he has a part-time job doing landscaping work when he's off from his full-time job (LOVE my hard workin' man!).....and he was doing a LOT of weed-eating both monday & tuesday......he was laid up all day yesterday, barely able to walk - i tried to get him an appointment with our dr, but they were full so he figured he'd just wait it out (still thinking it was a strained muscle).....well today, he had to tell his full-time job that he couldn't help lift water heaters & his HR lady overheard.....after he explained his injury to her, she insisted he go to the dr - not wanting him to injure himself further, the company be liable, blah, blah - understandably so
so, he goes - and finds out from the dr that yes, it is a pinched sciatic nerve.....they gave him a pain killer (or muscle relaxer - don't know cause the prescription won't get filled, cause he refuses to take pills anyway - stubborn man), a note for his employer saying that he needs to be on light duty all next week, and sent him home
my sciatic nerve has bothered me off & on ever since corinn was born (the third one's a charm!).....so i know how it feels - it really, really sucks sometimes....but i've never missed work, been laid up in pain from it, or needed pain killers - i just work through the pain
men! they're such wimps! ~lol~
*one good thing - YAY for AFLAC! we're out of pocket $20 for the co-pay (plus curt used up 1/2 of one of his sick days at work), but since this was an "accident", they're sending us $120 for the claim! :0)
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hysterical!
Men ARE wimps! J is the single most unsympathetic person I know...so I always pick on him when he's nursing an injury! :o)
Altho...I have to say...I'm a sciatic sympathizer. 2nd was the charm for me!
Ohhh, I feel for your husband. I know what he's going through, only mine is with my arm. Read my blog entry from today...the pain is awful! Please encourage him to go to a chiropractor...my Dad had the same problem last year and after we begged him to go, he said he hadn't felt that good since he played high school football!! I hope Curtis feels better soon.
Yuk! Poor guy. Mark's is also bothing him. He was once on cruches for like three months from a pinched sciatic. We have figured out what motion irritates it, so hopefully it will reduce the irritation.
We finally got our Wii Fit last night at good ole' WalMart. I had found out some inside info from one of the employees when we were there earlier that they would be coming in. I was first to get one! Hopefully with the exercises on there, Mark won't irritate the sciatic nerve as much. When ever he's injured his gets on my nerves, so we are all in the same boat :0) LOL
danielle - curtis is so good to me when i am (rarely) sick, so i have to b somewhat sympathetic when he's laid up....i just know from past experience with his colds/flu/hurt muscles/etc. that he's such a big baby....and from what i hear from friends & family - most of their men r the same way....guess women r just built ford tough! ~lol~
sarah - it's funny u say that - the very first thing i told curtis when he called to tell me his diagnosis, was that i needed to make him an appt at our chiropractor....jaden dealt with bowel issues for years (weird thing that comes along with autism sometimes) and was completely off of miralax within weeks of starting to see the chiro (even tho we'd tried to wean him off of it numerous times before - & failed)....i started because of back issues (round my epidural spot) & then was convinced by the dr that it would b good for the kids too....it can add up cost wise, but the benefits r amazing! going over to read ur blog next - hope u're feeling better soon!
shanna - curtis wants a wii sooooo bad - and if he knew they had workout games? forget about it! :0) have fun learning on it together - what great family fun!
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