Hey all, Don't feel quite energetic enough to type long but that I would stick this in..first off, thanks Sis for posting updates on me, I appreciate it. If something in this post doesn't make sense, you will have to go back and read Sis' blog.


It is Dr. Imburgia, who I had never met until I was here and eventhough I wasn't impressed, I have to say, both times I saw him, I was laying perfectly still, which meant I wasn't enduring any pain, so he didn't really know first hand what was up.


I did have the MRI this evening and am looking forward to seeing the pain specialist tomorrow, I am positive my answers will lie with him. I think he will be able to tell me what I can do to get better, and how to exercise to keep my back as strong as possible. Dr Imburgia called me this evening and asked if I was okay with staying another night--you must remember, he wanted me to go Monday night and I refused, so he may have had it in his head I wasn't happy about being in the hospital. I told him I felt very good about the direction we were going now, he said he was too.


I think I have "self-diagnosed" what has really happened in the last two weeks, and it all makes perfect sense. On March 24th, I believe I threw my back out, which caused great pain, I came home from work and basically spent the next 24 hours in a chair, not drinking or going to the bathroom like I should have because I hurt too much. So, by Wednesday when I went to the doctor, my kidney, already aggrevated because of a forming stone, was infected. We had proof positive that I had kidney infection and a stone, which everyone says is worse than labor so, we stopped there put me on antibiotics and ibprofen. I was also told I could take some Aleve. Little did Becky know I had a bottle of prescription strength Aleve. The first week, I took the ibuprofen, then last week I started laying on the naproxin pretty hard, plus still popping an ibuprofen every so often. I knew Aleve could tear your bowels up, I didn't realize until the last couple of days, ibuprofen can too (which I take on a regular basis, so I think I am responsable for the blood in my bowels--as Becky says, I probably still have a polyp and will have a colonoscopy in a few weeks, but because my blood tests all came back good (even my A1C!) I am understanding why they aren't concerned, as Sis said, the bleeding has stopped and everything looks good as far as that goes.
I really think things are on the right track and Becky will not let the colonoscopy go, as well as a few other little things we are going to take care of since we know we have met our insurance max for the year.
Thanks everybody for your posts and for your prayers. My time frame was to be ready to roll again by 6:30 Friday evening, I feel like that is going to happen so I am very satisfied with how things are going right at this moment.