My stupid back is out. Boo me. It's a long standing problem that is not resolving itself with acupuncture, phyiso or chiropractic's. Called my Doctors office this morning because frankly I have had it. Big shocker. She is closed until the New Year. I guess because Doctors are people, they get to take holidays too.
Anyhoo....I'm pretty good at dealing with the pain as long as I'm sure of what it is. As long as some professional with a stethoscope confirms for me that I'm gonna be ok. It hurts, it sucks I'll get over it.
On a side note, weird pain should never be googled. Google is not my friend. Strange back pain suddenly turns into an impending heart attack or some debilitating degenerative disease.
Ahh but I digress (let's blame the drugs!)
So now that I am at the end of my proverbial rope I call Doctors Relief to see if they can squeeze a girl in pain in for a quick appointment. I am in luck. I am in.
Jump, errr ....limp to my car and I am off.
Shuffle into the waiting room.
HOLD UP.
I have just walked into a freakin petri dish!
I caved and came to this part time Doctors office because frankly my friends, I was desperate and sick of hearing myself whine. Pathetic. Now I have to walk all the way across a crowded room of coughing, sneezing, sniffling, white and pasty looking peeps without catching some sort of nasty!
It is like a mine field!
From the door to the reception desk I dodge two sneezes and a cough. Yuck. Sick people.
Fill out my paperwork and now I have to sit down somewhere. Are you kidding?
As I scan the room I do my very own triage assessment.
Sweaty red nose chic with a handful of tissue, you have a cold. Go home. Doc can't help you and I'm not sitting next to you.
Mom with 2 toddlers rubbing your head and shaking your leg. You are still in your Pj's at noon and I recognize that circular temple rub. Migraine? Can't catch those. The chair next to yours has possibility. Wait a minute is that a barf bowl under your chair? eeek!
Ah ha...2o something, well dressed, arms crossed and rubbing your ear. Little Miss Ear Infection, you are my new chair buddy.
Now I just have to keep to myself for the next 20 minutes and hope for the best.
Finally my name is called.
Doc prescribes some super strong drugs and a side of muscle relaxants.
Thanks and blessings.
Snag some hand sanitizer on the way out and make my escape.
Here's hoping the drugs work, I didn't catch some new nasty ailment and I don't have to play the triage game again for a long time.
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44 comments:
I feel ya... My back sucks..... now that I am 37 it is gettin worse seriously! UGHHHH... once sprained my back at 29 was in bed for 2 weeks , strong drugs....... sucked badly.
LOL on the whole google thing... I know everything is you are having a freakn heart attack.. WHAT@! LOL
Happy New Year!
ooh--i never google random aches and pains. somehow i always end up with a tumor because of an eye twitch.
hate doctor's offices. especially in the winter time. it's like influenza gone wild.
Oh no. I hope you're better soon. I don't have back problems that bad...just yet. I do struggle though.
Um ya never trust Google. I'm just sayin'.
Have a happy healthy new year!
oh my! I hate waiting in drs rooms. Its the worse. I think they could move a bit faster.
oh i so hope your back gets to feeling better.. it sucks big time..
... but yes, yes, yes - NEVER, EVER google some sort of medical pain.. talk about paranoia!!!
I hope your back starts feeling better soon and that you don't get sick!
I hate playing that game - especially with baby in tow - where you have to dodge all the sick people in order to get to a chair that MIGHT or might NOT be previously contaminated...I mean, hello, the nerve of those sick people!!
~WM
You crack me up...I just love your blog! It ALWAYS makes me smile! I hope you are feeling better. I will be checking back to see how you are.
Even worse than Google is Web MD. I've been on there to search sore throat and was told I had a brain tumor. Not the best!
I got nervous reading your description of the waiting room... I hate that place enough to ignore almost the worst of pains and aches.
-j
Never google ailments, it could be the death of you. Hope the drugs help and you are in tip top shape soon.
Back problems are the worst!! Take care. You know, you probably contracted the swine flu while you were there ;)
No fun at all! Hope you feel better soon!
eeeewww, i know the feeling. i've gone to our urgent care center a couple of times. i hate being so close to all those sick people that i go outside look through the glass and peek in the door to see if i'm next. and mind you i'm sick too, but i'm so squimish that i don't want any more germs. i know i'm kooky
Web MD is definitely a scary place. I've been convinced over the years that I have all sorts of crazy diseases. None yet :)
my google symptoms always end up at MS or ME - never ever google symptoms!!!!
I think doctors waiting rooms are a walking disaster area - my daughter caught chicken pox AT the doctors - ho hum!
Ugh...back pain sucks! Some days nothing will cure mine! And the last time I went to a walk in clinic, I swear I caught something I didn't have when I walked in. Gross!
