Another medical mishap and a PS to Chrissy

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Hey y'all,

Friday night I was climbing into my Jeep and as I twisted myself into the seat I

felt a sharp jolt of pain in my right side along the hip. When I got to my

destination I could barely turn myself to get out of the chair without

excrutiating pain. I painfully limped my way through the grocery store and

went home, finding that I couldn't sit down or rise up from a chair without

stabs

of pain down in my right lumbar area, hip and side. Sitting was horribly

uncomfortable and when I sit I could feel this prickly, tingling behind my right

knee and down in my toes.....obviously a pinched nerve. I can't bend, twist or

learn over to the right, so I accommodated by learning to sit on my left

buttocks, leaning all my weight to the left. My sciatic nerve is in revolt!

The pain that night alloted me only three hours of sleep. I found that there

wasn't any way I could lie down without discomfort, too. On Saturday morning

I hurried down to the chiropractor's to have him affirm what I'd already figured

out - the sciatic nerve was twisted. He found a lot of swelling and inflamation

and hooked me up to the EMC for a long while, and then did a very thorough

adjustment, but I'm still having a lot of pain. My Oxycodone bottle was almost

full, since I haven't been using it much at all this month (evidence of a good

pancreas month), but I think I'm going to end up needing to with this!

I was frantic to get some relief from this because I have to drive Austin and

his

friend up to Camp Chatuga on Monday for their summer camp. It's a 6 hour

drive if you push it, more like 7 if you stop a couple times and don't. Then

the

same amount of return time, and then I have an appointment the same day I

return in ton to meet with and the flower lady.

So wish me luck on this one! I'd like to go straight to my Psyiatrist/Pain

Management doctor, but he's on vacation and has already cancelled my

previously scheduled nerve test that was supposed to have been done on

Thursday. It appears that because of this, the only one who can provide any

kind of temporary relief is the chiropractor, and I plan on returning to him

sometime this week if I ever get back here from all these trips.

Does anyone in the group have any experience/advice to share about sciatic

nerve problems? My husband has problems with his, but all he could really

recommend was walking as an exercise that was beneficial. I'll certainly do

that as soon as I can get out of the chauffer business, but that won't be until

late in the week. Any tips or advice that can help me in the meanwhile?

Consequently, I'll be offline from Monday a.m. until Wednesday night or

Thursday. So if anyone reads this early enough and has any advice, please

post it by late this evening. Now I'm off to help Austin start packing up all

his

camping stuff.

Think good thoughts,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

P.S. to Chrissy - Chrissy, remember your note about us getting together to do

something and talk...this would have been a great road trip to have another

adult along riding shotgun to keep me sane from those 12 year old hyper,

wound up with excitement, boys in the back. We're staying Monday night in

Clemson, at a place that has a pool where they can swim off all their

excitement. I've put them in an adjoining room so I can have some privacy

and peace, and then I will drop them at the camp in Mountain Rest at 1:00 pm

Tuesday. The return trip is fun, I usually go on the back roads and stop at

every antique store I can find between there and here. Don't think I will have

the time or energy to do that this year!

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All comments or advice are based on my personal opinion or

experiences only, and should not be substituted for a professional medical

consultation.