Monday, February 6, 2012

Back Injury...with a Little Good News..

How are you guys doing?

I am not doing all that great.  On Saturday, after class, I headed to my aunt's house to bathe her dogs and vacuum her house.  She is in the process of going through chemotherapy and she asked if I would help her out.  I agreed.  I showed up at her house while she was at work.  I vacuumed and then it was time to bathe the dogs.  Her dogs are big and old and she has 2.  I bathed one at a time outside and was hunched over while doing it.  After finishing the second dog, I stood up and my back was HURTING.  Apparently I pulled something and I can barely walk.  That happened Saturday so today (Monday) I stayed home from work and went to the doctor.  I got a shot in my hip to help with the pain (I didn't feel a difference), and I was given a prescription and told to take 600 mg of ibuprofen 3 times a day. 

Have you guys ever had major back pain?  How long did it last?  I was hoping that by today I would feel a little better, but no such luck.  Hope I get back to normal soon!!!

School has been going great...busy, but great.  I applied for a scholarship back in December and last week I received an e-mail from Tulane saying that I was one of 13 people chosen to receive the award.  I will be getting $3,624 for this semester.  How awesome?  I had to write an essay, fill out the application, and send tax information.  I was so shocked and SO happy!!

My Power 90 set came in and I was going to start that off this morning but considering I can barely get out of bed, I can't.  Hope that this back pain goes away and I can start back to my exercise and working out plans! 

What have you guys been up to?

5 comments:

  1. Congrats on the scholarship! Hope you feel better soon!

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  2. Rarely.. but back in September I must have pulled something whilst doing yard work and it hurt for about 2 weeks.

    Grats on the scholarship!!

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  3. boo about the back pain. i'd suggest seeing a chiropractor to help speed up the recovery process :)

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  4. I have been so out of sorts, I am just reading this. Hope you are already feeling much better!

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  5. Hi, Shannon! I'm sorry I'm commenting so late - I was on vacation for 11 days, and then was sick for a few days, so I'm so behind on blogs! Anyway, I'm so sorry to hear about your back! I've been there! My back was out for 8 weeks once, and I mean out! It was horrible. I hope yours heals much faster than my did. Back pain is the worst.

    Congrats on the scholarship!

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