It seems that my blog now gets updated once a week. I guess that's just the life of blogging. No real updates. Haven't heard from the insurance adjuster so I don't know when or if I'll have acupuncture again. On Friday, when I was suppose to have an appointment, I could start to feel myself need it. Not so bad now since I've had some time to rest the weekend.
I'm hoping that I can get more sessions soon because I need it. At the end of the day I'm still a little sore. I still get some twitches and tingles and pangs. I still get a spasm now and again. Some kids at work I still have trouble lifting. So, yeah, I'm not 100% yet. Need my sessions.
I guess that's it really. Not much to update when nothing is happening. So just thought I'd let you know all that.
I have been able to do more walking, so that's good, especially since I'm trying to lose those few pounds I've regained. Watching calories too, since, that will help in the long run. My walking is still slower than it was but at least I'm trying. That's the main thing, right?
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Forwards and Backwards
It's been a little quite over here and I'm sorry. Part of it is that I didn't have time to update. Also not sure what to write. It's all pretty much the same. I do good in the morning and my back deteriorates as the day goes on. Today hasn't been great though. Maybe however I slept or the cold temperatures. It happens sometime.
A good thing is that the pain is decreasing. It's still there, but it's not as bad as it used to be. And the area of the pain is decreasing. Before, it was all over my lower back. Now it's more concentrated in one area in the middle. So something is working. The bad news is that my neck has been feeling more pain. Apparently that happens, that the whiplash can take a while to come. That, and since I've been so concentrated on working on the back that I didn't pay much attention to the shoulders and neck. So next is working on that.
Good news is that the acupuncture seems to be working. Bad news is that I'm all out of the sessions that the insurance company will pay for. My acupuncturist said I need more. I'm at the point where I can't just leave since it could very well risk a set back. Both myself and the acupuncturist have been in contact with the lawyers, so now it's just a matter of getting them to pay for it. They have to pay for it, but they don't need to pay it now. I'd rather much them pay it now because I can't afford to pay it out of pocket to have it reimbursed. My next appointment isn't until later this week so that we give them more time to get the money thing sorted out.
So hopefully, all that can be sorted out soon so I can get the help I still need.
I'm simultaneously, at the moment of typing, talking in a thread on facebook in a group I'm in. Talking about keeping a good weight for cosplay for less alterations and all. I'm mentioning how I want to lose a bit more weight but with the back, it's hard to do much exercise, as I've mentioned before. I can handle some more walks now, but not while carrying a lot, like groceries. When I go to acupuncture, I usually have a 10-15 minute walk and I can't do much more than that. But at least I can do that so, again, that's some improvement. I can walk to the supermarket and I can sometimes walk back if I don't have a lot. And by not a lot, I mean 4 or 5 small items. Other than that, it's a cab, a ride or someone is carrying them for me.
As you can see, there is some progress, there is some step backs. I guess I expected that. It's the same with anything really. Just gotta make sure you're taking two steps forward for every step back, and not the opposite. That's a pretty positive message to leave on, so I think I will.
A good thing is that the pain is decreasing. It's still there, but it's not as bad as it used to be. And the area of the pain is decreasing. Before, it was all over my lower back. Now it's more concentrated in one area in the middle. So something is working. The bad news is that my neck has been feeling more pain. Apparently that happens, that the whiplash can take a while to come. That, and since I've been so concentrated on working on the back that I didn't pay much attention to the shoulders and neck. So next is working on that.
Good news is that the acupuncture seems to be working. Bad news is that I'm all out of the sessions that the insurance company will pay for. My acupuncturist said I need more. I'm at the point where I can't just leave since it could very well risk a set back. Both myself and the acupuncturist have been in contact with the lawyers, so now it's just a matter of getting them to pay for it. They have to pay for it, but they don't need to pay it now. I'd rather much them pay it now because I can't afford to pay it out of pocket to have it reimbursed. My next appointment isn't until later this week so that we give them more time to get the money thing sorted out.
So hopefully, all that can be sorted out soon so I can get the help I still need.
I'm simultaneously, at the moment of typing, talking in a thread on facebook in a group I'm in. Talking about keeping a good weight for cosplay for less alterations and all. I'm mentioning how I want to lose a bit more weight but with the back, it's hard to do much exercise, as I've mentioned before. I can handle some more walks now, but not while carrying a lot, like groceries. When I go to acupuncture, I usually have a 10-15 minute walk and I can't do much more than that. But at least I can do that so, again, that's some improvement. I can walk to the supermarket and I can sometimes walk back if I don't have a lot. And by not a lot, I mean 4 or 5 small items. Other than that, it's a cab, a ride or someone is carrying them for me.
As you can see, there is some progress, there is some step backs. I guess I expected that. It's the same with anything really. Just gotta make sure you're taking two steps forward for every step back, and not the opposite. That's a pretty positive message to leave on, so I think I will.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Life Progress
It's been a while since I've updated. I've just been going through some stuff.
In terms of my treatments, they do seem to be helping. The area that is sore has been decreasing. The intensity of the pain is decreasing. The frequency of pain is decreasing. All of this is good things. However, I'm running out of the money allotted from the insurance company so that I can have my therapy. I have emailed the lawyers about it, and my acupuncturist will as well, to let them know that the treatments are working, I just need more. So hopefully, they'll give me more.
I'm still working on two treatments a week, but hopefully I'll be down to one treatment a week very soon. There's going to be some exercises too to keep up during the times when I won't have treatments. So that's been going well.
At work, we've been a little short staffed the last little bit, but that happens. So, I've been having to do more things. I think that's why my back pain has been pretty steady the last few weeks. But I do take it easy when I can, like sitting against the wall when sitting down with the kids. I'm surviving and that's the main thing.
