Daisalana

Hey Vs Back is no better. Day 3 of bed rest, day 2 of pain meds & muscle relaxers. If any of you have had the crippling back problems, you know how the depression sits in. I feel hopeless and feel like I'll never be ok again, and I can't do anything.. dishes are piling up, laundry is piling up, Russell took my bottle of water from the night stand this morning to take his meds, ended up taking it to work..now I have no water, because I can't bend down and get more out of the china hutch. I hate being like this, I am so frustrated. I am more discouraged because I feel there is NO improvement. I have no range of motion. If I drop something off of the bed, it's a lost cause.. I can't sit on the toilet, I have to stand over it, and if my pants slide all the way down, I have to grab them with my toes and waddle out of the bathroom to hold onto something to try to pull them back up. I hope this doesn't have something to do with the pregnancy, where I'll be like this the whole time. I keep reading trying to figure out what it could be caused from, ligaments loosen up during pregnancy (even early), and so maybe I sprained it.. but why wouldn't I be feeling better yet??? I can't describe the pain I feel trying to get in & out of the car, or if I make the mistake of sitting down on a chair or recliner for a moment..sigh.. I am sick of the tv, and sick of my bed.. russell said he would get me books if I tell him what I want, I found 4 I want, so gave him the list.. we have bowling tonight (not me of course), so he was going to get them but we forgot hes going bowling. Work is slow when I'm at home, because I can't handle any issues myself.. I have to call and have a csr handle it.. then I worry if it's done right. Russell brought my customer books home from work, which helps with me having to call and bug people. One more edit, the one cute thing amongst all this.. I felt my stomach this morning, the bottom of my flabby panis has a firmness on the underside.. baby bump ahoy!

Drugs are bad, mmmkay? I'm laid up for the week, I threw my back out or something Saturday.. no one has a real solid answer since they can't do xrays.. on pain meds & muscle relaxers, if I come up with something fun to say I'll make sure to post it here. Oh and me and my mom are best friends.. We are identical, so growing up we always butted heads.. once I moved out on my own, we get along wonderfully.. unless there's a dominance situation. We're very Freudian in the way we display dominance. We fight over the attention of the men in our lives, and my uncles are always saying 'You two need to fight, it's always so funny' because we won't back down and we can both be extremely volitile. Just a petty example, she wanted a ride home from work the other day because she didn't want to wait for my dad.. I said fine, but I need to go now (was hungry I think) and she always says she is ready but then makes me sit around for an hour while she takes her sweet time... when I rushed her, she went ballistic, saying don't ever ask ME for a ride again, or her favorite phrase anytime I don't want to be her slave "I'll remember that". She is great at making me feel guilty for reasons she shouldn't. Luckily we both let those things go quickly, after we do a dominance battle and one of us wins, we are back to being buddies. I read your letter the other day BBK and I decided not to comment, without knowing either of you or the dynamics.. It just sounded like a concerned mom looking out for her daughter.

Because I can't afford the tax increases Obama has proposed. And this, since he took the time to type out what I didn't feel like typing..

Heather, it may be a good thing, my obgyn didn't say why but she said when I go off of b/c and look to conceive, I need to wait at least 1 complete cycle. She said use condoms for that month.. Again, I don't know why.. but it must be a good thing to not get pregnant that first month :thumbup: Good luck with the baby making!

Yes the band works, the 2nd question would be for your band doctor. Everyone's doctor has different opinions on it.

HeyV's.. GP wanted to give me a steroid injection, muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatory and pain meds.. but he wanted to talk to my obgyn first (good thing)... he told me, she said NO to injection, and said there are no anti-inflammatories she is comfortable with during the 1st trimester--he was saying he disagrees, but that he wants to go with her opinion, which i do agree..but.... sigh.. of all those things, steroids & anti-inflam would be what HEALS it.. but she told him a muscle relaxer & pain med I can take.. I took both around 2:30, and I feel no different.. not even loopy from the pain meds.. he gave me hydrocodine.. He told me i need to stay home in bed till monday... argh.. i have been so restless, but i can't sit down so i can't go to work..been working from home, but it's a lot harder, i have to call people at work to check on stuff instead of walking down the hall myself. hope everyone is having a good day tracy when i read your posts with all the 'blech' i imagine a vomiting sound lol..so it made your post funny to read

