Well, it has been a long week and a half! I am not even where to start. I saw fireworks July 4th and they made me happy. I cleaned some of my house, sold some T-Shirts on eBay. And then at some point last week started.
As I have written about before I have been having terrible back pain, and even the chiropractor has not offered much relief. So last week Sunday night, I was helping mdaniel clean up his closets, and start cleaning up his Condo – I should join Cleansweep – and I felt this agonizing pain in my back. I went into the living room to lie on the floor and stretch out. mdaniel found me there about 45 minutes later, I think, as time had gone all blurry. I could not sit, lie or stand without pain, anyway I moved or tried to be caused pain. And so we went to the emergency room at Northside Hospital. I thought I was going to throw-up on the way there, the car movement, and trying not to move.
This was my first time ever being a patient at a hospital! All very new and exciting! They asked me questions and gave me a wristband, then let us wait for about 45 minutes, then we were called back and they put me in a room. They tried to adjust the bed for me, and I lay/sat on it, while I answered questions and signed forms saying I had no health insurance and would pay some how. The Doctor came in, I forget his name – he wore a blue coat? – and ordered X-rays and painkillers. They then wheeled me off on the bed to X-rays (more forms) and back. I was so tired by this point. I then was given 2 loratab, and muscle relaxant, and a SHOT! I have never had a pain shot before, and was not keen on it at all. The nurse? gave it to me in my hip, and it burnt, but after a while I started getting very woozy.
The Doctor read my X-rays and said my back looked fine, as did my heart and lungs, and so I could go, but he gave me a prescription for more painpills and relaxers. I don’t remember the drive home, or falling asleep. But I did not work Monday, and only worked a half day Tuesday.
Today is Wednesday, a week and a half later and my back still hurts. Not as bad, but I think I am going to have to go to a Doctor, and get this seen to.
In other exciting news, we did succeed in cleaning up mdaniel‘s condo, and it looks fabulous! I went to eat at Bacchanalia with my Uncle and sister when he was in town. And it is a fantastic restaurant, it deserves all 5 stars that it gets.
Also, to complete my hell week, the a/c in my car went out, and the a/c at home. I am hopefully getting the home one fixed today, as the original installers of my unit, do not service me anymore, and I had to find a new person. Also the people to fix my house alarm are coming today – more hopefully – and sometime next week I can get my car fixed. It is going to be a very expensive month!
Let me think of the fun things: I played trivia on Sunday night, Greg is almost all moved out, I go to Savannah next week – for my friend Keith’s wedding, my friend tinkerboo is happier and not sick any more,