 3:19 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone....my back is starting to feel better. I least I am walking and sleeping better now. Mary I think that I am going to go in for a massage once I am completely healed. That sounds so good.

Karen you have a good reason to moan and groan. This disease is one ugly monster but it can be managed by eating right, taking your meds properly,getting a little exercise and plenty of rest.........even that ucky o'l lactulose serves a good purpose.

Connie and Butterfly, hoping you both feeling okay tonight.

Thoughts and prayers to all.....
Posted 10/14/2008 3:52 AM (GMT 0)

Hi, PG!  So glad to hear that you are feeling somewhat better.  It does take a little time when the back is strained like that.

I'm "okay."  Been having a pain in the upper left quadrant that I've had for a long time (nothing ever shows up on MRI or CT), but has been worse the past two days.  Am thinking of making a hepatology appt., although I'm not due to see her until Jan.

Posted 10/14/2008 1:05 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Connie, better safe than sorry........go ahead and make the appointment. Remember it is your health care. Don't care what anyone else thinks. Old school days .....you grinned and bared it.......now a days you take control and go to the doctor talk with him and decide on your own health care.

I'd rather my doctor think me a hypochondriac and go unnecessarily a few times than not go when I should have.

Hope your day goes well ..........thoughts and prayers......
Posted 10/14/2008 10:39 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Pink Grandma, I am also glad that you are feeling better. I am doing pretty good. There are days I get down in the dumps, but I do my best to pull myself out. Today I have been feeling good, although somewhat overwhelmed. I live with a bunch of pigs that don't know how to do anything so my house is always a total wreck. Pigs sounds awful but that is the closest thing I could think to compare them to.

Connie, I agree with Pink Grandma. I think you should go ahead and make that appointment. I'm sure you will. I don't take you as a person to take chances. I hope the pain gets better.

You are both in my prayers.
Posted 10/14/2008 11:34 PM (GMT 0)
PG

I think the rest part is my problem. Even thiugh I don't work per say, I keep going and on feet all day except for reading posts.

Hope you are feeling better

Karen
Posted 10/15/2008 12:36 AM (GMT 0)
Yep, will call the doctor for appt., if I can figure out when I can get there.  I have 3 other medical appts. coming up and need to make appt. for yearly mammogram.  Everything hits at once, it seems.  The pain has eased up today, though.

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