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Monday, April 21, 2008

I'm Broken and I'm deserted Update.

So you all know that I hurt my back. And it hurt. I have been practically flat all week. Starting Wednesday night I started taking some of my pain meds from when I had Cora.:) So I was finally starting to walk straight and not hurt so bad. It still hurts to bend over, to pick up anything, and to get up from a laying position. So mostly I am okay. So today I went back to my brother-in-law for another adjustment. He let me know today that my left femur is 7 mm shorter than my right. My FEMUR??? Huh I didn't know that could happen? He gave me this nifty little insert for my shoe that lifts my left heel so that my legs are even. The hope is that my hips won't go out which will prevent my back from going out, which will prevent my neck from going out. It's all connected you know, "the back bones connected to your hip bone, the hip bone's connected to you leg bone....." I never knew that song would come in handy? So then I ask Brad, "It's flip-flop season, what do I do about that (he wants me to wear shoes ALL the time)?" He told me to take my sandals to a shoe repair shop and have them put a 7 mm lift in my left shoe. Don't ya think that is going to be a little spendy? was my first thought. But then he showed me an xray of a man that is 60 years old with severe back degeneration. He told me I could end up like that or I could spend a little money for a lift in my shoe. So there you go, for a week I was crooked and for the rest of my life ( okay it's been my whole life) I will have a short leg with nothing to do about it but wear a lift. Poor ME!
Now to the I'm deserted post. Dave is not going to his mom's this week. I still won't see him much, but at least he will be in Tooele. Thank you for all of your support and for being so nice to me. In 5 days we'll be one class down 12 more to go. Wish us luck.

3 comments:

Kellie, said...

My dad had his hip replaced several years ago which made one of his legs longer than the other. He has had problems since then. I have seen what he has gone through and I am sorry to hear you are too. Good luck.

Bugs said...

I'll be counting down with you. At least until July when I have to start my own countdown. We'll just have to stick together.

AbiAnn said...

OOOO. Sounds painful, glad you found a solution to help. ;D I love the dance picture of Cait, and I too am getting Spring fever (I am right there with you kidos) we planted our tomato plants this weekend. yeah.