Pain, pain go away...

It's been a REALLY crappy couple of weeks.  I started getting pain in my lower back around a couple of weeks ago just before the fourth of July.  I think it's from trying to workout with heavier weights.  (I only went from 5lbs to 8lbs, but apparently my back didn't like it.)  By Friday of that week I was barely able to walk.  It was so bad that Mike had to put a four pronged cane next to my bed to help me get up and down and get to the bathroom, but it was painful to turn over, painful to walk, painful to lay, painful to sit.  I was in absolute agony.  I stayed in bed all weekend so that I would be ready to go back to work on Monday.  Usually if I have back pain it resolves itself in a couple of days, but I could barely make it from the parking lot to my office on the third floor come Monday.  Still I pressed on knowing I only had to make it through three days that week as I had arranged to take Thursday and Friday off hoping to spend a lovely long 26th anniversary weekend with the hubby doing something fun.

Tuesday it just felt like it was getting worse so I finally caved and made an appointment for Thursday morning since I was already off.  Wednesday was our anniversary and we were supposed to go to  Rodizio, but that wasn't happening.  We did get some sushi which was lovely, (and by that I mean I had sushi and Mike had General Tso's Chicken), and he brought me some beautiful flowers home.

You know what I did for him?  I had Dee pick up a card for me to give him.  Terrible.  I am the worst wife.

We had purchased tickets to The Phantom of the Opera at Eccles Theater back in November of last year for July 12th and there was absolutely no way I was going to miss that, so I went to the doctor that morning hoping that she would give me something that would help me through the afternoon/evening.  My doc wasn't sure if the injury was muscular or if I have a herniated disc, so she gave me both steroids and a muscle relaxer so we can treat both.  If these meds don't work then I'll have to go in for an MRI and go to a back specialist.  She also gave me a new medication to try after the steroids instead of ibuprofen called mobic.  This medication is usually given to much older people who have to take several ibuprofen's a day for arthritis or other pain, but she thought it would be a great substitute for me as I often take multiple ibuprofen 800's a day along with extra strength tylenol.  Mobic will hopefully be easier on my stomach and other internal organs.

I took my first steroids immediately and laid down for a rest before we left for Phantom and they absolutely kicked in quickly enough to help me through the the afternoon/evening.  The Phantom of the Opera was A.MAZ.ING.  This was my first time seeing it live and I could not have loved it more.  I was literally transported to a whole other world for the entire duration of the show.  The music was wonderful, the actors and actresses were perfect, and I was able to share the entire experience with the person I love the most.  It was just incredible.

We didn't get to do much over the weekend.  I do feel it's getting better, I'm just afraid that it will only be a temporary fix while I'm on the steroids and then be sore again.  I guess time will tell.  I'm trying to take it easy and let it heal while I'm taking them.

As usual the steroids have had a few side affects... the worst is the excessive sweating.  Just walking around the house or the office makes me sweat profusely.  I also feel easily irritated but I just keep reminding myself it's probably the meds before I blow up at someone.  Here's to hoping we can clear up the back issue and I can get back to exercising and feeling better really soon.