Getting ready was more than we could have imagined. We have spent a week in the upstairs bedroom because our bags have dominated out bedroom. The cats of course have been going crazy anticipating our departure that never seemed to come for them. The poor kitties are truly confused. The paper is on hold as is the mail, our wonderful cleaning lady, Martha, will be here each day to take care of the cats and to enjoy the house on her breaks in the neighborhood.
But the big mystery was my back. Two weeks ago I threw out my back at the gym and have been in terrible pain hardly able to move faster than a snail's pace. The tension was getting very strong around our house no knowing if I can lift a bag or sit on a plane for 10 hours. After waiting a week to see I could "work it out" it took another five days to get an appointments with an orthopedic doctor who declared that he thought I had a herniated disk. This sounded bad, really bad. The next day I was to have the MRI to see what the damage was - four days until we leave. On Monday, day before we leave I got to see the spine doctor where he made me feel great by saying there was only a small bulge in the disk and not to worried. He loaded me up with pills and then I was off to the physical therapist to get instruction on how to act and exercises to do. 18 hours until we catch the plane.
I had never met Dan the therapist but Zosia had used him and he gave me a on the spot appointment. He looked skeptical at the analysis of the doctor, and so we started to probe. He said this is going to hurt a lot more than normal session because have to really find that pain. We stressed me up and down and then said OK we are going to try this movement - and the sharp pains disappeared. He claim success and gave me the three exercises to do to get the back in shape over the next week. He said to go ahead with the steroids that the doctor prescribed as it said it probably won't hurt. In and out in 40 minutes. I sure wish I did that two weeks ago. The pains not gone but I would say 75% has disappears.
So here we go off to the airport driven by our wonderful neighbor.
But the big mystery was my back. Two weeks ago I threw out my back at the gym and have been in terrible pain hardly able to move faster than a snail's pace. The tension was getting very strong around our house no knowing if I can lift a bag or sit on a plane for 10 hours. After waiting a week to see I could "work it out" it took another five days to get an appointments with an orthopedic doctor who declared that he thought I had a herniated disk. This sounded bad, really bad. The next day I was to have the MRI to see what the damage was - four days until we leave. On Monday, day before we leave I got to see the spine doctor where he made me feel great by saying there was only a small bulge in the disk and not to worried. He loaded me up with pills and then I was off to the physical therapist to get instruction on how to act and exercises to do. 18 hours until we catch the plane.
I had never met Dan the therapist but Zosia had used him and he gave me a on the spot appointment. He looked skeptical at the analysis of the doctor, and so we started to probe. He said this is going to hurt a lot more than normal session because have to really find that pain. We stressed me up and down and then said OK we are going to try this movement - and the sharp pains disappeared. He claim success and gave me the three exercises to do to get the back in shape over the next week. He said to go ahead with the steroids that the doctor prescribed as it said it probably won't hurt. In and out in 40 minutes. I sure wish I did that two weeks ago. The pains not gone but I would say 75% has disappears.
So here we go off to the airport driven by our wonderful neighbor.
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