Tomorrow...

Well the big day is tomorrow....actually at 11:ooam. Hopefully I won't have to wait to long, though I will pack a book just in case.

Been a while...but here is a quick look at the last couple of months

Back is much better....hit rock bottom while away in Toronto and it has progressively been getting better. Finally had a CT scan which revealed a bulging disk apparently a fairly big size. So that being said, I am off to a Neurosurgeon on the December 21 so see what he thinks is my next step. I am just so happy to be somewhat pain free, however the numbness in my heel and toes does not help and causes the silly limp I have adopted. Oh well...we will see soon enough. We googled this neuorsurgeon at work and he gets really wonderful reviews. Sounds like a regular McDreamy. Now we can only hope he is and single! :-)

The kids soccer games have been limited due to the weather but we have managed a few games.

Kaylin's brithday party was last weekend and we had Mike's Critters come in and then she had a sleepover. All went well and she had a great time. Hard to believe that my girl is going to be 8 on Saturday.

Got a promotion at work...now a Manager of much more responsibility and work...ugh...will I ever get it all done?

Took the kids to the Santa Train - always fun. Boy was it cold! The lights were great and it was a fun time.

Yesterday was Kaylin's christmas concert at school. I tried to post a video but it did not work out. Oh well, she and her class did great.

Today we had a Gingerbread contest at work (yes, I do work I swear!) I teamed up with a member of our HR group and I am posting a photo. Came in 4th! It was fun and there was lots of participants.

Was off to the Canuck game tonight..courtesty of my employer. We have great season tickets and it is always a treat getting to go. Could not afford it otherwise. This time Brayden and I went and my co-worker and her son. They are pretty much the same age and always enjoying getting together. It was a good game even though the Canucks lost.

Poppy remains perfect always.

Enjoy the photos!

Update

Things are good. Hetic right now but okay. The back is still pretty much the same, however the new pain and nerve meds are helping. I have had two great days in a row so I am crossing the fingers.

Getting ready for Scrapbooking Camp!!! Can't wait. Really looking forward to getting away and gettign creative for a while. Just finished Kaylin's goodies to give out to the class. I am quite pleased as how they turned out. Quick and simple is my motto right now!

I am home on Sunday afternoon and then head out to Toronto for 5 days. For work and a couple of vacation days. I am really looking forward to the vacation days. I need the break to hopefully de-stress.

That is my update! Will post pictures upon my return.

P.

The latest.

It has been quite a week and it is only Thursday night. I realized something thru this whole back problem that when you are in pain, it can just take over. I mean really take over. Everything! Patience? Forget about that...that just doesn't exist.

So, after I went to my physio on Monday she wrote me a note to explain to the doctor that some nerve meds might help calm down my poor leg. Go to the walk in clinic she tells me and give the my note. Seemed easy enough. Dropped my little one at school and arrive promptly at the opening of the clinic. Well I guess I was not prompt enought becuase I have about 6 people ahead of me. Did I mention yet that I have been going to this clinic for at least 13 years.? I am still waiting for them to paint it, and change the magazines in the waiting room etc and I am not sure if the fish tank has ever been cleaned.

In our world of the H1N1 crisis, do you think there was hand sanitizer anywhere to be seen? Nope NOTHING! It wasn't even in the patients room. I tell ya, I was getting grossed out by the minute. I refused to sit. I figure if I wasn't sick then, I was gonna get something after visiting this place. Did I mention that i am now sniffling??? Oh well, back to the visit. I wait 55mins to be seen and finally see the Doctor. Again, keep in mind, I have been coming to him for 13 years. So I told him my tale of woe and you think I was an addict asking for a fix. He did not even have the decency to read my note from my phsyio yet instead lectured me that they are trying to mask the problem with pills. Yep...you can imagine what I am thinking as he goes off on this little tirade. I am now thinking how I have wasted all this time, in this gross environment. He writes me a prescription for T3's. I tell that I am tired of being in pain and the tears start arrive. I don't want a prescription for those (heck I already have them at home) so I take my note and hit the door. Walked out...and not looking back. I will not step foot in that place again and neither will my children.

So.. to continue on, I went to my GP this afternoon and got the nerve medicince and a different type of pain killer. A CT scan has been ordered and I am told that this is a long time for recovery. Great just what I want to hear :-( I just want to see the light or at least some at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully it is coming soon.

Pain

Seems to be my first, middle and last name. Driving to work has become a problem. I can manage the first 20 mintues or so and after that the pain starts in and it is frankly unbelievable. I swear it is like a continual contraction in my calf. Oh well....hopefully between my physio and chiropractor they can find me some relief. They tell me it is not a bulging disk - thank you to my doctor who has no clue and problem is likely some type of nerve entrapment behind my knee which is causing me all this grief.

Between heat and ice packs, I am on a continual stream of pain killers and doing my best not to look loaded at work!! Ah..the joys of getting older.

Aside from this...all is well.

Hmmm maybe not......

$4800 for spinal decompression....looks like I will be sticking to ice and pain killers till I heal up. :-(

Ugh....well I guess that's why private = expensive!

The Bulging Disk

L5 to be exact...this is my problem child, the source of my friggin' pain and numbness all summer. Now how to treat is the issue. I am thinking Spinal Decompression. Sounds worse than it is. So..this is my next focus. I can only imagine how much this is gonna cost. Hopefully medical will cover it!