72 days since my L5-S1 spinal fusion with interbody cage. I'd like to take a moment to reflect on memories and life before the fusion, if I could, since my blog didn't start until a few weeks after my fusion. Which is another story in and of itself. I do have plans to expand my blog and to have more aspects of my life incorporated into my site as time allows and God wills. I know I have much more to share with you than just my surgery and God has done so much more work in my life than I could count or even imagine at this point in my journey. For that, I am forever grateful and humbled by His great glory and his mercy on my life as a sinner.
As you may have read, or heard, this Spondylolisthesis journey started on November 8th, 2016 where I woke up and was barely able to make it to the bathroom to wash up. I remember when I bent forward I felt this sharp rubbing feeling that hurt a hundred times worse than when I felt it bending forward. I was a REALTOR at the time, struggling, struggling in general. I had just started my S Corp with my partner at the time and the day before this happened I didn't do anything extraordinary or out of line to correspond with the pains or what I was to shape my life for the next eight years. Apparently, that day, ironically enough, I was to start as a coordinator for a chiro office and run a Health Fair for a local office of about 500 employees. I had forgotten and weirdly enough showed up at his office requesting an urgent adjustment. Instead of an adjustment, I was shown the office and given log in information and direction for the Health Fair. I had to muster all the energy I could at the time (in pants that were six sizes too large) and get prepped for the event. I remember standing there as I constantly pulled my pants up and my blouse down, as my legs grew cold as ice, sheets of cold blanketed me from my waist down. When I moved my lower back hurt tremendously! I had to front and put on a smile the whole time. I joked about back pains and how I was a patient as well. Somehow I managed and got back to the office where I was able to get an adjustment and spill all the tea about my pains and what happened. We took x-rays. It was showing a herniated disc and a Grade 1 slip of my L5-S1 area. I was immediately put on decompression, red light therapy and ice. Told to take magensium glycinate, and fish oil twice a day and collagen once a day to help with inflammation. I did all of that. I was also seen 5 days a week and got some serious treatment. The chiro also referred me to a surgeon later that month as I know I was in some major pain. The surgeon recommended a fusion. That is where I made a life choice that would shape and form the next eight years. I chose not to have surgery.
Surgery seemed something a little out of whack a the time since my life was being tested in more ways than one. I had so much going on with work, my faith journey and family.
...To be continued...
I do have my first in person PT visit today. I told my virtual PT that I am glad that I chose virtual PT in the interim as her exercises and stretches helped in my healing journey. I will let her know later this week if I am to continue virtual PT, or if I will only do in person PT.
I heard back from my doctor's office and I will get a new neck pillow for the numbness in my arms when I sleep on my side, burning/numbness in groin is normal, and on Sept 18th when I go in for a scan they'll look at the placement of my rods and screws. All is good there. YAY!
God is good. Prayed The Holy Rosary twice this morning, watched Mass and did some light housework.
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