Hello, friends. I am broken.
I slipped a disc in my lower back, and said disc is pressing on my L5 nerve, which runs down the outside of my right leg.
This is such a stupid problem. My leg thinks it’s getting stabbed constantly, when in reality it’s just got a bit of…(quick break to Google what discs are made of)…cartilege or gelatinous goo or something pressing on the nerve, nowhere near the leg itself. Plus my back hurts where the disc is out of place, and now, randomly, my hip also hurts, no doubt because I’ve been doing something dumb to try and minimize the pain from the other issues.
It’s been three weeks now, and, if anything, the problem is getting worse, despite regular chiropractor and physical therapy appointments, exercises, and me taking things easy.
It is ungodly frustrating. I feel like I can’t do anything, like my own body has betrayed me, yet, on the other hand, I feel like I’m being a huge baby, that lots of people live with chronic pain, and here I am, with a single point of inconvenience when normally I’m fine.
Who designed these bodies? I have complaints. About the brain parts too. The whole pain system is stupid. In the great scheme of problems, a slipped disc is hardly anything. It’s not actually doing anything that bad. I still have most of my range of motion. Nothing is actually wrong with my leg, despite what it thinks.
And yet it has caused so much disruption. Sigh.
Sorry for the whining, friends. This issue has kind of taken over my life. I’m at some sort of appointment every day, it seems like. But it’s not all bad! I’m doing the edit on Siri’s fairy tale retelling this month to get it ready for all you, and I’m relatively on top of holiday things (I think).
If my body could just put itself back in order, that’d be great, thanks.
See you in 2023, everybody!
Gentle hugs, Kit. Ironically, I am also having back/hip issues, though not from a slipped disc. I don’t think, anyway. I hope you starting feeling better soon!