All Hopped Up

I'd been traveling for three weeks straight with a bad back. The first thing I did when I got home on Friday was go to the Doctor. Ok, the first thing I did was nap, then I went to the doctor for my back. I was slightly worried that it might be related to the Metformin, but the doctor quickly allayed those fears. I managed to sprain every ligament on the left side of my back. Officially a thoracic sprain.

He was amazed that I could tolerate the pain considering the amount of swelling and apparent bruising that there was. He prescribed muscle relaxers and Vicodin to loosen the back and relive the pain. He thinks I should be pain free in 2-3 days, and on the road to recovery within 5-10 days. My back was really bothering me, but it was weird. I couldn't keep my feet flat on the ground sitting or standing without pain. I didn't have a problem lifting things, only reaching. I definitely was cranky because of the back pain. Two days in, most of the constant pain is gone, so things are looking up.

Of course, with the back pain I haven't been exercising as much as I should have been. My numbers are still good, and he took blood to do an A1C. If the number comes back where we think it's going to, I'll be off the medicine for good (hopefully) this week. We'll still have to check by blood sugar to make sure I don't fall back into being a diabetic.