There has not been much to say since my back is no better. My foot is healing nicely and the scabs are coming off with just slightly pink skin underneath. I guess I will just hope my back heals. While twisting, especially when getting in bed, the pain is almost unbearable. I probably should try my recliner at night but I don't know if I could get sound sleep.
Pat gets home today and then we must deal with the wine club. Also I am still working on taxes.
Catalina was nice to bring me 6 bottles of wine from our storage last Thursday. After two days I did try them blind. I had been grabbing a shot of tequila in most nights. The wines I tried were the 2012 Petit Verdot, Block 4 and Escuro in green cap (10 month barrel aged) and red cap (16 month barrel aged). I thought the red caps were smoother and the green cap was more intense so the choice would depend upon your mood or food.
My back is no better, maybe worse so I decided to call and received an appointment with a Nurse practitioner at 4:30 today, very impressive......my regular doctor was sick. This new doctor, as I call her, scheduled an xray for tomorrow. I am having trouble dealing with the pain in the night.....the day is fine.....why........? I have no idea why I have more pain at night nor does anyone else. So tomorrow I go in for an xray, I asked why not a scan.......her answer was, Dave, we only do scans if there is a known problem. Xrays, first and as she suspects, if they are normal, she will send me to a conditioner, my words not hers. I asked about acupuncture and she gave me a name. I also have an appointment with a known back surgeon on Monday.
So I have this intense pain. As some of you know, I have tried marijuana at times so of course I tried it during the last three weeks while I have had my back pain. I can say it does not work for me. I like marijuana because it helps me think about the future but for injuries, it makes me paranoid.
My xray of my back came out positive!! I have a fractured bone in my back. The nurse practitioner said it was bad news, I think it is good news since now I know in a few more weeks I will be back to normal. I just have to find a way to sleep comfortably on my left side. My right side is where the bone is fractured so I have to stay away from there. I have no trouble walking and actually I just walked a half mile to see our new solar down by the creek. I am staying active and will drive down to see my Mother on Sunday. I will be consuming more tequila!!
9:00 Pm: I have pain from the xray so I will go into that later.
Now to the pain. I know I can stand pain more than most. I was fearful that this pain is so intense,.......if it persisted......I would be in big trouble. I know now I will recover in a few weeks, but right now I am not comfortable when sleeping. So I need to keep fighting for sleep, eventually we all get tired. I only need 6 hours of sleep so I have been in bed before 11pm and back up before 8:30, but in that long time I can get 6 hours of sleep. So the xray today has given me more pain.