LOL Kat, yeah.. we wouldn't like you anymore because you'd be lacking an important piece of silicone! Thats the only reason we like you I am worse, I developed a permanent charlie horse across my entire ass. If you twist your arm in a position it wouldnt go in, and leave it.. how it begins to ache, then throb..that's what I am feeling, but there's no way to relieve it. Then when I stand up from sitting, or try to sit, it's the excruciating pain. I went to chiro first thing this morning, he wanted to talk to my GP about what muscle relaxers or antiinflammitories, etc I can have. But friggin doctors and their voicemail tactics. Heaven forbid anyone answer their phones anymore. My chiro called and did the doctors line and even got a voicemail. They actually returned his call though. So I go in at 2 to see my GP and I dunno what they're going to do or what they think it is. Chiro said he wondered if it's something else.. I think he thinks it could be like a bladder infection or something (he keeps asking if I'm spotting or cramping).. I'm really not, and it is no where near my organs.. it's my tail bone and my butt.. I was in tears this morning, and I told him..I just want to stop hurting.. He wanted to do an xray--but they cant.. so I wonder if they are going to do a catscan, which means theyd have to send me to a hospital..and oh my goodness, i can't take sitting around in a hospital again in pain.. I won't do it!! Pray for me v's, I am tired of this pain

((Kat)) let us know as soon as you hear something!! I need accountability, someone remind me I don't want to get fat because I seem to be confused..even when I am putting crap in my mouth I shouldn't eat, I say "Don't, you're going to get fat" and I still do it, and say "I'll worry about it later". Ugh. I went to chiro as soon as I woke up, told them the problem so they got me right in. He said it seems like I upset the muscles around my tailbone, but since I didnt fall he doesn't think it's broken.. so he did an adjustment, told me I need to not sit down today (no work), told me to go home, lay in bed and ice it every hour. He said the adjustment should make me feel better in 5 hours (now). About an hour ago, the throbbing while laying down finally subsided, but I got up to get the ice pack and all the moving position pain is as bad as ever :embaressed_smile: He said if I have no relief by tomorrow, he's going to call my GP and find out what anti-inflammatories I can take. One good thing, he said he doesn't think it's my bone spur, which makes me happy..was so worried pressure on it was causing this, and Im not even showing yet, couldnt imagine how it would feel with a big belly pushing on my back. Going back to my judge shows.. judge mathis made me weepy this morning.. heh.

Just skimming posts before bed, so glad the TX V's are all fine!! Saturday evening, I did something--I keep trying to replay and figure out what, with no luck--and hurt my lower back. I can't believe I am saying it but it's about 10x worse than when I had my crippling lower back pain. It feels like I broke my tail bone!!! Moving positions (standing to laying, sitting to standing, etc.) is the most excruciating pain I've ever endured. I cry out and tears well up in my eyes. When laying and sitting there is a constant throbbing pain, but the changing of positions is so brutal.. standing doesn't hurt too bad though. I tried 2 baths last night (warm, not hot), used a massager, Russell gave me a massage, I tried tylenol.. then went to bed early hoping it would pass.. tossed all night-barely, I can't roll over without hurting intensely. Woke up, amazingly, worse. I can't reach without the excruciating pain, so I've been bumbling around yelling out everytime I try to do anything. I'm so miserable. I am calling my GP & Chiro in the morning, whoever can get me in first and help me. I was reading about hurt cocyx, and it says steroid injections & pain meds.. I'm doubting I can do either while pregnant.. I am in so much pain, it is ridiculous, and I can't take anything

A quick google pulled up www.probush.com I don't understand why it's such a hard concept...Not everyone (obviously) has the same feelings. While I was cringing when Clinton was in office, I was not arrogant enough to think MY opinion is the only opinion Americans have. Why would everyone be anti-Bush just because you are?

Posting just to post!

Bingo. It all depends on which channel and whose propaganda you're going to listen to.

Could you cite this statistic? Make sure it says the percentage, as well as the fault of said discourse, where it is Bush's fault. If we're going to make up random statistics, the other 20% of that statistic educate themselves.

It's a horrible thing to treat your kid like a snowflake, but it's even worse when those snowflakes grow up to be adults and have no sense of reality.

