Dr's Verdict Is In

Well, just got the test results back from my MRI scan and thank God it's not a tumor. I have a bulging disc.  The doctor explained that the tingling in my hands, neck and face are due to the nerves getting pinched as the bulging disc flares up.  I'm going to get in contact with a neurosurgeon and hopefully it'll just be some meds and physical therapy or what have you.  Worse case scenario is having to have surgery.  Hopefully it won't get to that point. 

It's such a relief to know that I wasn't going crazy.  With every ache and pain I've feared that people would look at me and say, "Oh, she's just making it up. It's nothing really. It's just... stress."  Trust me, I've already heard that line from a few doctors, and each have sent me away with a "Happy Pill" to relieve some stress that I wanted to laugh at.  I'm a stay at home Mom, and yes sometimes kiddo can get the better of me, my life is relatively... boring.  I'm serious.  I'm not stressed at all, and felt pretty blessed in the little life we've carved out for ourselves. So when some stranger, a doctor, tells me with the pat of my hand that this is all due to stress... I want to laugh (but I don't want to be rude, so I laugh when I'm not in front of them).

Kudos to my doc. She's really on the ball. So by the tone of her voice, all of this has put me at ease.  I can't totally forget that I have neck pain, but some days are better than the rest.  When I have 10% pain I'm on top of the world, and gotta "Go, go, go!" because I don't know when my moment of bliss will end.

Cook, clean, cook some more. Write, fold laundry, blog, go out for errands. Be functional.

So when I'm having an episode, I now know it's not going to kill me. Yay, right? I wanna live damnit. Got too many things I want to do, so this is a wake up call to get crackin'.

Grandma stopped over today. Always a pleasure to see her. Kiddo liked tackling her, which, /sigh, he sure knows how to rough house.  Talked about this and that, farming, food and the like.

Oh, and Gnomer and Sen'jin events in WoW.  Loads of fun ... if people didn't glitch it. Kept me going today, it was kind of exciting (which really I haven't been too thrilled with the game lately, so it was a nice surprise).

Writers Group meeting is tomorrow (... looks at time... er, today, I mean) and I don't have anything to bring with me. Maybe I can scrounge up some poetry.  Poetry seems to be a good thing if you don't want your work ripped apart lol.  I get a bit touchy over people being... touchy over what I write.

Time to log off and go to sleep. Maybe I can find some energy later in the day to do some projects. Food projects ;)