The last couple of months have been very busy so I have been
remiss in my blogging duties. August brought about some lower back pain along
with a disturbed nerve. During that time period, I could draw you a very nice
map of the sciatic nerve down my leg. There was another nerve but I do not the
name of that one. There was no comfortable position except for sitting at the
dining room table with elbows on the table. Bed was out as there was no
position that worked. The first night had no sleep and I slept for an hour the
second night with my head in my hand at the table. THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING, IT
IS ALMOST DOVE SEASON! My regular doctor was out so I saw the practitioner. She
prescribed some muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatories. I was told to go over
to X-Ray right after the appointment. The radiology people wanted me to lay
flat. Hahahahahaha. That was not happening as this position would fully light
up the sciatic. I commented that it would probably be wiser to try to do this
after I had some time with the scripts. Radiology agreed and off I went to
return in a couple of days. L2 to L5 damage is moderate or severe depending on
which one. Ah, the follies of my youth and the arthritis of age.
The muscle relaxant did not do much as the dosage was weak
for my size. If I doubled up on the muscle relaxant then I could actually sleep
for a few hours. I found that sitting in the bed all propped was about the best
I could do. It was slowly letting up.
This was really crappy as it was interfering with important
things like DOVE HUNTING. Naturally, I still went out. I would hobble a few
yards from the vehicle and plop down in a camping chair. I don’t shoot for crap
from a chair as I was making sure that I did not twist around. Miss 6 doves,
stand up and shoot a couple, sit and miss more, stand up and shoot a couple
more……..I did not shoot a limit but had some fun.
I got ready for work as was walking across the floor and
everything lit up like a tilting pin ball machine. Damn, no dove hunting or work today. I took
the last two muscle relaxants that afternoon and thought that perhaps I could
lay down on my left side as that didn’t seem too bad during x-rays. That wasn’t
working either. When attempting to get up, I felt (heard) a grind/pop that also
did not feel good. There I was, sitting at the dining room table again. A few
hours passed and started to feel better. By evening I could tell that the last
pop must have been a re-alignment as I was feeling much better. My leg and back
ached at bed time but it was all left over trauma. Don’t get me wrong. This was
no miracle cure as I still felt like someone had beat me with a bat from all the
swelling and muscle cramps. There was a doctor’s appointment for the next day.
I actually felt almost human the next morning as I had gotten
a straight 4 hours of sleep. Off I went to see my regular doctor (dang missed
another morning of dove hunting). He reviewed the x-rays with me and checked me
out. Now I am off to PT and diet to drop the excess weight.
The following weekend, I drove to San Angelo to see daughter
#1 and watch SBDA boat drags. Woo hoo! I love the smell of nito-methane wafting across the water! I was still sore and slightly nervy but
the drive was fine as the car seat is comfortable. My wife does question my
sanity on certain topics. “Do you really think you should be going dove hunting?”
"Probably not but I have my cell phone", did not seem like a satisfactory answer.
“Do you really thing you should be going on an 11 hour drive?” Sure, why not,
the seat in car is good. I would get that look that every woman gives a wayward
male when she disapproves of your actions. I took doves with me so that we
could have dove stew while visiting. Mmmmm. The trip was fun and I am back for
my PT and diet.
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