This day has been so long and tiring but you do whatcha gotta do! My MRI showed absolutely nothing wrong. That is great news as I told the doctor but living in agony cannot go on! He said it could be a whole bunch of muscles in there causing so much pain and maybe a little coming from that sciatic nerve.
I explained to him that I could sit in a chair, sit on the couch or at my computer without pain in my hip and leg...BUT that is not the way I wanted to spend my life. I told him I loved to do things, go places and did not won't to sit down all the time. I explained again that it was the movement like something as small as walking out to my bird feeders and re-filling them and walking back to the patio that would cause that horrific pain. Just walking period!!!
He asked how I felt about going back to physical therapy and I told him it did not help me....that the movement that I was put through causes pain!!
So this is what we are going to do! I am going to get those shots of cortisone (I guess in the spine) It may take more than one but I think its a good idea. My first trip to him I asked if he could give me those shots. At that time he said "oh no, we don't want to start with those needles yet." So I did the therapy and tried to do anything that would help. Guess he figured we had tried some things that didn't work and would have to get the shots. I asked him "does it hurt?" And he looked up at me and said "no, its not bad at all." I don't know whether he was pulling my leg or not. (I think they numb it where they put the needle in.) Ouch!
The first shot is September 8, the day before that little cowboy's birthday....LOL! I hope and pray that this may really help me and answer the question about my pain.
Thanks for listening and thanks for being so sweet to me as I've been going through this ordeal. I would be with any of you all if you so need me, you can bet on that!!
When I got home, I grabbed a bite to eat and had to call my 3 guys. Two sons and brother! I had promised them I would call them when I came back home.
