I'm sorry to hear you're suffering with your back again @thisismylife ๐ it's really a debilitating condition, and i know how you feel about the medication being damaging long term.
I'm glad to hear you're swimming tho. That would have been my advice for the best gentle exercise to do while healing from severe back issues, but you're already on to it ๐
I sincerely hope your back heals sooner rather than later my friend ๐ค
Thanks @raj808, honestly it might sound strange but now that the diagnosis was a hernia, at least I know that it can be worked on, or worst case surgery (which I don't think is needed with a small one). Just one more week waiting until I see the first doctor after the diagnosis. Let's hope for physical therapy while I try to do my part without forcing things. I have ok days and really bad ones, but at least not every day is really bad..
Hope you are well, I have not been reading much lately, so definitely not up to date about everything..
!LUV
This doesn't seem strange to me. one of the worst things to live with is an undiagnosed health condition. It makes you feel trapped and helpless... believe me I understand how that feels. At least with a diagnosis you have a goal and a potential end in sight ๐
i hope the physical therapy improves things for you thisismylife.
All the best ๐