If you look at my weight chart, you can see that my weight is going in the wrong direction. I attribute this to the holidays - but also to my eating habits of late. This new job is stressful - I love it - but it's a different computer system & I have to learn all over again. Stess is always my trigger to eat wrong. Not an excuse - it's just how it is with me. I guess the fact that I can identify this trigger is a good thing. Now I just have to get it under control. I am visiting the vending machine for cookies & licorice instead of eating something more healthy when I'm hungry. Not to mention my dealership celebrates everyone's birthday with a cake for all to share. There have been at least six birthdays since I started at the end of November. I had cake about three times. There is also a popcorn machine in our showroom. It smells like a movie theatre quite often & it makes me so hungry!!!!
My back pain is an ongoing saga in my life. I had a course of three epidural steroid in jections for my two herniated disks and pinched nerve. The first shot helped immensly, the second & third not so much. I am now back to a pain level of about 8 out of 10 - I am suffering. I made the comment that sometimes I wish my leg had no feeling & I could just drag it beside me - that is how much pain I am in most of the time. The pain center wants me to see a neurosurgeon. I want no parts of surgery. There is no guarantee it will help & I just started a new job. They also recommend I try a drug called Lyrica. It is mainly prescribed for Diabetic nerve pain & Epilepsy. But they found that it also works in Sciatia that causes nerve pain. So I started this drug on Wed. It made me a bit loopy at first, but I am adjusting to it now. One of the main side effects (there are quite a few & I am a bit concerned about them) is weight gain. I am worried about that. I worked too hard to gain my weight back. But if the drug helps, I feel I need to take it - a real catch 22! So far I notice a bit of pain relief. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this drug will work for me. It needs to build up in your system & takes a few weeks to make a real difference. I am on the lowest dose right now. I am mentally drained by this whole thing. And physically I am a wreck.
On a fun note- have any of you ever gone geocaching? You use a hand held GPS to find Caches that are hidden in certain areas. The cache usually contains a log book to sign & and sometimes a little coin or treasure. There is one at the park behind my house. DH, DD Emily & I tried to find it last week with no luck. There was snow on the ground & it was getting dark. We will try again. It is rated as somewhat difficult cache to find on this website that we use: GEOCACHING.COM . Anyway this is great family thing to do. I look forward to getting out, getting exercise & having fun. I just pray my pain is in control so I can enjoy this activity.
I want to say that I am sorry that I am not here as often as I used to be. I am unable to blog at work and most evenings I don't have time or someone else in my house is on the computer. I will continue to check in & update my blog. I need to do this for me. It's great to read back & see how things have changed in my life. I hope I don't lose too many followers; but I completely understand if I do.
Take care & and be healthy!
Slow and Steady wins the race
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My husband and I love geocaching! It is so fun to get out there and find the caches.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the new medicine - while the Catch 22 may be horrible, I know that you can continue to achieve amazing weight loss/maintenance results AND have no pain once you get used to everything! I, also, started a new med last November that causes weight gain...I dealt with that gain, moved on, and I'm now in a better place!
ReplyDeleteyou will be able to pick the weightloss work up again when you are ready..just take care of yourself stress and all!
ReplyDeleteWe have done quite a bit of geocaching..it is fun and the best part is you can use a phone (like an I phone or other smart ones) and quickly at the spur of the moment be off.
good luck finding your local cache!
xxxooo
So glad to see you are posting Dawn.. I feel for you with the back pain.. my DH has suffered for years.... I know you have stated no surgery, but have you tried accupuncture.. some say they get relief.. not advocating, but I just remember going throught the list of options for my DH. As far as stress.. ugh.. deep breaths..all of this will normalize..and you will be back on track with life.. my mom always had a saying that got me through life "This too shall pass".. wishing you well
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry that you are still feeling back pain....we miss you!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your back pain. My 78 year old dad had back surgery (for spinal stenosis - he got the "x stop") and it helped a lot and he did great with recovery. I don't know how this would compare to your surgery, but maybe it's worth a try if nothing else works.
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