Notes from the Cape

I don’t know when you last had an x-ray done, but until the other day, my last x-ray was quite a while ago. I am sure that you are all familiar with those big and bulky films that they give you. They always end up stored at the back of cupboards or behind bookcases, and can never be found when you actually need them!

Well, two Saturday’s ago as I was unpacking the dishwasher, I heard a click. Yes, my back had suddenly gone into a hectic spasm (and for the record – I often do actually unpack the dishwasher). I stumbled of to bed, and pretty much stayed there until Monday, when I decided to get it checked out by a doctor.

The first item on the agenda was an x-ray. When I had it done, they didn’t give me the bulky film, instead they gave me a CD which contained digital images of the x-ray’s. The doctor could just pop that into his PC and view the images. Yes, it does seem pretty obvious that they would go digital, but I thought that it was pretty cool to get my x-ray’s on CD.

So now instead of loosing a big and bulky film, I will probably loose a small CD instead!

Anyway, it seems like it is just muscular, and all should be ok in time. After more than a week’s bed rest, my back is starting to recover, but I am still hobbling around quite a bit.

Update – still in pain almost two weeks later, I am going for an MRI scan tomorrow. Grrr, I am so frustrated with lying in bed – yes it is really painful (excusing the pun) stuck in bed!

Hapy thoughts please :-)