pain in the ass....

in some previous blogs i have mentioned my chronic back pain that i have put up with for the past 6 months. i saw 4 different chiropractors, went through some intense adjustments / physical therapy and not much has changed. on wednesday i gave up and got an MRI. it was an open MRI so i got to just sit in a chair and watch the bourne supremecy while they took the images. the woman told me if i moved even once they had to start over, and that she has had people take 4 hours to get good images because they keep moving. i got excited about this cuz that meant that i could just sit there and watch a couple of movies instead of going back to work. sadly enough, i apparently was pretty still cuz it only took me a half hour. thank god cuz sitting is one of the more painful activities for me right now, especially if i can't move.

the bad news:
we have figured out why the chiropractor / PT wasn't working. i ruptured the disk between my 4th and 5th vertebrea, and it's squeezing out, putting pressure on the sciatic nerve, hence the chronic pain in the ass and leg.

i made an appointment to make an appointment with the neurosurgeon on wednesday for whenever we decide, to decide on the proper surgical route. difficult scentence, but no, i didn't type that wrong. apparently the receptionists for the surgeon are too busy to take down an appoinment, so i had to make a date for that.

the good news:
the nurses in the MRI place were really hot, and i got a free T-shirt. imangine that. ever the cliche, you spend $5000 on an MRI and all you get is a friggin t-shirt.