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Congrats on being PIF! Good Luck with your gift card vs credit card vs cash options. I think we've done them all (with expection of charging to the room - just have never used that option) and each works just a little different - no really favorite of any of them. Sorry I couldn't help with that.
Yay for another PP meet! MaryBeth contacted me too and we might be able to work something out. I'm afraid to commit to anything this trip with having so many others with us, but I hope to run into some of you!
Congrats on being PIF! Good Luck with your gift card vs credit card vs cash options. I think we've done them all (with expection of charging to the room - just have never used that option) and each works just a little different - no really favorite of any of them. Sorry I couldn't help with that.
Yay for another PP meet! MaryBeth contacted me too and we might be able to work something out. I'm afraid to commit to anything this trip with having so many others with us, but I hope to run into some of you!
Thanks Kelly! I think I got it pretty covered now. We'll see how it goes!
I will definately be keeping an eye open for your group! LOL If I see you, I'll be sure to say hi! You as well.
I get up this morning and I don't know if I have a knot in my back/bum that is making my bum and leg hurt OR if my sciatica is acting up.
I am so hoping that it is a knot, bc the last time I had sciatica it lasted MONTHS. After having my DD-7, I started having a leg/bum problem. At the time, they thought I had dislocated my hip at some point giving birth, resulting in the problem. It started in Aug, when my DD was 3 months old, and lasted till Nov. Thank goodness for the Boppy pillow. It was a life saver! I couldn't even hold my DD without the pain shooting down my leg, not too mention the muscle relaxants and pain killers I was on. I also did accupuncture during this time as well.
The following August, the pain had returned. I asked the doc why it seemed to start in August? He said it didn't have anything to do with the month, lol. This time the pain lasted until Oct. and from August till October I was in physical therapy, as well as on muscle relaxants and pain killers again.
The next year as Aug was approaching I got nervous that the pain would return. We moved to the next town over in July and I was basically waiting....and it didn't return! Until that December...blowing my theory out of the water.
I returned to my doc and discussing with him the options, whether I though the accupuncture or therapy worked. Which I didn't know how to answer. The pain lasted for long enough, that I was unsure if the accupuncture or therapy had worked or whether it was a matter of time and rest. This time we went the route of a specialist.
It took a couple weeks for an appointment with him but he prescribed meds for me and told me to come back in a month to see how I was. A month later I was back, and the pain was still there. At this point he decided to give me a painful shot in the bum. Cortisone...He said if that didn't work, then we would try another shot and then start looking into if I had a herniated disc that might be causing the pain.
In a couple weeks time, I was much better! That was back in 2006 and I haven't had a flair up since. I have had a couple days where the pain returned, but subsided quickly (I actually think these times were just a knot or something). Of course each time, I was paranoid that the sciatica was starting again.
It hasn't but in the meantime...last year I had a bout with kidney stones. I had to get an MRI or a catscan (I can't remember which) and one of the things the doc at the hospital told me about the results was....to let the doc know I have 2 hernaited discs. Weird....
This morning I get up and what do you know? I have a pain in my bum/leg. I am praying that it isn't sciatica, that could really mess up my trip...if it doesn't go away in time!
I would actually be willing to go and get another shot if I had too, even though it hurts like H-e double hockey sticks!
Please send pixies my way, I don't need this now. Hoping my PP friends can send the good vibes and I get over this quick.
I know EXACTLY what you are going through. I have sciatic pain myself. I'm a nurse and was assaulted by a drunk patient in the ER. He got a fine and probation but I got 2 weeks medical time off and a persistant sciatic problem. Thank you very much. Every time I feel the twinge - I start stretching. (Toe touches with legs crossed and leg lifts) I also start with the muslce relaxers and Motrin (anti-inflammatory) Of course - I don't have a herniated disc so this works for me,
*The above information is not intended as medical advice. Should you have continuing problems please consult your physician*
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Every time I feel the twinge - I start stretching. (Toe touches with legs crossed and leg lifts) I also start with the muslce relaxers and Motrin (anti-inflammatory) Of course - I don't have a herniated disc so this works for me,
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