Went to the specialist on Friday, Dr. Heffner and no his first name is not Hugh. Said no surgery yet. Going to try at home traction device to stretch my neck like a giraffe, plus 3 days a week of physical therapy. Also sending me to have carpal tunnel test on my wrists and I have to sleep with a splint on my left wrist, but other than that I am fine.
I made the mistake of telling the doc that I haven’t had any trouble with my lower back since he had done my surgery in 2000. Guess what the day after I said that, was picking up the laundry basket with my good arm and snap, my back said dip shit you aren’t suppose to stand and pick up things like that. Went and laid on the floor for a few hours. Turned 40 and body is turning to shit. Didn’t throw my back out, muscles just pulled wrong.
Pain was the name of the game on Saturday, if it wasn’t my lower back then it was my neck. I do have to say the neck stretcher is alleviating the neck pain, so we are moving in the right direction. I have 6 weeks of physical therapy and neck stretching so hopefully this will keep me from having to have my neck cut on. Keep your fingers crossed and to the person who has the damn voodoo doll of me, give me a break for the rest of the year. Pretty Please with sugar on top.