Slipped disc - ouch!

I've had severe neck pain for about 6 weeks now.

For about 2 days per week I am in agony and can't move my neck and also can't sleep. The rest of the week, it's painful and stiff, but bearable - just!

I went doctors when it first went, and he said it was a muscle in spasm and gave me painkillers. Then last week, someone at work reminded me that we are now in Bupa.

So, I went back to the gp, he referred me to Bupa last Friday, they rang Monday and I had my first physio yesterday. He diagnosed a slipped disc in my neck! He said that my brain is telling my body that I'm not allowed to move my neck in case I do more damage, so all the muscles around it have gone into spasm. He said he's not even going to attempt to manipulate it back in until the muscles are looser. So, I have had physio yesterday, had 12 minutes on a sort-of Tens machine (very painful!), and have to wear a heat-pad constantly! ( in this bloody weather!!)

But, I'm back there Friday, then again next Tuesday, and he's said it'll be a couple of weeks before I'll start noticing a difference. Then he'll look at manipuating the disc back in.

I'm banned from any manual work (not easy in my job, but hey ho), and if there's no improvement soon, he'll sign me off!

I'm so pleased that he's actually given me a diagnosis instead of just saying it's an ache.

 

Not too bad thanks hun. I had another round of physio yesterday, and wearing the heat patches is definitely working. I already feel that I have much more movement, in fact, no-one even noticed at the Meet on Thursday (apart from Imi who asked if I'd hurt myself because the heat patch looks like a large gauze!). For weeks now people have been asking me what I've done as I can't move my head!

 

I'm at home ill.

I had a physio appointment yesterday and he put me in traction. The wierdest feeling! I felt a little light-headed when I got up, but not too bad. Until the drive home......

I had to stop the car haflway back to work and threw up!

By the time I got back I felt pissed! I rang the physio at Bupa and he said it wasn't a normal reaction and to go home and sleep it off. So I did. And no better today. I can't walk in a straight line and the rooms spinning constantly! Luckily, I've managed to get Charlie to nursery because i couldn't have looked after him today.

I've got another appointment tomorrow, so I'm hoping things will get better after!

 

Been back to physio today and he's not going to touch me again until he can figure out whats caused the vertigo. So, he's referred me to a Rheumatology Consultant and I have to have a scan on my neck. That's on Wednesday at 4.30pm and I can't work till after it's sorted, so every cloud has a silver lining!

I've been so stressed and busy at work that I'm beginning to wonder if it's affecting our ttc, so maybe this will help me relax more. I'm at the gp's tomorrow to see if he can give me some pills for the vertigo and get my sick note.

Down side is I can't drive till it's sorted - oh, the car's in the garage with no head gasket, forgot that !!!