Six months . . . but who's counting

Well, it's been quite awhile. Since my last post, I have had the most depressing and drastic life changes.

Back in June, I apparently did something to my back that caused pain to gradually increase in my right leg. Apparently I herniated a disk somehow.

After a series of steroid injections, with the pain growing worse and worse, I had back surgery on Dec. 5th that I say didn't work. I woke up in recovery still in pain, and the pain never went away.

And then, on January 6th at 2:00 a.m. a new, more severe pain hit me as I was trying to get up out of bed to use the bathroom. I couldn't walk or actually get up without my husband's help. Needless to say this led to another surgery, because the new doctor said I had re-herniated my back. Happy, happy, joy, joy. . .

So now I am in recovery for the second time in two months. There is no real pain this time, just a numbness in my right foot that goes and comes, although now I am experiencing some stinging in my right calf - especially when it starts getting late - like nine or ten -

So wish me luck. I really probably should have used this webpage as a place to right about what was going on - someplace to chronicle the misery I am going through, but I swear - I don't think I could have done it if I had wanted to - the pain kept me from being able to concentrate on anything really - couldn't read books - could only sit in a chair (my trusty recliner) and watch the boob tube - and let me tell you, with the writer's strike going on - it is definitely a boob tube. Give those guys what they want finally . . .

So just a quick note to tell you where I have been for so long - like it's really an excuse - let's see if I can manage to do more over the next couple of weeks as I build up my strength in the hopes of returning to work.