Friday, January 18, 2013

Out of commission

I know, I've disappeared again, and I may be on and off for a few more weeks.

There's a couple reasons for this, one I don't mind talking about, the other... better kept offline ;) Let's just say I thought 2011 & 2012 started badly, each with 2+ near-death scares, including my 8-month pregnant sis-in-law and her unborn child.... the beginning of 2013 has been a roller-coaster adventure of an entirely different kind, but equally exhausting, both emotionally and mentally.

As for the reason I will talk about, I already mentioned in December that I'm getting decompression treatments on my back/neck to fix some old soccer injuries. As the scar tissue is breaking up, the underlying muscles around my spine are very weak, since the scar tissue had locked everything in place.

Currently, 3 of my ribs keep popping out of alignment and grating against my vertebrae. I had them popped back into place this morning, and by the time I drove home (10 min max), I could barely slide out of my truck because the pain was so bad that I couldn't draw in a proper breath.

This is going to keep happening until the muscles are stronger, and the best preventative measure is for me to not sit at all. I'm only supposed to stand, or lay flat on my back. Which, as you can imagine, makes being on the computer more than a little troublesome.

Anyways, please cut me some slack if I'm a little slower replying to emails, or am otherwise out of touch.

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  1. :( hope you start to feel better soon

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    1. thanks, I can now sit about 5-10 minutes without feeling like there's a knife through the left side of my torso ;)

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  2. good luck with everything. My mom has horrible back issues and I know how painful and inconvenient it can be.

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    1. Oddly enough, no back pain... I went in because my right arm was tingly and there was significant loss of grip strength, which was starting to impact my writing/typing

      (note: any arm/nerve problems means there's something wrong in the neck region)

      ...then they kept finding more damage ;)

      Good news, every day is a little better :)

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  3. take good care and call when you can

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    1. thanks, being unable to sit for longer than a few minutes, means driving in a car for any length of time is murder...

      and you know there is like zero cell reception at my house...

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  4. Gotta take care of you hon. Best wishes to get well quick.

    ........dhole

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  5. Ack! Give us a shout when you're feeling better, okay? And get better.

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    1. Thanks, Alcar :)

      I swear, it's time to put me down...

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