Status Post Injection

I had my sacroiliac injection yesterday. This injection was down near the tailbone and had to be angled in. The doctor said that most of the time people tense up and he has to restart because he has to "bend" the needle in the joint. Ok, so this one hurt quite a bit more than the three transforaminal injections I had done at the L2-L3 level of the lumbar (just below the middle) back. I am happy to say that the doctor was really pleased with the injection and he said I did perfect at not tensing up. It was really weird to have part of my butt numb afterwards. It didn't go away until this afternoon! Last night I used an ice pack in bed and it felt really good.

Today I had to travel to satellite clinic and I'm not supposed to stay in one position for very long after these injections, but work is work and you do what you gotta do. Either way, it was not good for my back. I was so glad to get home and lay down on the couch and put the ice pack on. I think I ran a little of a fever today and have had slight bouts of dizziness but I think it's okay. I have to call tomorrow and report my progress/problems so I will mention it. At least this injection wasn't near my spinal cord/column so not as much of a chance of paralysis and meningitis and so forth. I am hopeful, and I do feel a little better but the numbing medicine is still in there. I am willing to wait and see how it goes. It was really discouraging when the anesthesiologist stated he thought I would have to have surgery anyway but if this is what Dr. Dickerson suggested we would do it. It's just more money in his pocket and that is how it was stated. I am too convinced that Dr. Dickerson knows exactly what I am talking about because he knew the symptoms SO well. I am almost out of Mobic (high dosage anti inflammatory) so I don't know after that. It had helped a lot in the beginning so maybe the injection will finish it off.

I just ask for one day to feel as good as you do (back wise). Is that too much to ask? I would like to stand up without it hurting, pick something up without it hurting, sit down without it hurting. Am I making my point? No matter how you go about it, I will not use it as an excuse to get out of my responsibilities such as work, packing and so forth. Being responsible may cause more pain but I'd rather have it that way than not step up. At some point in life, you gotta face the facts and be a grown up.