The injections the sawbones did in my back on Friday have helped quite a bit with the pain. The procedure itself was extremely unpleasant - they stick a needle all the way through the muscle tissue along the spine until they hit a rib, then back out a bit and squirt the medicine in. It was NOT a nice experience.
Saturday was worse. I had 80% of the previous pain along with new pain from all of the needle stabs. I felt like I'd been beaten with a baseball bat. By the end of the day the pain had eased a bit and I was able to get some decent sleep - almost 12 hours - I felt better yesterday than I have in months. It's better yet today. There's still quite a bit of soreness from the needle work and the muscles being locked up for so long, but the red hot steel ball that's been swimming around under my shoulder blade has cooled down noticeably so maybe there's some hope. MRI on my cervical spine this Thursday then see what's next. In the meantime I'll pick up a bottle of conolidine and add that to the supplement regimen.
Howard had bit of a tough weekend. Somehow he managed to injure a toenail on his right hind foot. It's been bleeding on and off for the last three days. It doesn't seem to be causing him a ton of discomfort, but he'll gimp on it when he knows someone is looking. There's not really a good way to treat it, AND he lost his 2nd training collar on Friday, so we've been trying to keep him indoors to the extent that it's possible.
He's managing to get his naps in spite of the sore toe.
