Hospital visit

[Wade E]

Well I went to my local wine supply store today around 1:00 to trade in some bottles that my parents got me for Christmas and they were dold the wrong bottle and when I got home and got out of the car I twisted wrong and fell in the driveway. My back was a little more sore this morning from what I dont know but anyway once I stood up I got this intense pain that ran down my left buttock and left leg. I painfully crawled partially into my car and thats as far as I could make it. I made several attempts at either getting all the way in or to stand up but each time I ended up in so much that I would start sweating and come very close to passing out. Eventually after and hour and a half my wife called an ambulance and took me to the hospital. It is my discs pinching a nerve(sciatic). They gave me a shot 2 pills and a few prescription and I can move again very carefully. Dont know whats going to happen once these drugs wear off though.

 

[GrantLee63]

Sorry to hear that Wade .... hopefully you'll be back to normal ASAP.
- GL63

 

[jobe05]

Sorry to hear that Wade, are you laid up for a while? Work?

TELL ME YOU CAN STILL DRINK WINE!!!!!!!!!!

Is there anything they can do about a pinched nerve?

Heating pad and pills......... Not the best way to rest....... but REST!

 

[Wade E]

Not to sure about anything right now as im still pretty drugged up, hope all is better very soon as missing work at this point wont be very good. That pump will sure come in handy now though!

 

[rgecaprock]

Wade....I feel your pain..............I have 3 bulging discs and in pain pretty much most of the time....


But when you really pull a bad move and end up like you.......Wow.....I know you are in some pain.......


Hope you can get some resolve to the pain. The Dr. I work for does Intervertebral Disc Decompression thereapy...if you want to know more about that ....email or pm me.............Ramona


Curtis has the same problems and has had 2 sets of epidural steroid injections which has helped him. But really has to be careful how he moves and what he does.


Sounds like you have a pretty serious back problem there.....

 

[K&GB]

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Wade. I know that's gotta hurt bad.

Feel better buddy.

 

[gaudet]

Wade,

I hope you heal fast dude. Speedy recovery to you my friend.

 

[NorthernWinos]

Hope your back to normal real soon....
Pain is no fun.....try to relax and rest...That's the best medicine...

No dancing for you!!!!

 

[Frank&Rita]

Get to a Chiropractor.

 

[Waldo]

I agree with Frank&Rita....Find a good one quick buddy
Wishing you a speedy reovery

 

[mississippi mud]

Hope you get to felling better wade, you've had a rough December.

 

[grapeman]

What a trooper Wade. You are laid up with a bummed out back and first thing you do is log on here!


Hope that spine of yours mends itself quickly and you don't miss work. Best wishes.

 

[PolishWineP]

Will there be any physical therapy? I had some problems with my back and left leg this past year and after a couple of sessions of PT I noticed a great improvement. I was glad for that because then I didn't need the meds. I can't drink wine and take those meds in the same day.

A great motivater to do my PT!

 

[zember311]

physical therapy if they suggest it helps alot, if you stick with it.


Hope all is well, let the meds kick in and veg this one out a bit.

 

[corn field]

Sorry to hear about your back Wade. I too have cronic back problems so I can relate. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

 

[Wade E]

Thanks everyone! Rich, what else am I going to do, I cant just sit there and watch tv all day. I dont know what Ill be doing as far as recovering as I havent seen the specialist yet. I think I over exerted a leg muscle yesterday in all that struggling to get up on my own as thats kiling me today also, if my back wasnt bad enough I had my leg lock up on me in the kitche, maybe its all the same injury though but it feels like my muscle is being pulled out of my leg! PWP, I dont think Ill be drinking for awhile either until I get off some of these meds.

 

[dfwwino]

Wade,


I'm sorry to hear about your back. In my first year of law school, I herniated two discs in my lower back and had similar pain. I had six months left in the first year, so I used a combination of physical therapy and chiropractic care to manage the pain and make it through the first year.But eventually the following summer I had to have a laminectomy to remove the portion of the discs pressing against the nerve. Since then, my back has always been tender, but the pain is gone. Hang in there. People who don't have back problems have trouble understanding the excruciating pain because it is not an outwardly apparent injury like a broken bone. But it is quite painful and I surely felt your pain reading your posts. Because of my back problems, I wish that the wine kit makers would develop an alternative 3 gallon option for those of us who don't want to deal with such heavy carboys.

 

[NorthernWinos]

I can relate...
Was digging some wild flowers out of a ditch a few years ago...Lifted the heavy clump of dirt onto the tail gate of the pickup and "OUCH"....Like electric shock through my spine...I just went weak....Got into the cab and just sat there for awhile before driving home....

The pain did pass, but made a believer out of me. When people say they have back problems....I believe.

When on Chemo, Steroids/Cortisone and Sleeping Pills I would get back spasums... Like electric shocks up my spine...almost paralyzing....I was sure it was the drugs....Well...I still occasionally get them....Don't know the cause...at least these pass after a minute or two...just an electric jolt.

So, when people have various back pains...I do beleive.

Take care of it Wade...hopefully the meds will make you relax enough to heal. Relaxing is the best thing to heal...."don't let the pain get ahead of the meds"....At least that's what the doctors and nurses say....Take your meds and relax as best you can.

 

[Wade E]

It is come and go right now even when im sitting still. Mostly much better then what yesterday but tere was once this morning that had me thinking Iwas going to be laying on my kitchen floor for awhile. This is way different then just my bulged discs. Those hurt like hell but I was able to eventually very slowly roll over and carefully slowly get to my feet. This nerve stuff just paralyzes you. I could twist about 3 inches before I was ready to pass out from pain and then try to find that sweet spot where I could relax for a second and try again. All that yeterday 1/2 in my car trying to get up just made me end up in a very difficult positon to get out of. The more i sqiggled a lit and moved around the more i made myself harder to get out of when the EMS got there.

 

[Dean]

I feel for you buddy! Some of my family members have sciatic pain and they claim it's the worst. Most of them cannot sit for long periods, and only laying down or standing helps to relieve the pain. Percoset helps.