Well, It's official, I'm old! I have had some SERIOUS pain in my left buttocks and shooting down my leg for the past few months. Yes, that's right, a pain in my rear. People have told me for many weeks, "you work with teens all the time, you should be used to a pain in you rear." I didn't think it was very funny either. Even though the center of the pain is in my butt the source is my lower back. After an X-ray, MRI & a few hundred dollars of co-pays I have learned I have a pinched nerve, a herniated disc (way out of place they say) and a degenerating disc in the lumbar area. I've been trying to plow ahead. My doc gave me these exercises to do and I do them a couple times a day. The pain is still there after a month or so. I don't do pain medication unless I absolutely have to. I will not do it consistently for any length of time. I hope I don't need surgery.
I'm pretty easily grumpy these days. I try to ward it off but my grumpiness still wins out sometimes. So, if you are around me a lot...please forgive my bad attitude of late. Please pray for me and my wife. She has to put up with my groaning, complaints and with the fact she's married to an old man. I'm thinking of retiring early. Do you think the government will give me a retirement/social security check at age 30?
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