this past Friday I went in for my MRI. That experience was not something I look forward to participating in again… I can see where claustrophobic people go crazy in them. The check-in was just off of the main lobby of the hospital and once I went through all of that check-in crap I was instructed to go down this one long hallway, turn left down another long hallway, turn right and go outside and follow this path to some other building.
Yeah… that was fun O_o
Empty my pockets of all metal… remove piercings and rings… hop on the slab and insert earplugs. Twenty minutes later and I was on my way home again.
**flash forward to Monday**
I go into work in the morning for a couple of hours to deal with some paperwork before heading off to another appointment as a follow-up for the treatment I’ve been under for the past five weeks. Nothing exciting… no good results from the meds. And what do I see before my eyes? The scans from the MRI. It was rather surreal to see my spin there.
Sure enough… right at the L5 was a bulge on the right side of the disc. Regular means have not helped to solve the problem and given that I’ve been like this for 2-3 months now it was decided that I can take one of two roads at this time: a non-invasive procedure that requires an injection into that area (an epidural) or an invasive procedure that would be scraping of the spine.
Anyone care to take a guess at which I chose first? *ding ding ding* We have a winner… I went for the injection into my spine. The lesser of two evils as one would say. So the referral has been submitted and I should be getting a call in a couple of days to schedule the epidural in the next week or so. One way or another, I am going to get fixed. I’m just hoping that this only has to go as far as this. And I know that everyone else would love for me to get better because I’m a pain in the ass when I’m not comfortable. ^_~
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