Luna Tail

Neck Hurts Today

Filed Under (Health) by Cynthia on Oct 11, 2008 2:43 pm

Tagged Under : Physical Health

Well that’s not anything new now is it? Bleh. It hurts more again today than it did yesterday.

Yesterday I went, at 8am, and got an MRI and a CT scan to see what is up with my neck. DANG those are expensive. They had me sign a form saying that if insurance doesn’t cover it, that’s how much it’ll be. And it was over $1,400. I think for each. And so my insurance better pay. And the car insurance… not my health insurance through work. We’ll see how that goes. My my dang neck is not getting better, just worse really. And it’s actually kinda weird that so many people believe me that I’m not feeling good, even though I don’t have any physical proof. But it’s nice, for a change, to be believed.

Anyway, so then after the MRI machine did it’s loud thing over me, I went to physical therapy. That is where I think my healing will come from. The physical therapist (she was really nice and might come do flyball!) said that chiropractors are better with things that need immediate help. Like when my pelvis was misaligned and the chiropractor helped out and fixed it up like in one session. But with this pain in my neck, that is probably microfiber tears, it’s going to take slow physical therapy to heal me up and not chiropractic adjustment. I thought that was interesting and it made a lot of sense to me.

So I go back on Monday. Yesterday they laid me out on this wonderful heating pad from my butt to my head, wrapped it around my neck, and then put electric stim on my back. Ooo that felt so nice! Today, though, it hurts more again. When I drove to get my nails done this morning I noticed more pain, and I had more of a desire to crack my neck, which means I am trying to alleviate pressure in there. But it doesn’t help, it just makes things worse.

So instead of riding on my english saddles today (lol) I am sitting here at the computer with my comfy cushion and my own heating pad. The TV is on, Blade II, but I’m not paying much attention. And I’m drinking tea and relaxing. I love to drink tea and relax. And it’s raining out, which is also comforting. It’s a nice autumn day, peaceful and wonderful! I need more days like this.