I am having back surgery on March 9th, 2011. The medical term for what I am having is: Laminotomy with Microdecompression and Microdiscectomy. The layman definition is: They are going to make an incision on my back and drill a hole between two vertebrae and then clean out and bone fragments and disc that are bugging my nerves. I think it sounds much worse than it actually will be.
I have done everything I can to avoid having surgery, but sometimes there are really no other options. I have been going to Physical Therapy and Pain Management for longer than I care to think about. My upside on that is that at least my insurance covers it 100% and I have the care available to me.
I have been dealing with chronic back pain for the better part of 13 years. I can't really remember any defining event that led to me being where I am right now. The pain started small and nagging and then it was just kind of a downhill slide over a bunch of years. I think in the beginning I was not as aggressive about seeking treatment as I probably should have been. Hindsight is always 20/20 and I have learned from my mistakes.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
I need a blog too!
So I have been thinking about starting a blog for awhile, but i had no idea what to write about. I could write about scrapbooking, cooking or being a student but there are 500 million bajillion (thats a lot) of blogs about those things. Then I thought, why not write about something that makes me happy. Optimism!
If you know me, you know I am a glass half full kind of girl. Many years ago I decided that I was tired of being miserable about what life threw my way, it made me an angry anxious person. I made a conscious decision to try to always see "The Upside of Things" no matter how terrible the initial event may be. For instance, I have chronic back pain that sometimes makes me want to claw my eyes out. There should really be no upside in that, but I thought about it for awhile and I came up with: I would rather be happy that I can still walk, and have my wits about me than spend hours being angry and upset about being in pain.
It is an easy thing to do and I challenge anyone who reads my new blog to find their own upside of things. You will be surprised at how much it can improve your outlook on life and how you feel in general.
My first round of posts will mostly be about my upcoming back surgery. I hope that by writing about how I am feeling and what I am physically experiencing that it will help me physically and mentally. (Yes, there is an upside to back surgery too.)
If you know me, you know I am a glass half full kind of girl. Many years ago I decided that I was tired of being miserable about what life threw my way, it made me an angry anxious person. I made a conscious decision to try to always see "The Upside of Things" no matter how terrible the initial event may be. For instance, I have chronic back pain that sometimes makes me want to claw my eyes out. There should really be no upside in that, but I thought about it for awhile and I came up with: I would rather be happy that I can still walk, and have my wits about me than spend hours being angry and upset about being in pain.
It is an easy thing to do and I challenge anyone who reads my new blog to find their own upside of things. You will be surprised at how much it can improve your outlook on life and how you feel in general.
My first round of posts will mostly be about my upcoming back surgery. I hope that by writing about how I am feeling and what I am physically experiencing that it will help me physically and mentally. (Yes, there is an upside to back surgery too.)
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