Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Pain in the Back

Today marks the one year anniversary of that fateful day when the disc in my back herniated. Wow, a lot can happen in one year. That is the worst pain I have experienced . It would be 3 long months of physical therapy and chiropractors before we finally decided surgery was the only solution. Oddly enough, a week after my back injury, my father had major back surgery. He had been suffering for several years with back pain, and had recently seen a physician here in Birmingham who told him he needed surgery. Needless to say, my dad and I (and our spouses) had a rough year. I am thankful that my dad and I are pain-free this year!

3 comments:

Crystal Watford said...

Glad you're better! What happened to hurt your back?

Tonya said...

Believe it or not, I sneezed. That is what caused the disc to herniate. But, I think it was just the "straw that broke the camel's back"(no pun intended :) I had been having minor back pain for several years. But last year, when I sneezed, I got this extreme pain in my back and all the way down my left leg. We found later that when I sneezed, it caused the disc to actually burst out and part of it detached and hit up against the nerve that goes down my left leg. Yeah, that hurt.

Crystal Watford said...

wow! I'm glad you got it all worked out and are better! That had to be terrible!