Speaking of surviving, the positive of the weekend came after a long and tiring 24 hours. Long story short, I ended up doing something I should have done a long time ago. I tied up some loose ends and cut some ties with my personal life. Once it was done, I felt better, like a weight lifted off my shoulders. And I don't think I would have been able to do it on my own, so thanks to the bestest friend for listening to me, guiding me, giving me a shoulder to cry on, and just giving me the final push so I could do what needed to be done.
And if this stress is no longer with me, then that's only going to be good for my back recovery, since that's one less thing taking my focus from that. Anything that takes stress away is definitely a positive in my book in every way.
Other positive included The Lego Movie, which is omg such an awesome movie! Trying to convince others to go so I can see it again.
That and chocolate milk. I have chocolate milk in my house and that is always a good thing.
In terms of my treatments, they do seem to be helping. The area that is sore has been decreasing. The intensity of the pain is decreasing. The frequency of pain is decreasing. All of this is good things. However, I'm running out of the money allotted from the insurance company so that I can have my therapy. I have emailed the lawyers about it, and my acupuncturist will as well, to let them know that the treatments are working, I just need more. So hopefully, they'll give me more.
I'm still working on two treatments a week, but hopefully I'll be down to one treatment a week very soon. There's going to be some exercises too to keep up during the times when I won't have treatments. So that's been going well.
At work, we've been a little short staffed the last little bit, but that happens. So, I've been having to do more things. I think that's why my back pain has been pretty steady the last few weeks. But I do take it easy when I can, like sitting against the wall when sitting down with the kids. I'm surviving and that's the main thing.
Speaking of surviving, the positive of the weekend came after a long and tiring 24 hours. Long story short, I ended up doing something I should have done a long time ago. I tied up some loose ends and cut some ties with my personal life. Once it was done, I felt better, like a weight lifted off my shoulders. And I don't think I would have been able to do it on my own, so thanks to the bestest friend for listening to me, guiding me, giving me a shoulder to cry on, and just giving me the final push so I could do what needed to be done.
And if this stress is no longer with me, then that's only going to be good for my back recovery, since that's one less thing taking my focus from that. Anything that takes stress away is definitely a positive in my book in every way.
Other positive included The Lego Movie, which is omg such an awesome movie! Trying to convince others to go so I can see it again.
That and chocolate milk. I have chocolate milk in my house and that is always a good thing.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Stubbornness Pain
The back has been pretty bad the last few days, even with the acupuncture. At work, we're short staffed, so I'm finding myself doing more things than I should, like lifting more kids and for longer. But I have to do it because, in some cases, I'm the only one who can. So it hurts.
Acupuncture hurt some on Thursday too. But to be fair, it wasn't the right location so it was harder to relax and thus I felt the needles. Plus, because of my almost finished head cold, I was sniffling, so I'd move slightly more each time I sniffed and really...you shouldn't move during acupuncture. Overall, Thursday's session was more uncomfortable than I'd like.
I've also been stubborn and did some walking. Today, even though I cabbed from the supermarket with my $30 worth of groceries, I walked to the mall, then to the comic book store across the way and the fast food place next to it, and then back. I might have been gone an hour. My back was killing afterwards.
I knew it was going to hurt but I did it anyways. I'm stubborn and I'm going to do what I want to do. That includes doing somethings that help me gain some amount of independence. I love my independence. Not so much that I'm going out to get a car because driving is a scary thing and I can't handle that pressure of being in control of all that metal. But I used to be able to walk anywhere, or time things to coincide with the bus schedule. Now I can't do the walking so much, so that's independence gone. Doing what walking I can is getting some back. Even if there's pain and I gotta lie down for like an hour after. That hour is well spent though because I can watch something I have DVRed or Battlestar Galatica.
No pain, no gain, right?
So the gain was some independence gained and that's one of the positive. Another positive of today is that, well, it's Friday, which is always good. Also, while at the comic book store, I got a new addition to my Pop Vinyl collection. I picked up Captain James Tiberius Kirk. Makes me happy to have that.
I guess that's it for now. Still in pain, but it isn't as bad as it has been, so I guess that's good. But still pain nonetheless.
Acupuncture hurt some on Thursday too. But to be fair, it wasn't the right location so it was harder to relax and thus I felt the needles. Plus, because of my almost finished head cold, I was sniffling, so I'd move slightly more each time I sniffed and really...you shouldn't move during acupuncture. Overall, Thursday's session was more uncomfortable than I'd like.
I've also been stubborn and did some walking. Today, even though I cabbed from the supermarket with my $30 worth of groceries, I walked to the mall, then to the comic book store across the way and the fast food place next to it, and then back. I might have been gone an hour. My back was killing afterwards.
I knew it was going to hurt but I did it anyways. I'm stubborn and I'm going to do what I want to do. That includes doing somethings that help me gain some amount of independence. I love my independence. Not so much that I'm going out to get a car because driving is a scary thing and I can't handle that pressure of being in control of all that metal. But I used to be able to walk anywhere, or time things to coincide with the bus schedule. Now I can't do the walking so much, so that's independence gone. Doing what walking I can is getting some back. Even if there's pain and I gotta lie down for like an hour after. That hour is well spent though because I can watch something I have DVRed or Battlestar Galatica.
No pain, no gain, right?
So the gain was some independence gained and that's one of the positive. Another positive of today is that, well, it's Friday, which is always good. Also, while at the comic book store, I got a new addition to my Pop Vinyl collection. I picked up Captain James Tiberius Kirk. Makes me happy to have that.
I guess that's it for now. Still in pain, but it isn't as bad as it has been, so I guess that's good. But still pain nonetheless.
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