Day One Hundred and Forty Seven

Today my day consisted of:

• Wake up and hobble out of bed
• Stretch my legs and back out
• Ice back for 20 min and then put heating pad on back for 20 min.
• Work on computer for a couple hours
• Stretch my legs and back out
• Take Riley for a mile walk
• Ice back for 20 min, put heating pad on back for 20 min.
• Take pain med and muscle relaxer
• Work on computer for a couple hours
• Take a nap
• Stretch my legs and back out
• Take Riley for a mile walk
• Ice back for 20 minutes and then put heating pad on back for 20 min.

I am sure my night will consist of waking up a couple hours after I fall asleep and taking a hot bath, taking a pain med and a muscle relaxer and icing my back.

I went to my GP yesterday and he said that most likely I am having lower back pain because of my gait being off when I was wearing the boot. He called it "mechanical low back pain". Grrr.. it is driving me crazy but I am going to keep taking walks and stretching and heating and icing. Hopefully it will be resolved soon!

On a positive note, my leg is feeling fine and healing nicely!