Thu May 28, 2009
6 months of pain was enough.So last week I went to see my doctor for the pain in my leg. He sent me to an Orthorpaedic specialist. Looks like I have a herniated disc at L5 (the bottom most vertebrae before the tailbone). That is what has been causing the pain in my left leg. This last week my lower back has started hurting as well. So he put me on some Prednisone. So I'll be on it for 7 days, and starting physical therapy to help my spine. After two weeks if I'm not feeling any better, I call them back and get an MRI scheduled. Then Cortisone shots. If that doesn't work... surgery. I'm also going to do some other things to try to get it finally fixed. I think now that I have a better idea I can get other treatments specifically for it. So a visit to the Chiropractor on Friday, then I need to find an acupuncturist and try that stuff out. I'll keep y'all updated. 5 comments Geez! I hope you don’t have to have back surgery! That is aweful and what got my Uncle addicted to pain meds. My acupuncturist works at Meridian Acupuncture and Chiropractic the # is 565.0222. Feel better soon! Thu May 28, 2009 @ 03:49  Thanks Becky! I was going to ask you about that! I’ll give them a call and ask them if they can accept my insurance. Thu May 28, 2009 @ 14:02 LAME! The closest acupuncturist that is covered by my insurance is 196 miles away in Colorado! :( Thu May 28, 2009 @ 15:49 It wasn’t covered by our insurance but we could use our HSA card. It was worth if for me to just pay the money though. Fri Jun 05, 2009 @ 14:38 Yeah, it’s just annoying that if there was an acupuncturist close enough this would be covered by my insurance. Fri Jun 05, 2009 @ 20:52 |
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