Medication is wonderful!

I have had a wonderful weekend.  It started with a lovely evening out with work colleagues on Friday night and culminated in me and my Hubby redecorating the bathroom.  Friday during the day, I seriously thought I was going to die, my back was really painful, I rested before I went out then endured the agony of curry house chairs with hard backs that don't fit your shape so you find yourself leaning forward all evening.  Night times are getting tricky now too, I can't find a comfortable position to lie in and when I do, it's not long before I start to ache, so about 3am I gave up, grabbed my dressing gown and slippers and made my way down the stairs to the living room where I lay with 2 hot water bottles, one for my back, one for my front.  I took two paracetamols and fell asleep.

I have to confess, I'm waiting for this corrective spine surgery and on June 16 I had my second bout of injections to ease the joints and numb the pain.  Having them also aids me in losing weight as the tablets I am on make me blow up like a balloon.  My consultant has said that he would like me to lose a stone to aid with the operation.  I'm not excessively overweight but I am bigger than I was and definitely bigger than the average 14 year olds who are now generally having the operations to correct scoliosis.  So I was reluctant to take painkillers again.   However Saturday, we were expecting my Hubby's family over for our eldest's 22nd birthday (God, that makes me feel so old) and Hubby thought it would be a good idea to take the painkillers just for the weekend, to help me through the day. So I did and OMG amazing, I felt wonderful, the pain had reduced considerably after the second dose and I was moving freely.  I do actually wonder whether having half a bottle of Spiced Rum and coke had anything to do either it as well. 

I continued to take the painkillers on Sunday (without the Spiced Rum) and on Monday Hubby and I managed to redecorate the bathroom.

so I'm back on the painkillers, let's see what the Consultant says when I next see him. :-)