September 30

It's been quite a week.

I am trying to sober myself up from the muscle relaxers a bit so I can run an errand or two and do some writing before I go back under.

I ended up with what I'm praying to God is a pinched nerve.
Bad lower back ache all last week (which was part of my grumpiness last week, as was PMS)  It hurt all week.  I got a massage on Tuesday.  It helped.  Then I went for an hour long walk on Wednesday.  That DID NOT help, though it did feel good to be out and moving.

By Thursday afternoon I was in some intense pain and by midnight I was crying and trying to find different ways to position myself that wouldn't hurt so much.  I discovered on accident that lying on the floor felt great (I had dropped my phone under the bed and went to fetch it.)  Then  around 5am I found a way of sitting on my right butt cheek and leaning a little forward that took all the pain away.

At 8am I was at the doctor.  All pain gone, but my left leg pretty damn numb.

X-rays.  Steroid shot.  Anti-inflammation shot.  The space between my L5 and my S1 is too small, likely a nerve (sciatic?) got pinched during a yoga pose.  Which? Not sure, but we think one that involved a block on my sacrum.

In the meantime I am on Prednisone (2x  day) and Flexoril (as often I am able to take it, but at least nightly) and have a follow up on Thursday afternoon.  For now I've got one hell of a limp and not a lot of feeling in my left calf down, but I think that's an improvement.

Fuck.

(OF couse, in the back of my mind I keep wanting to re-Google just how hereditary MS is.)