Mom, you've gone into the "Rants and Raves" section of the support group.. In fact, it really has nothing to do with the support group, but rather a platform for people to talk about controversial and heated topics, thus the name Rants and Raves. As a republican who supports Bush, and someone who would not have had the success with the band that I've had without this forum.. I have to say, well..first, get a thicker skin.Surely this isn't the first time you've heard people bash Bush. You yourself just made a jab about Clinton, and I hope that does not run off a new forum goer who loved him! Second, stay out of R&R and enjoy the support part of the forum. You don't have to come to this area, and the rest of the forum is full of great information & advice.

Morning V's, glad you were able to check in Terry!! I was on myspace last night finding people (I was up late and bored). I found the guy I worked for in Atlanta, doing DJing.. This is what he said, I was floored.. it's got to be one of the funniest (flattering?) things someone has ever told me.. LOL Oh pppsssttt.. PAM... fill will not keep you from being able to eat Coldstone

All the news shows Galveston underwater, and it hasn't even officially hit has it? I have been watching and worrying about you guys Said Houston will probably lose power, sending vibes to you guys, and hope you're all somewhere safe..and extra vibes that Tracy's house isn't one of them I see on tv :wink2:

Baby Violet can't wait!!

My snack fairy brings me.. chicken-n-a-biskit, 100 calorie shortbread cookies, snack size snickers, and those caramel doves. But she makes sure to only give me the serving size

I need to hook you up with my snack fairy....she gets along well with the scale fairy.

Snack fairies are nice! Snacks are me frendz. <3 Glad the sleep study is over, I wouldn't be able to do one of those. I'd be too nervous..I have a hard enough time sleeping in my house.

Husband's name is Russell.. I call him Russ if I'm in a hurry, but he hates the short version of his name. I've called him Snickerdoodle and received dirty looks, but honey goes over the best. I call him a jackass when he makes me mad

I don't know.. for me, if I pull my belly skin away (I do this sometimes, as I know I will get a TT one day), it completely tightens my stomach and below my stomach.. but the mons, are like a fat ball. They don't move when I pull my stomach taught. I may end up getting a mons lift too one day, but all depends on cost, because it doesn't bother me.. stomach does because people see it, but the only people who see my mons don't care!

Hah! Well, I thought it's funny how it's our baby violet, and how appropriate it is due in APRIL! I can't imagine feeling the movement. Since I don't feel pregnant, it's still very surreal.. seeing my belly grow will be weird too.

Yup, when I saw it, and she had the heart beat going I felt my face get warm and I smiled.. a goofy smile, and I couldn't stop it (I did try because I realize how goofy I was looking). There it is, it's alive, it's healthy and everything was good! I can finally be excited. I told them (I rambled, I was so nervous), my concerns about friends who found out the baby didn't grow, heart wasn't beating, blah blah.. and if it didn't implant, or what if it was etopic.. since I don't FEEL pregnant, it didn't seem real till I saw it on the monitor!! She said, her first pregnancy she didn't feel pregnant either, no morning sickness, etc... then she said the 2nd pregnancy made up for it. She said she probably wouldn't have had another if her 2nd pregnancy was first. They gave me the dvd, the video I have is a bit longer than what I put on youtube, they labeled my ovaries and my 'cul de sac'.. which I got a kick out of, I'm not sure what a cul de sac is (in terms of my body)!! The doctor said about my pelvic kidney--because of it, c-section is pretty much out of the question, it would be too dangerous. So she said, if YOU get fat, the baby gets fat, and a vaginal delivery is hard.. so she said I need to make sure not to gain too much weight. I made the mistake of telling my mom (but realized my mistake and am not telling DH!) she instantly goes "You shouldn't have eaten that candy the other day, I'm going to be watching you".. feh. I eat candy almost every day, and I still lose weight.. I don't eat enough to get fat!! I still can't. I bounced to 219lb the week I found out, but I'm back to 212lb and it's not moving anymore. It must have been retained water or something, that WAS the week I 'should have' been PMSing, so maybe it was PMS bloating or.. I dunno. Anyway.. that's my excitement. I have a lil alien growing in me. They said due date is April 23... and my doctor said 'That is Shakespeare's Birthday!'.. I thought what a crazy woman, she actually memorizes an anticdote for every single day of the year?? Then she said, it's also her daughter's birthday.. hah, so that's why she knew. That's so cool Tracy that you did all that, is that a volunteer job kind of thing? Any updates on the TX V's, anyone know if the path moved or what?