Excruciating Pain
B y mid-week last week, I started using my cane because my lumbar spinal pain was making it difficult to walk. I would also get stabbing pains in the tops of my feet that would hit me like lightning. At the time, my constant pain level was in the four to five out of ten range. Unfortunately, this pain did not pass quickly... definitely not as quickly as I would like. By the weekend, my pain level increased to the unbearable seven to eight range. I could not get comfortable. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't do anything. The pain was constantly unbearable. I took two Aleves on Saturday but they didn't touch the pain. I got no relief whatsoever. The pain continued to get worse into the night. By 1:30am, even dozing for a few minutes was impossible. Getting to the bathroom in the wee hours of Sunday morning was unbearably excruciating. All day Sunday, the pain was well in the eight to eight-plus range. On Saturday and Sunday, I used an ice pack on my lumbar spine a