I'm Back

Hey everyone! Guess you thought I forgot about this, considering my last entry was in February. It's not that I didn't forget, I just didn't have much to update. I guess that in itself would have been an update, but that's besides the point.

So what's happened the last few months? Not much. I got a new job. It's closer to home and I'm paid more, so that's a bonus. I also don't have to take a bus to work anymore, so definitely a plus there, considering my luck with buses.

As for my back, things were going pretty good. I have been seeing my acupuncturist about once a week and while she was away on vacation for a week, I noticed that the pain would start to come back after about a week and a half. So, we tried me going every week and a half or about 10 days or so. Things seemed fine. Though there was some change. The pain originally was in my lower back. While there is still some there, it has greatly decreased. However, the pain increased in my upper back and shoulders. This is common because one part of the back is trying to do the work the other part did and...well....after a while it starts to hurt. And that's what's happening to my back.

But overall, it's doing alright. Or rather...WAS doing alright. I'm not sure what's happening now. I had a treatment last Friday and I didn't feel the best coming out. That happens sometimes so I didn't think anything of it. But it didn't go away. In fact, the pain got worse. Tuesday, I had to get a cab home from work. Wednesday, I didn't have my high notes because I couldn't get in the right position to do it. It was then that I knew that I had to see the acupuncturist as soon as possible. My next appointment wasn't until Tuesday. Luckily, she was able to see me yesterday evening.

And it felt great coming out. There was little pain and all was good.

And it was pretty good this morning. But, as the day wore on, I'm in pain again. I really don't know why I'm flaring up like I am. I wish I knew, but I don't. And it seems like my body wants to fall apart some because my acid reflux has been coming back a bit too.

There is a part of me that is wondering if my job is detrimental to my back. Standing, playing, working with kids, I'm wondering if it really is causing problems. If that's the case, what am I supposed to do? Most good paying jobs require some amount of training/education in that field. I don't have much other training/education in anything besides teaching. So I could go back to school to do something where I can sit more. But I can't afford that, so that's probably not good. Going to a lower paying job isn't looking like a good option either. So I guess I have to settle for what I'm doing now and just take it easy some.

I'll try to keep this updated a bit, but I can't really promise much. It's not uncommon for me to start a blog, update it and then forget about it.