Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Experimental Phase Complete

So I went ONE WHOLE WEEK with ZERO caffeine. Which could explain my lack of computer time this past week. I have BARELY logged onto Facebook/Hotmail/Blog! I had such a headache all week with the withdrawal I didn't CARE! LOL! I even iced my head one night it was so bad! OI!

The end result is, I'm not sure it was THE culprit of my numbing BUT it helped SOME. I still got numbing on day 7 of all days but I was sitting in the doctors office talking with the doctor when it started up. So his thought is it could be stress/anxiety induced. Lovely! So there is no medicine for numbing...just tingling and for pain. Since I have neither of those, he is going to do an EMG on my nerves to make sure I don't have a pinched one since I have chronic low back pain. They may even give me a steroid shot in my back to help alleviate said pain. Which would be SO nice seeing as how I haven't had a solid all night sleep in years. I toss and turn ALL night b/c of the pain. I've just learned to "deal with it" I suppose. So there may be light at the end of the tunnel for me afterall. I will keep you all posted.

P.S. I drank a cup of coffee this morning and seem fine. I am going to finish off my stash of coffee grounds at home and only have one cup a day. Once it is gone I will probably switch to decaf. Afterall, it's the flavor I love so much! I didn't realize how much of a caffeine addict I was until I stopped drinking it. Oh well. Such is life.

I am going to be running in another 5K this Saturday then it is off to Aunt Ruthie's for the 4th of July festivities! :-) Looking forward to some fireworks with the kiddos! :-)

Hope everyone is having a great week!

1 comment:

Mendy said...

I'm very glad to hear your chronic back pain may be coming to an end!

Sending you healthy happy thoughts EVERYDAY! I love you! Auntie M!