Mental Gains

For the past week, I've been in a lot of pain and realised how important it is to be healthy. Although I consider myself to be pretty healthy most of the time, I haven't felt like that at all lately. Even though I'm totally fine walking, I've been in in the most pain lying down or sitting. I went to an Acupuncturist 3 times last week before finally deciding it wasn't enough to get rid of the pain. I hate to complain about any kind of pain or injury but this has been the most uncomfortable past week. Nevertheless, I find time to teach and get up for old people on the subway. After all, I'm not crippled, I just have a really sore back.

On Friday and Saturday, the pain was so bad that I went to a pain doctor who gave me an injection. It was extremely painful. It felt like the needle was going into my spine. I could bear it though. It was nothing like the pain from that morning at the Acupuncturist. After that needle session, I could hardly move or even stand up from the pain. Aren't you supposed to feel better after treatment?

I'm sure after I've recovered, I'll have a good laugh about what I've been through. I do have some good stories to share later on but it hurts too much to laugh or think about it now. I just hope that no one has to go through the same sort of pain I have in the last week.