Wow...I hope the drugs do the trick. You are too young to have back problems!!
I always worry about coming home from the Dr's office with more than I went in with.
Take care, Suz
I suggest trying long slow stretching, including "crunches" on your back, where you raise your upper body a few inches off the floor and hold the position for as long as you can then relax a minute and repeat. It is possible to relieve most back pain with some type of stretch. There are many many angles of the stretch, they thing is to find some angle that gradually pulls or smooths out the pain by relieving pressure on the nerve that is causing the pain. Most people do NOT need a doctor or chiropractor to assist them.
I've seen it be effective so many times, please consider trying it, if it doesn't work, no loss, if it does you will be astounded! Then make it something you do every day whenever you're not comfortable.
Good luch, feel better.
Secretia
Sorry about your back. What a drag, moms just don't get down time so lucky you have those drugs to take the edge off while you try to recover. Hope you avoided all those nasty germs too!
During this season of life while we are poor, college students, our children go to the Public Health Clinic...it's about 10 times what you just described (last time a girl puked on the floor about 15 feet away from me, which is good because 3 seconds before that she was sitting NEXT TO ME!).
It keeps me humble, I'll tell you that!!!
Feel better soooooooon!
dang it, hope you feel better soon
It's hard not to be leary of cooties nowadays. Is this a sign of things to come? Probably.
Hope you get relief soon, if you're not already in la-la land. :)
Hope by now that the drugs have kicked in and that you are feeling better. Happy New Year!
My back has never been the same since I had my child..
I'm my mother's driver to and from her doctor visit's (old age stuff) and you just repeated the same sad story her and I deal with twice a month...so brutally true!
Yours in health,
Robin
Feeling VERY glad that we haven't had to go to the clinic in months! WHooT! Feel better soon. Although drugs always help, don't they!?
Hope you feel better soon. BTW I never Google my aches and pains. A couple of years ago I had a distant cousin who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I googled it and ended up swearing I had it too because I was bloated and occasionally had tender breasts. I even went to the Dr demanding a blood test or whatever. She then asks me why I feel I may have this disease. I tell her and she nearly burst out laughing.
Oh no sweetie! I hope you take it easy and stay away from the even google. It could lead to knowledge you just need know about things around you and the doc's ofice you visited :).
I say take a swig of the hand sanitizer it can't hurt right ... LOL ;)
Take it easy my dear :)
For this reason I sit in the outer area on Saturdays.....on another note, I actually wrote a post about how I googled "month long throat pain." According to the internet I had throat cancer or aids (and I mean like fifty different websites). According to my dr. I have a sinus infection and snot is acidic and burning through my throat. What...too much information? Just google acidic snot. THAT is too much info!
As the recipient of two back surgeries, I can honestly say, I feel your pain. Thank God for good drugs!
The last time I took my daughter to the ER, I actually made her (and myself) undress immediately upon our return home, and put our clothes in a trash bag, which I left on the back porch until I washed them, separately. I also left with two cans of the foamy hand sanitizer stuff, given to me by the nurses because I refused to touch the communal dispensers.
Germs are not my friend.
Google is not my friend either for pain! I have thought I have had every type of cancer out there!
Hope back is better! My husband and mom both suffer from disc issues. Not fun
Back pain is the worst...hope the meds help..in more ways than one..!! Ice always helps..Fell Better..!!
Ohh, yeah. Googling random pains is really a bad idea. I'm glad you got some drugs for it.
How can you keep your sense of humor with back pain? You're amazing! I love you triage assessment. Hope you feel better soon. xo
Feel better. And never google any medical conditions! OMG... sooo scary!!!
Back pain is terrible. Hope you feel better soon!
Googling an illness before you know what you have is like digging your own grave. I have learned that the hard way!
Hope you're feeling better and thanks for stopping by!
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Aww, Darlin
Sorry to hear you're having back pain. I have suffered from chronic back and sciatica pain for YEARS ~ I totally know how much it can suck.
Hope you're feeling better soon!!!
You have taken this game to a whole new level. I usually just look for the closest open chair that isn't next to someone who looks like an armrest hog or a serial killer.
Hope your drugs are effective!
I feel your pain. Literally.
Happy New Year!!!!
Yes, illnesses should never be googled. I have looked aches and pains up and then have become convinced that I have some deadly disease. It's awful. I hope the drugs help you feel much better!!
Yuck, sick people is right! lol!
My tip to you is the one my husbands therapist (physical therapist, lol)from the Cleveland Clinic gave him for his back/neck.
Shark Cartilage AND glucosimine/condroiton (I know I spelled that wrong). It took about 4 weeks to feel the effects but guess what? The pain went away and he didn't need the therapist anymore. Go figure.
It's worth a shot!
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