Progress

UGH, I am fed up with sitting around.

My back still hurts a LOT. I went to a physical therapy appointment yesterday, though, where I got some exercises I can try to lessen the pain. I need to make sure to find enough time to do those exercises before my next appointment on Tuesday.

I was pretty disappointed with my appointment yesterday. I won't go into detail about it, because I have already talked to like everyone about it...but, basically, I didn't even see the doctor. I saw an intern, who was overseen by a nurse. The intern went ahead and gave me exercises to do without doing an MRI or anything to determine that what I believe is my problem is ACTUALLY my problem. I will do the exercises, and evaluate afterwards...but right now, I am less than happy about the whole thing. I have called my regular doctor to get some advice on it.

I do have some good things to report about my weight. Inexplicably, last week, it went down as low as 172. I am now at 173.5, while on my period, which is a vast improvement. I don't really know what happened...I didn't change anything. Maybe it was just the residual weight loss from when I was actually working out. Whatever it is, I'm pretty happy about it.

My plan as of right now is to start working out again on this coming Monday. Nothing too too difficult...just some Wii Fit and maybe some SI6 (Level 1) or walking. My back still hurts...but I think I can still manage some exercise without injuring myself further. I need to get back into it...this back thing is a chronic condition, and I absolutely refuse to spend the rest of my life sitting on my ass because of it.

Bonus: the back thing gets me out of doing farm work at my grandmother's this weekend. Hey, there's an upside to everything. : )

Ok, off to work. Later.