Falling apart ...

Apart from my on-going kidney problems, I have also suffered from back pain for years. I just put it down to having epidurals with both births. At the time, the anaethetist told me I had a really bad back, and it took forever for them to do the epidurals.

I finally had enough of being in constant pain and having to take pain relief all the time. I finally had enough of the dr saying I had "just pulled a ligament" when I knew something else was wrong or it wouldn't be a constant issue.

Doing daily every day life things like making beds, bending to clean up the kid's bedrooms, cleaning bath tubs, vacuuming, sweeping and mopping all result in me being hunched over like an 80 year old woman by the end of the day. It was also getting to the point where I had 2 different kinds of backpain - the aching stiffness after doing the above mentioned things, and the pains in the lower part of my back near my hips & subsequent pins and needles going up my entire back after standing up for an hour or so in the afternoons doing simple things like lunches for the following day, dinner, dishes etc.

So I went off to my Dr yet again last week and let him know all those things. He sent me off for an xray and a blood test. I went back yesterday for my results. The xray showed I have curvature of the spine and slight arthritis. The lower part of my part is curved to the right towards my hips.

So now I know WHY my back hurts so much, but can't do anything about it in the way of a cure. All I can do is some things to help ease the pain ie: lose weight as it's putting pressure on my back, do lots of walking, no bending or lifting heavy objects, and go to physio, which I can't see me doing because I ain't rich, my friends lol

So there you have it - 34 years and ... I'M OLD AND FALLING APART waaaaaaa !!! Getting old sucks !!!