ohhhhh.....my aching back!

My back started to cause me a lot of pain last weekend and was really bad on Monday after I square danced Sunday afternoon. I had information for a free Chiropractor appointment so I decided to use it. They ended up taking x-rays. I went back in the next day and the doctor scared me a little when he showed me my x-rays. I am no expert and I don't begin to know how to read x-rays but even I could tell there was something wrong when he put them up. Long story short my lower back is crooked which causes stress on my whole spine and causes my neck to over compensate for it. This is why my lower back hurts and why the back of my neck hurts a lot. I also have some degeneration between some of my vertebrae. The Dr. assures me though that this can be corrected. So, I started my treatment immediately. A combination of three things. First, I lay on this bed and it massages my spine. This feels really good! Next they hook this machine with electrodes to my lower back and neck in the muscle on either side of my spine. It sort of vibrates and is suppose to relax the muscle. With that one I lay on my stomach. After that while I am still on my stomach the dr comes and does the adjustment. He uses this funky tool thing to line up my spine. I am a little sore after my treatments but I am noticing a big improvement. So today I set up a payment plan so that I can continue with me treatments. I know this is going to be expensive but I look at it this way. I am only 32 and my spine is very important to me....i sort of need it to be able to move.

Daily Drama!

The last couple of weeks have been busy . Got into a car accident, which I will dedicate a whole blog to about how pissed I am at the city for not salting streets. Had my holiday party at work which was fun and Santa brought me a Christmas bonus. Have I said before how much I love my job. I have been trying to take a little more me time as I have been a bit more stressed out lately with Christmas right around the corner. Finances just aren't there this year. I am really looking forward to going home for Christmas though. The last couple of Christmas' I spent with C, which were enjoyable, so this will be the first in a few years with my family. I haven't seen a lot of my family this year so it will be nice to see them for a few days. I went and saw Were The World Mine Saturday. I love it and plan on talking more about it soon. So much to do and so little time. I am alive and I will be back soon.

Schudules and lists

I have been doing much better the last few days. Lisa and I sat down yesterday and made lists of things we needed to do to improve our lives. It was good to sit down and reflect on my life and think about things I want to change. I have a nice list that I am already starting to work on. I also worked on a budget, an evening schedule and chore list. And speaking of schedule my timer is about to go off to tell me my 30 min. computer time is done. On to cleaning the bathroom now. More on all my lists and schedules later.