Star's Journal

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I'm finding people who are saying cutting carbs is helping them to lose the body fat. I really love my carbs so that is difficult for me, but I am trying.

[star2000shadow]

its hard to cut carbs when its the cheapest option int he stores for me. but I've been trying, and my backs feelign even better today so in about a week i should be back to normal 'nods' which is good. i can even sorta straighten slightly.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

merchants doom us because pretty well everything is carbs! And yes the carbs are the cheapest thing to buy! It is difficult for me to get full on salad unless it has lots of veggies in it.

[star2000shadow]

i know right and YAY we went shopping tonight and I went to get out of the back of the van an dmy back, lower back, made a grinding sound as i shifted forward, well the pain dulled down then as we walked the pain just up and dissapeared..now that we're home.. it is ALL gone.. no more pain.. i am SO RELIEVED.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

you just needed to pop it back in place! That is great news!

[Gingerale]

So happy you are feeling better !!

[galled]

Oh! So glad you're back aligned!

I've done that. I can never figure out what I did to get it back (pardon the pun!) in place. I've even tried repeating the motion in the exact place I first did it in, but I guess it's one of the mysteries of life. I used to think chiropractors were akin to witch doctors, but after my first visit and I got relief, I'm a believer--well, more of a addict (addicted to "crack" ha!) and have to resist going because of the cost. If I could get an adjustment every day, let's say I'd sign up!

[Watery Star]

I'm glad your pain went away! I hope that's all that there was to it.
Did you go see your doctor yesterday?

[star2000shadow]

no i saw the doc to get my leg wraps I see a doctor tomarrow for my back to make sure nothings wrong. this mornign some of the pain was back and i could barely get out of bed, the roommate had to come in and give me a hand in sittin gup in bed but once i took my medications, one of witch is a IBPROFUEN pill, i was able to move on my own again.. so tomarrow Im goign in to get my back looked at.. here's hoping they figure out whats wrong and or prescrib pills for it that make the pain bareable. i still have cleaning to do.

[Gingerale]

I think the best will be just rest - maybe your back popped back out of place while you slept? Be careful about the pain meds because they make you feel like you can do more then you should be doing. I know someone who thought they could do more and ended up making their back worse. I guess still keep icing in the meantime?
Good luck, hope they can diagnose you properly!

[star2000shadow]

Thanks, and so do I. and yeah i don't take them to often, i find if i take one pain pill in the morning I'm good to go until late afternoon. and then i just rest 'nods'

[Gingerale]

I'm ok with taking the anti-inflammatories, it's the stuff that messes with your head that I don't like to take

[star2000shadow]

yeah for me that's the pain meds, i perfer the vitamin pills that don't do much but to help your body work better then i do the um..pain meds and stuff cause some of them leave me feeling loopy..

[galled]

I guess it depends on the class of drugs. Anti-inflammatories (ibuprofen, naproxen, etc.) relieve pain by reducing the inflammation that's causing the pain--they shouldn't make you loopy unless you're taking way too much.

Other pain drugs work differently by dulling and/or block nerve communication signals and stop or reduce the pain signals from reaching your brain. Those are the ones that will cause you to feel loopy and lose your balance etc..

The biggest difference is the former works at the problem and the latter just masks the symptoms without addressing the source of the pain. Some pain med are better than others depending on the source of the problem.

[star2000shadow]

true, saw the doc today, my backs fixed itself 'nods' that and i have NO pain now but for the usual pain when i try and straighten to much.. 'does happy dance' I got dishes Going 'nods'