Improvement at last!

After a rough few weeks, I finally feel like I'm making progress. Yesterday I had my first entirely PAIN FREE day since this started! WOOHOO!!!!!! I shall forgive the fact that it was likely to be due to the new meds my GP has me on... the fact I am pain free is awesome!

I also seem to be coping better at work! Granted, I am still on (very) light duties, but I am coping. Thursday I was having bad spasms by lunch time and wanted to cry. But I got through the shift... the entire shift! I have actually worked a WHOLE week! Amazing!

My physio says my back is much better than it was. It is very free now which is great! Improvement! Have to love improvement! I'm over the moon! He's even written a letter to appease my boss (she wouldn't approve the last one he wrote) and has given a forecast of which shifts I should be able to do which will cover my until the week before Christmas! AWESOME! I should be back on full duties by Christmas!

Of course, this is dependent on me continuing to improve and what the surgeon tells me on Tuesday. I had my MRI on Wednesday this week. I had a copy of the report sent to my physio. It's not a great report. I asked Logan if he had received it and he said he had. He said it wasn't good. I stopped him there and told me I didn't want to know. I didn't want to spend the next 4 days stressing about what the surgeon is going to tell me! So I don't know a whole lot about my MRI results... but I do know that I have a permanently trapped nerve. I'm not sure what that is going to mean long term. Or surgically. Probably a disectomy. But Logan seems to think that if I continue to respond well to treatment that I should be able to avoid surgery. So, keep your fingers crossed!!!

Today is a good day pain wise. I've not needed anything more than my normal meds. None of the extra's. I managed the grocery shopping (with DH pushing the trolley) without incident. Another bonus! I even feel like going for a walk! But I'm not keen on ruining the recovery! So I will behave. I may do some pilates work a little later. I am only allowed to do floor work at the moment. It's going to kill me when I go back to training in a few weeks!

If I can continue to improve like this, I will be rapt! I'm so happy and relieved to finally have some improvements happening! And ready for Christmas! What an awesome Christmas present that would be!