Well if I told you a week ago my plans for my Fall Break, guarantee you they wouldn't be what actually happened. I was so excited to come home, my only class on thursday was cancelled and one class on Friday was cancelled. I figured it was pointless to stay all day Thursday and Friday, for just one class! I was excited to sleep in my own bed, and get an amazing goodnight sleep. That quite never happened.
I been having pain in my hip and back for about a week and 1/2 now, but stupid me never thought anything about it. I just thought maybe I pulled a muscle or been sleeping on it wrong. The two hour drive home, killed me. I was in so much pain, that I almost called my parents to pick me up somewhere, but I stuck to the drive. I was in a ton of pain by the time I got home, I tried to relax but couldn't get comfortable. My dad came home and saw that I was crooked and bent over on my right side. He was concerned about the metal rods on the bottom of my spine (where my pain was), he thought maybe one of them got loose. We ended up going to the ER at Albany Medical Center, where my mom works (pre-op). Not much happened there besides me missing the whole NY giants loose, which I apparently didn't miss much because they lost once again. Anyways I got x-rays there, and just took Motrin. X-rays showed all my rods intact but a curve on the top of my spine. We made an appointment on Friday to see my orthopedics (Doctor Emons) out in Boston. He got us in the very same day! Which worried me because he wanted to see me right away. We went out and he looked at my X-rays, he said the rods were fine and the curve on my top was fine. He did notice that I may have a ruptured disc which is by my rod. He said the pain would go away soon, and I'm still waiting for it go away. I haven't slept well in days, it's better for me to walk around instead of resting. After a couple hours of sleeping I wake up in pain and can't fall back to sleep. Emons wanted me to get an MRI and we decided that I would do that at home. I had it today and let me tell you those things are scary! I'm usually a pretty relaxed patient but I was quite scared and nervous during that! So that is my "relaxed break", I go back to school tomorrow. I'll keep you updated on my MRI. P.S that is summary, especially since I don
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Devi
10/27/2013 12:56:31 pm
Hi Emily, please keep us updated. Hope the pain subsides....see you soon, hopefully around Thanksgiving.
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