Tam &Toby do Europe ...Take two

Still the garden is looking good and mums happy ....I let her do her own thing trimming the bushes etc so she keeps active ...she likes pottering about in it but cant do the hard stuff.
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Northernraider said:
Ok so I've had a call back from the surgery ....initially the nurse was worried as I said I couldn't support my own weight while trying to sit or stand and was talking about sending me to hospital for x Ray's etc ...but after me telling her that while lying down I can raise my knees to my chin etc and have normal movement in arms and legs they've decided just to give me a 5 day course of diazepam which I can take with the paracetamol and ibuprofen and see how that goes but to phone back if it gets worse.
I've had a couple of paracetamol etc this morning and managed to crawl over to the sofa and trying to sit up for a bit to have a coffee ....spasms shooting all ways at the base of my spine at the minute but I dont think just lying down all day will help me much.

Not sure how i did it as I'm fairly active everyday between doing jobs on the van and working at nights ....i must have just moved funny while getting up from under van or something

Never had back trouble before and I'm hoping it's not the start of longterm bother either .

Bloody hate being incapacitated

The spasms arent fun though as everytime one hits i jerk myself


Sisters taken dogs out for me at least...poor milo is a nervous wreck with me shouting out in pain when i move
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Tam I’m so sorry this has happened to you.
I did my back 3 weeks ago stepping down from a garden chair ( after chatting to the neighbours over the fence. )

Lieing down is the only pain relief but the dr has given me diazepam , codeine and paracetamol.i had to have a campode and a frame as I just couldn’t move!

Well the physio came and has givin me excersise and said move at least ever 2 hour
Please get your dr to help and use a frame of you need it ( although I felt Like an 85 year old!!)

Take care and get good pain killers and stronger if others don’t work !
Big big hugs!
 
Anthea M said:
Tam I’m so sorry this has happened to you.
I did my back 3 weeks ago stepping down from a garden chair ( after chatting to the neighbours over the fence. )

Lieing down is the only pain relief but the dr has given me diazepam , codeine and paracetamol.i had to have a campode and a frame as I just couldn’t move!

Well the physio came and has givin me excersise and said move at least ever 2 hour
Please get your dr to help and use a frame of you need it ( although I felt Like an 85 year old!!)

Take care and get good pain killers and stronger if others don’t work !
Big big hugs!
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I have to say the painkillers have done wonders today as I can stand and walk about at least so I've been trying to keep moving as much as possible..
..I'm hoping I dont wake up unable to move again in the morning
 
Welcome to the world of Sciatica - give me a wave as I also walk down the street looking like I've pood myself. No real cure except knowing when to stop lifting or pulling something.. enjoy old age 😃😃

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You'd probably get a quid each easily for diazepam these days. How much have you got? Sell the lot and get a good chiropractor booked. I'm in for work on a slipped disc as soon as the hospitals start taking non essentials again. I was 2 minutes away from getting my operating gown on when they decided to shut down due to covid-19 :rolleyes:
 
My niece couldn't get her husband into the car so phoned for an ambulance. Spoke to a paramedic over the phone who said "It wasn't a good use of an ambulance" and he would contact their doctor. Receptionist phoned them a couple of hours later to say they had made an appointment for him later that afternoon. Niece explained that he couldn't get in the car, "Oh, then you should phone for an ambulance" was the reply !
Long story short, doc made a home visit and diagnosed a prolapsed disc, got him on diazepam as well as the oramorph, but he's still in major pain when he's not sleeping.
Good that you're back getting about though Tam, but don't overdo things. (y)
 
Well I'm still in bed ....I've been lying awake since about 8am and back felt fine ....just been messing about online and cuddling the dogs ....but decided to get up about 10 minutes ago and can't 🙁 just as painful as yesterday and again I can't support my own weight or stand straight ....so I've popped a diazepam and lying back down till that kicks in .....I should have known better than to expect it to have just disappeared overnight

Bugger
 
jockaneezer said:
My niece couldn't get her husband into the car so phoned for an ambulance. Spoke to a paramedic over the phone who said "It wasn't a good use of an ambulance" and he would contact their doctor. Receptionist phoned them a couple of hours later to say they had made an appointment for him later that afternoon. Niece explained that he couldn't get in the car, "Oh, then you should phone for an ambulance" was the reply !
Long story short, doc made a home visit and diagnosed a prolapsed disc, got him on diazepam as well as the oramorph, but he's still in major pain when he's not sleeping.
Good that you're back getting about though Tam, but don't overdo things. (y)
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Ouch ...I'm hoping it's not anything like that and just a pulled muscle or something...but yeah its bloody excruciating without the drugs....I was moving about great yesterday while taking plenty painkillers ...but think I'm gonna have a few mornings like this


I hope your nieces husband is on the mend soon
 
jockaneezer said:
My niece couldn't get her husband into the car so phoned for an ambulance. Spoke to a paramedic over the phone who said "It wasn't a good use of an ambulance" and he would contact their doctor. Receptionist phoned them a couple of hours later to say they had made an appointment for him later that afternoon. Niece explained that he couldn't get in the car, "Oh, then you should phone for an ambulance" was the reply !
Long story short, doc made a home visit and diagnosed a prolapsed disc, got him on diazepam as well as the oramorph, but he's still in major pain when he's not sleeping.
Good that you're back getting about though Tam, but don't overdo things. (y)
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Sounds as though those people were playing a game of 'Chinese whispers'

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Well I'm up now ...1 diazepam, 1 paracetamol and 2 ibuprofen.....managed a hobble round the block with dogs and a walking pole ...
Another night off work though ....that's about £250 I've lost so far this week .....this getting old is nae fun.

I am gonna fit my new locks today though as that's not too strenuous ...just drilling a couple if holes and putting screws in
 
Northernraider said:
Well I'm up now ...1 diazepam, 1 paracetamol and 2 ibuprofen.....managed a hobble round the block with dogs and a walking pole ...
Another night off work though ....that's about £250 I've lost so far this week .....this getting old is nae fun.

I am gonna fit my new locks today though as that's not too strenuous ...just drilling a couple if holes and putting screws in
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Getting old :giggle: :giggle: Your still a youngster,,,Keep moving and taking the tablets,,BUSBY.
 
I did mine just stubbing my toe years ago in Lanzarote .Couldn't support upper body to get up.Once upright was ok but daren't bend or anything. Had a muscle relaxant injection & pain killers & used ice packs & went in pool whilst over there.
 
Langtoftlad said:
Jade & Milo love Toby... bet they can't wait until you're back on the road
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I'm hoping so as they have got so used to having the garden here and their grandma spoiling them ....milo is quite attached to my mum now and vice versa ....its gonna be strange when we head off again ....but I guess it won't be for as long next time

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ryan_flea said:
Go steady, Tam. Hope the back eases as you go through the day. 👍
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It gets better as the day goes on but the mornings are a nightmare...couldn't get up again this morning ...its taken me from 8 am till now and 4 tablets to be able to stand up unaided 🙁

Just about to go hobble round the park with the dogs
 
Northernraider said:
It gets better as the day goes on but the mornings are a nightmare...couldn't get up again this morning ...its taken me from 8 am till now and 4 tablets to be able to stand up unaided 🙁

Just about to go hobble round the park with the dogs
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Try not to do too much. Get ya self right first
 

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