The bad back is back. I was doing pretty well until this yesterday (aka Monday) when I reached for a book around 2pm and was like ‘ouch that hurt’ and figured well, that’s odd, but ok and went about my day with a little back pain here and there, but nothing too bad. I should have known better.
Strangely the back has been pretty good the past two weeks with just a little pain when I wake up, but nothing too bad. Flash forward to 4am this morning when I am woken up with screaming pain and cannot get out of bed and the slightest movement is excruciating. I eventually got out of bed, took some pain pills, put a cold pack on the back, and sat in a chair to wait to text the chiropractor at 6am and then leave a phone message at the office at 7am to see if I could get in for a appointment, which I was able to do at 3pm. It seems all the pain meds I have been taking for the extreme foot pain have been masking how bad the back due to surgery and weird walking due to all the pain and walking with the boot. So basically the back was just waiting to go out. Apparently my back is totally messed up and has not been this bad in quite a while. I guess I was hoping that foot surgery would not be that hard on my back (with its bulged out discs and hurt sciatica nerve), but apparently I was wrong. Really, the fun never stops.
