The Skinny...

Note: Do not be fooled by the title of this post, it in fact is NOT SKINNY.

So, I mentioned that I have been doing physical therapy for about 6 weeks and am on a first name basis with my therapist. In mid-August I just woke up one day with the worst lower back and leg pain that I have ever felt in my life! This was a couple of days after discovering that my problem foot had a stress fracture in the outer part of the foot. This was created by nearly a year of altering my gait to compensate for the injury and pain caused by my surgery back in December 09'. Working in the "biz" gives me an advantage here and I made a phone call to a really good friend of mine who made a phone call to a good friend of his and I had an immediate appointment to see this guy. He's amazing and his treatments have helped to address years of chronic pain that I have experienced off and on since having my first child. I'll spare you all the gory details but he started doing something called Graston Treatments (read about it HERE)...
Immediately I regained lost mobility in my foot and left hip area and much of my pain disappeared. It's worth mentioning that it's not for sissies though!
Things were going great, except the pain in my lower back became absolutely unbearable!
So, without further ado I spent Wednesday Morning in an MRI Machine.
I spent Friday looking at scans dissecting my spine and listening to specialists say things to me like this doozy:

"You must think you are driving a 2010 Corvette, but you're model is really getting outdated. Honey, in reality you are driving a 1976 Mustang."

This comment followed him informing me that I will never be able to run anything but a mile or two the rest of my life. So you see, he was trying to be funny but I felt like sort of sick and sad for a moment.
It seems I have this stinky condition. Many people actually suffer from it (I'm just a little younger than all of them wink, wink). It's nothing I did that caused it. Both my parents have it, so I can thank them for my worn out genes :)
The real problem is that my L5 Vertebra is bulging and ruptured, pushing on the outer nerves that run down my legs. That explains why I have achenes and numbness that comes and goes there. It also explains the unbearable pain, sleeplessness, inability to sit or stand, and general craziness (I'm blaming that on it too).
The Solution?
Not Surgery....We all agreed on that during my many appointments.
Oh, I'm sure you could find many surgeons line up to take a crack at this one.
Not for me....YET anyway.
So, I'll be heading to the hospital on Wednesday for a nerve root injection that will hopefully address the pain and calm things down a bit in there, for awhile atleast.
It sounds scary, but it's really sort of like an epidural.
Only this time I won't get a cute little present to take home with me.
Our little family has had a basket full of medical challenges these past couple of years.
I for one will be looking forward to putting this latest "adventure" behind me soon.
And hope that is going to be all for a long time...even forever would be nice.
So, cross your fingers for me. Maybe even say a prayer.
I need to be able to be the busy bee that I am.