UPDATE ON MY BACK INJURY, DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS

Yeah they take the pain away, but I don't want to get hooked on any of this stuff so I take 1 instead of three.   I just need just enough to take the really bad gripping pain away.   

I really feel you on that!  I was given Vicodin (liquid) and noticed I was really starting to "like" it.......I put it down, because it's just takes a minute to get hooked on pain meds ! 

Hang in there Lee!

Lee I admire and commend you on your dedication to running...HOWEVER give the body a rest for a few days girl!  I had a cyst on my spine last year this time that caused pain to run down the sciatic nerve from above my waist (in the back) down the back of my leg to the heel of my foot that was no joke.  I told the doctor it felt like my body was having a toothache!

  Take care of the back Lee!  Like you I stayed away from the pain pills (oxycodone ) as much as I could those things made me crazy as a bed bug. When I fell asleep I had some serious colorful psychedelic dreams. I just threw a large bottle of those pills away a couple of days ago, I’m amazed they prescribed me so many....that's why so many people are hooked

There is no way I have come within 2 runs of finishing this that I am not going to complete it.  NO WAY. 

My doc said my fitness level is the reason my back doesn't go out more than it already does.   I have a handicap placard because of my arthritis in my back so this pain is not new for me.   But this is the worst it has ever been.

The shot they gave me made it possible for me to walk upright again and I jogged in place in the bathroom and it felt just fine.

If I wake up in the morning and have pain, I won't run but if I feel fine I'm going to do the run.  My doc told me I need to give my body a rest, I told him I would starting Friday morning. 

Glad you got some good drugs to give you some temporary relief.  Hopefully you won't need to go the surgery route.

MRI on Friday,  they will tell me the course of attack after that.

ignore other post, i'm tardy to the party as usual but i hope this makes you feel better Lee!

Thanks Marlo,  I feel better already.

 Feel better soon!

Thanks SB.   I feel pretty good when i'm drugged up.  I want to feel ok without the spinning