Well this will be one summer thus far that will remind me to not over do it ever again. This back is so painful and at night its will not give me any peace or rest. I didn't take a muscle relaxer as the doc mentioned doing so may cause additional harm to the muscles while sleeping. Let me just at least I did get some sleep using one each night and last night it was total wide awake with pains not only in the lower back but now very painful in the right thigh and knee. I'm doing his protocol but that seems to help only during the day time when I'm walking and icing every hour, oh well.
There isn't much to write about as its ice for 10 minutes every hour and then not sitting for longer than 30 minutes. Nancy and I play cards in between the icings and walks around the cabin. We did venture out to Galax for some shopping for a couple hours in between the mega doses of anti inflammatory pills which seem to do nothing for this pain or this issue in the lower back. I'm desperate now and want him to prescribe some prednisone or give me a cortisone shot into the inflamed area. I need some relief before I fall totally apart. Thankfully I'm back to see him early this morning and we will see, LATER
