TIFU-Air mattress and spinal epidural make for an awful combo

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TIFU because we are moving and just packed up our stuff. Sleeping between boxes and on air mattresses is not great anyways, but when you suffer from herniated disc it is worse. I’ve been going to my doctor for steroid injections for years now to get some relief since I’m not a candidate for surgery yet. The injections usually make me feel amazing for weeks to months and I thought now was the best time ever to have one done. What I didn’t account for was that after sleeping on an air mattress for a few days I’d really pissed my back off and now I’m in the worst pain I’ve experienced since my initial injury. 100% my dumbass fault for not thinking that maybe injection crap into the spaces between my vertebrae while my disc were inflamed and extra angry would basically cause almost all possible side effect to arise and try and kill me!! So, now I’m going between crying, laying on the floor, the air mattress piled with more pillows than I knew we owned, piling pillows into the tub in hopes that is better and then crying again. I’ve taken everything including MOTRIN (which I wasn’t supposed to for 24 hours due to bleeding risk but I know that if I go to the ER they’ll just say too bad go home), narcotics, muscle relaxers, ice and then repeat.

My wife then wanted and ordered the one food that gives me the absolute worst heartburn and because I felt so bad I decided I’d eat it-Dominos pizza! So, add the worst heartburn that so far Prilosec, Pepcid AC, tums, pepto and laying propped up haven’t helped. (I know Prilosec is for long term but I take it daily anyways so it should help but isn’t.)
TL;DR having a bad back, sleeping on an air mattress and getting spinal injections all in one day make you want to die!

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  1. Nekojita8 Avatar

    Today is just not your day, sorry bud… Hang in there