Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Snap Crackle & Pop

I didn't know what to do with myself last night...

it was the first night that I didn't work out...

The half marathon training is over, said & done...

My low back is still just irritating me now, so I didn't want to push it doing any other exercises.  I've been doing squats, weight training & trying to work on my 'abs' - if you want to call them that.  I guess technically, they're always called abs, even if you can't see them under all the jiggly stuff on top.

But I just took it easy last night...

Didn't even work on pictures.  Don't even think I turned on the computer.

I made supper, I did some laundry, I cleaned the bathroom... & then I just vegged.  Watched Dancing with the Stars, while not doing anything else... Just ice on my back, then some BioFreeze... & me & the TV.

It felt funny... it felt nice... but it felt wrong.

I felt like I gained 10 lbs not working out yesterday.

I'm just praying I get some relief soon so I can get back to normal.

I actually went to a new chiropractor yesterday.



Well, I say new because it's a new location that a friend that works there called & recommended to me.  She said they have a decompression table that helps pull the spine where discs can slip back in.  I'm all about discs slipping in place... so I visited there yesterday...

only to see my old chiropractor that I had visited for my Bicep Tendinitis working there...

He remembered me...

Probably because I'm the one who screamed anytime he wanted to pop or adjust anything.


You think I'm joking... I would scream just like this every time he'd pop my back... 


he's probably just THRILLED to see me again...

But he took x-rays of my back & we'll discuss them tonight when I go back.  He's going to compare the xrays he took yesterday to the ones the Orthopedic doctor took in February  (difference is standing xrays compared to ones taken laying down) & we'll see what he says...

Things like this always makes me nervous...Any time I have to sit in a room waiting & have someone walk in & want to discuss my body... it makes me get a little nauseated...

Oh yeah.... When he looked at the Ortho xrays, he then said,  "Did anyone ever tell you you had Spina Bifida?" - Ummm.... no.... he said, "it doesn't look like it was a big deal, but your spine didn't completely close as a baby"



Alrighty then - I'm 41 years old & just learned something that you'd think other doctors would have  seen sometime in life...

So tonight, I'll go back to get another muscle stimulation on my back, see what he has to say & see if I have anything else going on that I never knew my whole life...

I'm just hoping that they can get me running again...

I'm going to be 300 lbs before the end of May...

7 comments:

  1. I hope you get some answers. In the meantime, don't be too hard on yourself. Maybe rest is the best thing for right now. I'm not good at listening to that advice myself, but figured I'd throw it out there anyway : ) Hope all goes well at your appt!

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  2. I hope they can help you. I love my chiropractor. Well, I love how he has helped my back when I needed it. Take care and don't be afraid to rest some.

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  3. Ok, I don't want to be a skeptic but being the daughter of an orthopedist...if ALL the other doctors didn't see spina bifida and he did...I would get a second opinion before I let him do anything. Just sayin'.

    I hope you feel better soon!!!

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  4. It's easy to over-do sometimes when working out with weights. Be careful! I agree with Sara above--a second opinion wouldn't hurt.

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  6. totally bizarre about the spinal bifida. Strange to make it to your forties before this revelation. Maybe get a second opinion on that one...

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  7. Wow, hearing that you have Spina Bifida at 41 is really surprising. Do you have plans on how you will approach the matter? Since your chiro had told you about it, he might have some plans on dealing with it, as there might be some issues in your body, or something in your environment that was probably cause by it. Take care!

    Derek Sparks @ ForgeyChiropractic05

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